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# **245/50r16**

**Skip it**

Weak search conversion (0.4%) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 10Growth 60Conversion 5Competition 40Returns 100Price range 17Avg price 51Brand share 43Review moat 96Quality gap 38

**Returns**

**Incredible****0.0%**

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

**Review moat**

**Incredible****72.94**

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

**Growth**

**Good****+36.6%**

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

**Avg price**

**Good****$172.83**

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

**Brand share**

**Okay****79%**

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

**Competition**

**Okay****61%**

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

**Quality gap**

**Okay****4.5★**

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

**Price range**

**Bad****$63.41–$279.33**

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

**Market size**

**Bad****$38K**

$38K/yr · 60K searches

**Conversion**

**Bad****0.4%**

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

## **Competition**

The top 5 products take 61% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

**Brands**

**11 **▼falling

**Sellers**

**42**

**Top-5 brand share**

**79%**

**Open market**

**13%**

- Falken37% - BFGoodrich16% - HANKOOK10% - Toyo Tires10% - Fullway7% - Landspider7% - Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 13%)

## **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%10%$4K20%$8K30%$11K40%$15K1101001K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 17 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

### **Top sellers**

by 90-day click share

[1![Falken Ziex ZE950 All-Season Radial Tire - 245/50R16 97H](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41Ves9YlUcL.jpg)**Falken Ziex ZE950 All-Season Radial Tire - 245/50R16 97H**Falken**$97.24**4.7★253 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J02GPOO) [2![BFGoodrich G-Force Comp-2 A/S Plus All-Season Radial Car Tire for Ultra-High Performance 245/50ZR16 97W](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51eXg7uPBtL.jpg)**BFGoodrich G-Force Comp-2 A/S Plus All-Season Radial Car Tire for Ultra-High Performance 245/50ZR16 97W**BFGoodrich**$204.97**4.5★20 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085SXK569) [3![Hankook Ventus V2 Concept2 Performance All-Season Radial Tire-245/50R16 97H](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41h5O+qBrvL.jpg)**Hankook Ventus V2 Concept2 Performance All-Season Radial Tire-245/50R16 97H**HANKOOK**$117.11**4.6★124 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KTE6HMW) [4![Set of 4 (FOUR) Landspider Citytraxx G/P All-Season Passenger Car Performance Radial Tires-195/50R16 195/50/16 195/50-16 84V Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 560AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/512HsFy9iLL.jpg)**Set of 4 (FOUR) Landspider Citytraxx G/P All-Season Passenger Car Performance Radial Tires-195/50R16 195/50/16 195/50-16 84V Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 560AA**Landspider**$237.42**4.6★27 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQKFPMJ8) [5![BFGoodrich G-Force Comp-2 A/S Plus All-Season Radial Car Tire for Ultra-High Performance 225/50ZR16 92W](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51eXg7uPBtL.jpg)**BFGoodrich G-Force Comp-2 A/S Plus All-Season Radial Car Tire for Ultra-High Performance 225/50ZR16 92W**BFGoodrich**$169.47**5.0★3 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085T6XD4K)

