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# **215/45r18**

**Skip it**

Prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($67.12–$324.12) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 16Growth 51Conversion 17Competition 68Returns 100Price range 13Avg price 63Brand share 60Review moat 85Quality gap 28

**Returns**

**Incredible****0.1%**

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

**Review moat**

**Great****300.81**

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

**Competition**

**Good****44%**

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

**Avg price**

**Good****$135.54**

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

**Brand share**

**Good****69%**

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

**Growth**

**Good****+21.3%**

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

**Quality gap**

**Okay****4.6★**

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

**Conversion**

**Bad****1.3%**

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

**Market size**

**Bad****$63K**

$63K/yr · 35K searches

**Price range**

**Bad****$67.12–$324.12**

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

## **Competition**

The top 5 products take 44% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

**Brands**

**21 **▼falling

**Sellers**

**32**

**Top-5 brand share**

**69%**

**Open market**

**23%**

- Accelera23% - HANKOOK17% - Lexani11% - Aplus10% - Barkley8% - Lionhart8%

## **Product shelf**

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%3%$2K6%$4K9%$6K12%$8K1101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)3 products missing review or click data not plotted

All 32 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

### **Top sellers**

by 90-day click share

[1![Hankook Ventus V2 concept 2 All-Season Radial Tire - 215/45R18 V](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41GIFzYV-sL.jpg)**Hankook Ventus V2 concept 2 All-Season Radial Tire - 215/45R18 V**HANKOOK**$132.65**4.5★139 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KTE6TL6) [2![Accelera Phi All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tire-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 400AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41fe4C6eiBL.jpg)**Accelera Phi All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tire-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 400AA**Accelera**$72.09**4.4★476 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BNLV6B6) [3![Barkley Aphelios UHP 215/45R18 93W XL All Season Tire](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41UVfkHNCHL.jpg)**Barkley Aphelios UHP 215/45R18 93W XL All Season Tire**Barkley**$67.12**4.9★20 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVGKMLM5) [4![Set of 4 (FOUR) Aplus PRO Racing All Season Passenger High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 420AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Mp9AVhF+L.jpg)**Set of 4 (FOUR) Aplus PRO Racing All Season Passenger High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 420AA**Aplus**$288.83**5.0★2 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKGHFW8L) [5![Lionhart Ramani A/S All Season 215/45ZR18 89W Passenger Tire](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51-DWZtkMvL.jpg)**Lionhart Ramani A/S All Season 215/45ZR18 89W Passenger Tire**Lionhart**$70.50**4.8★9 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJ2GGXDD)

**~~View all top sellers →~~**

### **Newest**

by launch date

[![Accelera Iota EVT Passenger Car All-Season High Performance Radial Tire-215/45R18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 320AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51D1LzvlgLL.jpg)**Accelera Iota EVT Passenger Car All-Season High Performance Radial Tire-215/45R18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 320AA**Accelera**$71.80**0 rev1mo ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H3V16RQS) [![Barkley Aphelios UHP 215/45R18 93W XL All Season Tire](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41UVfkHNCHL.jpg)**Barkley Aphelios UHP 215/45R18 93W XL All Season Tire**Barkley**$67.12**20 rev3mo ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVGKMLM5) [![Set of 4 (FOUR) Aplus PRO Racing All Season Passenger High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 420AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Mp9AVhF+L.jpg)**Set of 4 (FOUR) Aplus PRO Racing All Season Passenger High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 420AA**Aplus**$288.83**2 rev5mo ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKGHFW8L) [![Set of 4 (FOUR) Landgolden LG27 All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 89W Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 500AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51UM8By9R7L.jpg)**Set of 4 (FOUR) Landgolden LG27 All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 89W Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 500AA**Landgolden**$296.16**2 rev7mo ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3XJRHVT) [![Set of 2 (TWO) Landgolden LG27 All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 89W Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 500AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51zJ+0Hv9-L.jpg)**Set of 2 (TWO) Landgolden LG27 All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 89W Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 500AA**Landgolden**$150.09**2 rev7mo ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3XL7M3K)

**~~View all new products →~~**

### **Trending**

90-day click momentum

[![Set of 4 (FOUR) Atlas Force UHP All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93Y Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 520AAA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51IjTVTKgBL.jpg)**Set of 4 (FOUR) Atlas Force UHP All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93Y Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 520AAA**Atlas Tires**$324.12**4.4★**▲ 230%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VW8XJC4) [![Barkley Aphelios UHP 215/45R18 93W XL All Season Tire](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41UVfkHNCHL.jpg)**Barkley Aphelios UHP 215/45R18 93W XL All Season Tire**Barkley**$67.12**4.9★**▲ 226%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVGKMLM5) [![Set of 4 (FOUR) Accelera Phi All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 400AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51YHE3BokML.jpg)**Set of 4 (FOUR) Accelera Phi All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 400AA**Accelera**$295.73**4.1★**▲ 226%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0837PVWML) [![Set of 2 (TWO) Accelera Phi All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 400AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51PZj4VbZpL.jpg)**Set of 2 (TWO) Accelera Phi All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tires-215/45R18 215/45ZR18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 400AA**Accelera**$153.13**4.2★**▲ 225%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0837PFD5S) [![Accelera Iota EVT Passenger Car All-Season High Performance Radial Tire-215/45R18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 320AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51D1LzvlgLL.jpg)**Accelera Iota EVT Passenger Car All-Season High Performance Radial Tire-215/45R18 215/45/18 215/45-18 93W Load Range XL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 320AA**Accelera**$71.80**0.0★**▲ 221%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H3V16RQS)

**~~View all trending →~~**

## **Demand**

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 49 weeks — +21.3% search growth over the last 90 days.

1K600Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26Aug '25Sep '25Nov '25Jan '26Mar '26May '26

## **Reviews**

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

### **What buyers love **

**Value For Money**30%

*“Good deal”*

**Quality-Overall**25%

*“Good quality tires”*

**Wheel Quality**14%

*“Good tires”*

**Grip**6%

*“nice grip on the road”*

**Friction**6%

*“dry traction is awesome compared to the Walmart Goodyears”*

**Durability**5%

*“The tread design looks durable”*

**Strength**5%

*“These are still going strong months later”*

**Functionality-Overall**5%

*“But for the money, they work”*

**Size-Overall**2%

*“Good fit on a 2017 corolla sport”*

### **What buyers complain about **

**Quality-Overall**40%

*“These tires were not good”*

**Comfort-Overall**20%

*“Makes me feel a little uneasy”*

**Durability**20%

*“the tire blew out in 4 months”*

**Smell**10%

*“Was thinking the reviewer who mentioned smell was picky”*

### **Top return reasons **

**Size-Overall**70%

**Compatibility-Overall**8%

**Advertised Vs Actual Product**7%

**Value For Money**6%

**Product Condition**3%

**Functionality-Overall**2%

**Quality-Overall**2%

**Maintenance And Repair**1%

**Assembly/Installation**1%