volleyball
Launch itA $1.3M/yr market growing +94.6% this quarter with returns at 0.7% — clears our launch bar.
Returns
Incredible0.7%return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate
Avg price
Incredible€28.18avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Growth
Great+94.6%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Price range
Great€8.81–€69.77cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Market size
Great€1.3M€1.3M/yr · 1.0M searches
Conversion
Good4.5%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Review moat
Good1,384.56avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Competition
Bad70%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Brand share
Bad93%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
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.
Data updated Jul 17, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
Market data
- Units sold / yr
- 30K–40K
- avg 1,500–2,000/product
- Revenue / yr
- €845K–€1.1M
- units × avg price
- Launch success
- —
- 0 of 0 new (360d)
- Conversion rate
- 4.5%
- Avg BSR
- #15
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 61%
- Sponsored
- 61%
- Out of stock
- 5.6%
- Avg brand age
- 44 months
- Avg seller age
- 187 days
Competition
The top 5 products capture 70% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.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%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +94.6% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.2×
Product shelf
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 18 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Molten V5M2000 Volleyball Pro Trainingsball weiches Synthetik-Leder maschinengenäht weiß/grün/rot Größe 5 Paketeinheit 24
Molten€20.294.5★1,713 rev
Wilson Volleyball CAST Away Mr White/REd Official CAST Away Mr
WILSON€17.804.5★8,006 rev
Mikasa BV552C Beach Classic Volleyball 23
Mikasa€26.414.6★1,090 rev
Mikasa Sports Beachvolleyball Beach Pro BV550C
Mikasa€69.774.6★675 rev
Molten Europe Ball-V5B5000-DE Beachvolleyball Weiß/Blau/Rot 5
Molten€44.844.6★272 rev
Newest
by launch date
Wilson AVP PX Volleyball Druckverschlussblase Nachhaltige TPU-Hülle Geeignet für Indoor und Outdoor Farbe: Weiß/Blau/Grün Offizielle Größe
WILSON€16.5673 rev
NAJATO Sports Volleyball Langlebiger Beachvolleyball Größe 5 Für den Outdoor & Indoor Bereich
NAJATO€15.8583 rev
Senston Volleyball mit Pumpe Größe 5 Wasserfest Softball Ball für Anfänger Outdoor Beachvolleyball für Beach Pool und Strand
Senston€16.651,848 rev
Mikasa V360W Volleyball 000
Mikasa€26.78810 rev
Mikasa BV552C Beach Classic Volleyball 23
Mikasa€26.411,090 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
Mikasa BV551C Beach Classic Volleyball 23
Mikasa€55.014.3★
Wilson Volleyball CAST Away Mr White/REd Official CAST Away Mr
WILSON€17.804.5★
Mikasa BV552C Beach Classic Volleyball 23
Mikasa€26.414.6★
Molten Europe Ball-V5B5000-DE Beachvolleyball Weiß/Blau/Rot 5
Molten€44.844.6★
Wilson AVP PX Volleyball Druckverschlussblase Nachhaltige TPU-Hülle Geeignet für Indoor und Outdoor Farbe: Weiß/Blau/Grün Offizielle Größe
WILSON€16.564.4★
Reviews
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Super Qualität”
“Der Preis ist fair”
“Erwartungen vollständig erfüllt”
“macht Mega Spaß damit zu spielen”
“Passt alles wunderbar”
“Super Ball, schöne Haptik”
“Weich und gut zu spielen”
“Eine hervorragende Wahl fürs Training”
“Sehr guter Volleyball, kein Flummi, guter grip halt ein klassischer Mikasa Ball”
“Sehr gut im Handling”
What buyers complain about
“Haltbarkeit”
“Ball kommt unaufgepumt”
“Nähte gehen auf”
“Qualität unterirdisch”
“Dafür passt die Preis Leistung leider nicht”
“was für mich aus der Beschreibung nicht ersichtlich war.”
“der mitgelieferten Pumpe fehlt der Aufsatz für den Ball.”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is volleyball profitable to sell on Amazon Germany?
- The niche generates €1.3M/yr across 18 tracked products. 90-day search growth is +94.6%. Flapen's verdict: Launch it (63/100).
- How competitive is the volleyball niche?
- 9 brands and 139 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 70% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 93% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in volleyball?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Haltbarkeit, Inflation/Deflation, Nähen/Finish/Polieren. The return rate is 0.7%.
- When does demand for volleyball peak?
- Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug; the busiest month runs 4.2× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the volleyball niche?
- Listings span €8.81–€69.77; the average listing price is €28.18 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,385 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.
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