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Trackball

soft demand (-22.9% this quarter) — Trackball doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Top 32% of 1,375 Computer & Zubehör niches · +4 vs the category median of 41

Market size 34Growth 14Conversion 30Competition 62Returns 31Price range 95Avg price 95Brand share 34Review moat 42Quality gap 76
This niche Category average · 1,375 niches

Is Trackball profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Trackball is a €164K/yr Amazon Germany market (163K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Trackball: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -22.9% over the last 90 days and 2.4% of searches end in a purchase.

€164K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr-22.9%163K
Conversion rate2.4%
Avg price€41.42

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand, so 15% of the market is open.

15%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 149
Top-5 product click share48%
Open market15%
Avg brand age48 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 28 products

Sponsored placement68%
New entrants (1y)8· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews2,292

Top Trackball products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€7K€13K€20K€26K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

149

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

9%

  • Kensington29%
  • Logitech24%
  • Nulea14%
  • ProtoArc11%
  • SABLUTE8%
  • TECKNET6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 9%)

Trackball demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume163KCVR2.4%Products28Brands12Top 5 Brands85%OOS Rate10.7%Rating4.3★Reviews2,292Avg BSR#267
6K4KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Top Trackball search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.

  • trackball70K/yr
  • trackball maus37K/yr
  • trackball maus kabellos18K/yr
  • trackballs9K/yr
  • trackball mouse7K/yr
  • kensington trackball8K/yr
  • trackball maus kabelgebunden6K/yr
  • maus trackball4K/yr
  • kugelmaus4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Trackball

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

71% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt16%

Super Ware

Benutzerfreundlichkeit10%

Einfache Handhabung

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis10%

Für das Geld kannste nicht viel falsch machen dachte ich mir, also bestellt

Touch-/Tastensteuerung9%

hat einen leichten Klick

Griff5%

Auch für große Hände geeignet

What buyers complain about

62% of reviews
Touch-/Tastensteuerung12%

Also muss ich wohl leider beim Touchpad bleiben

Haltbarkeit11%

Maus nach noch nicht einmal zwei Jahren defekt

Gesamtgröße11%

passt gar nicht gut

Qualität insgesamt7%

Starke Qualitätsprobleme

Genauigkeit insgesamt5%

Ungenaue Steuerung

Trackball return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

4.5%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Gesamtgröße
23%
2Funktionalität insgesamt
19%
3Kompatibilität – insgesamt
9%
4Touch-/Tastensteuerung
8%
5Benutzerfreundlichkeit
6%

Common Trackball questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Trackball 45/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €164K/yr across 28 tracked products. 3 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -22.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Trackball on Amazon Germany peaks in Nov, where the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.