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Volleyball

Volleyball clears our launch bar: a $1.3M/yr market growing +94.6% this quarter with returns at 0.7%.

Flapen Score

63
Launch it

Top 11% of 1,017 Sport & Freizeit niches · +13 vs the category median of 50

Market size 82Growth 89Conversion 54Competition 25Returns 97Price range 87Avg price 95Brand share 18Review moat 53Quality gap 53
This niche Category average · 1,017 niches

Is Volleyball profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Volleyball is a €1.3M/yr Amazon Germany market (1.0M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Verdict: Launch it — 63/100.

Volleyball: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Yes. Search demand moved +94.6% over the last 90 days and 4.5% of searches end in a purchase.

€1.3M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr+94.6%1.0M
Conversion rate4.5%
Avg price€28.18

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand, so 7% of the market is open.

7%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 139
Top-5 product click share70%
Open market7%
Avg brand age44 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 18 products

Sponsored placement61%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,385

Top Volleyball 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 capture 70% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

€0€127K€254K€381K€508K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

139

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Molten34%
  • Mikasa27%
  • WILSON23%
  • NAJATO6%
  • Runleaps2%
  • YANYODO2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 5%)

Volleyball demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.0MCVR4.5%Products18Brands9Top 5 Brands93%OOS Rate5.6%Rating4.4★Reviews1,385Avg BSR#15
50K30KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.2×

Top Volleyball search terms shoppers use

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

  • volleyball737K/yr
  • beachvolleyball91K/yr
  • beach volleyball20K/yr
  • mikasa beachvolleyball22K/yr
  • volleyball outdoor13K/yr
  • molten volleyball22K/yr
  • volleyball molten15K/yr
  • volleyball beach8K/yr
  • volleyball ball13K/yr
  • volleyball wilson9K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Volleyball

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

What buyers love

87% of reviews
Qualität insgesamt38%

Super Qualität

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis12%

Der Preis ist fair

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt8%

Erwartungen vollständig erfüllt

Spaß/Unterhaltungserlebnis7%

macht Mega Spaß damit zu spielen

Gesamtgröße5%

Passt alles wunderbar

What buyers complain about

96% of reviews
Haltbarkeit27%

Haltbarkeit

Inflation/Deflation23%

Ball kommt unaufgepumt

Nähen/Finish/Polieren12%

Nähte gehen auf

Qualität insgesamt12%

Qualität unterirdisch

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis8%

Dafür passt die Preis Leistung leider nicht

Volleyball return rate & reasons

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

0.7%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

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

1Inflation/Deflation
24%
2Qualität insgesamt
9%
3Auslaufsicher
8%
4Haltbarkeit
7%
5Defekt Material/Teile
7%

Common Volleyball questions

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

Flapen scores Volleyball 63/100 on Amazon Germany — Launch it. The niche generates €1.3M/yr across 18 tracked products. Search demand moved +94.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Volleyball on Amazon Germany peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug, where the busiest month runs 4.2× the quietest.