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### **Newest**

by launch date

[![Arisun Aggressor ZS03 All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tire-225/50R16 225/50/16 225/50-16 92W Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 460AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ZBzDXhfyL.jpg)**Arisun Aggressor ZS03 All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tire-225/50R16 225/50/16 225/50-16 92W Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 460AA**Arisun**$63.41**87 rev2y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJFGWWVD) [![Set of 4 (FOUR) Landspider Citytraxx G/P All-Season Passenger Car Performance Radial Tires-195/50R16 195/50/16 195/50-16 84V Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 560AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/512HsFy9iLL.jpg)**Set of 4 (FOUR) Landspider Citytraxx G/P All-Season Passenger Car Performance Radial Tires-195/50R16 195/50/16 195/50-16 84V Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 560AA**Landspider**$237.42**27 rev2y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQKFPMJ8) [![Set of 4 (FOUR) Fullway HP108 All-Season Passenger Car Performance Radial Tires-225/50R16 225/50/16 225/50-16 92V Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 380AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Wm++qAMJL.jpg)**Set of 4 (FOUR) Fullway HP108 All-Season Passenger Car Performance Radial Tires-225/50R16 225/50/16 225/50-16 92V Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 380AA**Fullway**$279.33**43 rev3y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRZWZMKL) [![Set of 2 (TWO) Fullway HP108 All-Season Passenger Car Performance Radial Tires-225/50R16 225/50/16 225/50-16 92V Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 380AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51R6DTUSwHL.jpg)**Set of 2 (TWO) Fullway HP108 All-Season Passenger Car Performance Radial Tires-225/50R16 225/50/16 225/50-16 92V Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 380AA**Fullway**$140.70**15 rev3y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRZXCN83) [![Set of 4 (FOUR) Fullway HP108 All-Season Passenger Car Performance Radial Tires-205/50R16 205/50/16 205/50-16 87V Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 380AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Wm++qAMJL.jpg)**Set of 4 (FOUR) Fullway HP108 All-Season Passenger Car Performance Radial Tires-205/50R16 205/50/16 205/50-16 87V Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 380AA**Fullway**$242.43**256 rev5y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MZYPF6T)

**~~View all new products →~~**

### **Trending**

90-day click momentum

[![Arisun Aggressor ZS03 All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tire-225/50R16 225/50/16 225/50-16 92W Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 460AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ZBzDXhfyL.jpg)**Arisun Aggressor ZS03 All-Season Passenger Car High Performance Radial Tire-225/50R16 225/50/16 225/50-16 92W Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 460AA**Arisun**$63.41**4.4★**▲ 80%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJFGWWVD) [![Set of 4 (FOUR) Landspider Citytraxx G/P All-Season Passenger Car Performance Radial Tires-195/50R16 195/50/16 195/50-16 84V Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 560AA](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/512HsFy9iLL.jpg)**Set of 4 (FOUR) Landspider Citytraxx G/P All-Season Passenger Car Performance Radial Tires-195/50R16 195/50/16 195/50-16 84V Load Range SL 4-Ply BSW Black Side Wall UTQG 560AA**Landspider**$237.42**4.6★**▲ 38%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQKFPMJ8) [![BFGoodrich G-Force Comp-2 A/S Plus All-Season Radial Car Tire for Ultra-High Performance 245/50ZR16 97W](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51eXg7uPBtL.jpg)**BFGoodrich G-Force Comp-2 A/S Plus All-Season Radial Car Tire for Ultra-High Performance 245/50ZR16 97W**BFGoodrich**$204.97**4.5★**▲ 25%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085SXK569) [![Toyo Tires PROXES R888R Automotive-Racing Radial Tire - 255/50ZR16 99W](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/415eNHMyRgL.jpg)**Toyo Tires PROXES R888R Automotive-Racing Radial Tire - 255/50ZR16 99W**Toyo Tires**$202.07**4.5★**▲ 17%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DNHJFG9) [![Toyo Proxes TQ Performance Radial Tire - 255/50R16](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41KDVhqsQOL.jpg)**Toyo Proxes TQ Performance Radial Tire - 255/50R16**Toyo Tires**$231.02**4.7★**▲ 13%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001P2FQU6)

**~~View all trending →~~**

## **Demand**

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 10 weeks — +36.6% search growth over the last 90 days.

2K2KSpike '26May '26May '26May '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26

## **Reviews**

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

### **What buyers love **

**Quality-Overall**31%

*“Good quality tires”*

**Value For Money**31%

*“Wow fast delivery got them installed great price too”*

**Advertised Vs Actual Product**6%

*“These were exactly what I ordered”*

**Size-Overall**6%

*“Perfect fit”*

**Wheel Quality**6%

*“Fantastic tires at $95 a peice”*

**Correct Contents**6%

*“These were exactly what I ordered”*

**Durability**6%

*“decent and longevity depends on driving habits”*

### **What buyers complain about **

**Quality-Overall**67%

*“It's a cheaper tire obviously”*

**Durability**17%

*“Second tire just blew out after less than 5000 miles on them”*

### **Top return reasons **

**Size-Overall**86%

**Compatibility-Overall**7%

**Advertised Vs Actual Product**7%