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Paracord

Fail

Prices span $4.58–$15.87, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Paracord is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 1,186 of 2,461 Fashion niches · on the category median
Market size
£160K/yr425K searches / yr
90-day growth
+28.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 27 sellers

Flapen Score

Paracord against its category

The dotted line is the Fashion average. Past it, Paracord is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Paracord market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Paracord 425K times last year and spent an estimated £160K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 425K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +28.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £160K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
425K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+28.4%
Conversion, latest week
4.7%
Market size, estimated
£160Ka year
Peak month
July1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
paracord309K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.94.

Listings sell for £7.94 on average, from £4.58 to £15.87. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £7.94 that is £4K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.94under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.58–£15.87
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£6K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #38 within Luggage & Travel Gear. It carries 2,771 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.7%
Average rank
#38in Luggage & Travel Gear
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,771per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Paracord products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£16K£32K£48K£64K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

25%

  • TECEUM30%
  • Kamu Synber18%
  • UOOOM9%
  • EdcX7%
  • Meng Jiaran6%
  • Abma Cord5%

Demand

Paracord search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

10K6KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Paracord search terms shoppers use

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

  • paracord309K/yr
  • paracord 55024K/yr
  • para cord19K/yr
  • 550 paracord14K/yr
  • paracord 4mm10K/yr
  • 4mm paracord8K/yr
  • 3mm paracord10K/yr
  • parachute cord7K/yr
  • paracord 3mm6K/yr
  • para cord 4 mm4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Paracord

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Quality-Overall26%−0.20

Not the best

are fiddly and badly made

Terrible quality and very short lengths of each colour

Thickness19%−0.04

however it could have been thicker

the paracord itself is thin and has flat spots, it doesn't feel like proper paracord that's thick, round and holds it's shape

At 4mm it's thinner than the original

Color11%−0.01

some of the colours not at all

Unfortunately the colours aren't what is shown in the image

Some of the colours are quite dark too

Size-Overall6%

just not the big one

Display Colors6%−0.02

Colours are not the same as in the image

Unfortunately the colours aren't what is shown in the image

some of the colours not at all

Love

Quality-Overall30%−0.20

Satisfactory product accurately describedd on the product page

Good price and quality arrived on time

Excellent Quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product16%+1.95

Excellent as advertised

Better than expected

As described

Color14%−0.01

Bright colours

Lovely colour

Awesome colours

Value For Money13%+1.04

Good value for money

Good for the price

the price is very reasonable too

Strength8%+0.55

Quite strong

Cord looks strong

Very strong cord

Return

0.5% Return rate 53% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall21%▂▂█▄▃▃

just not the big one

Thin19%▄▇▁▄█▆
Color15%▅██▅▃▅

some of the colours not at all

Unfortunately the colours aren't what is shown in the image

Some of the colours are quite dark too

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%▆█▆▁▄▁
Thickness7%▁▄▁█▄█

however it could have been thicker

the paracord itself is thin and has flat spots, it doesn't feel like proper paracord that's thick, round and holds it's shape

At 4mm it's thinner than the original

FAQ

Common Paracord questions

Answered from the same tracked data.