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Walking Stick

Fail

The products selling today already average 4.6★, so Walking Stick is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 987 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · on the category median
Market size
£713K/yr2.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Walking Stick against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Walking Stick is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Walking Stick market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Walking Stick 2.1M times last year and spent an estimated £713K. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £713K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.6%
Conversion, latest week
3.3%
Market size, estimated
£713Ka year
Peak month
May1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
walking stick751K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.10.

Listings sell for £10.10 on average, from £5.11 to £20.75. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £10.10 that is £15K to £20K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.10under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.11–£20.75
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£15K–£20K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #12 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 4,338 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.4%
Average rank
#12in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,338per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Walking Stick 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£71K£143K£214K£285K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

22%

  • LIFE28%
  • supregear26%
  • rehand10%
  • huipinghu5%
  • HATAF4%
  • HMADAL4%

Demand

Walking Stick search demand

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

45K35KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Walking Stick search terms shoppers use

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

  • walking stick751K/yr
  • walking sticks for women380K/yr
  • walking sticks for men288K/yr
  • walking sticks161K/yr
  • folding walking sticks for ladies84K/yr
  • foldable walking stick68K/yr
  • folding walking stick63K/yr
  • ladies walking stick41K/yr
  • walking cane43K/yr
  • folding walking sticks for men31K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Walking Stick

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

Complain

Strength14%−0.08

Not very strong

Very fragile

Very flimsy

Size-Overall10%−0.03

quite short

It was a little shorter than expected

Too Long

Durability8%−0.07

started coming apart

Broke

Fell apart

Quality-Overall8%−0.01

The build quality is extremely poor

This could be a quality control issue

Average quality

Grip8%−0.02

Hasn't got a soft grip handle

Not gel grip, just rubber coated

Also the grip at the bottom is not good

Love

Value For Money13%+1.10

Excellent value

competitive price

Good value for money

Quality-Overall11%−0.01

Quality reliable product

it looks well made

Excellent quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.95

As described

True to picture

Exactly as advertised

Adhesion/Stickiness8%+0.29

The stick itself is good

Good stick

Nice quality stick

Ease Of Use8%+0.64

Easy to handle

Easy to use

easy to fold

Return

1.6% Return rate 32% Fixable by listing

Strength14%▅▇▆▆▇█

Not very strong

Very fragile

Very flimsy

Size-Overall14%█▃▆▇▅▄

quite short

It was a little shorter than expected

Too Long

Color9%▆█▄▄▃▃

a wrong colour

wrong colour received

It was lighter in colour

Handle Quality7%▄▇█▆▅▆

The handles are very small

Short handle

Handle not gel

Quality-Overall7%▇█▅▇█▅

The build quality is extremely poor

This could be a quality control issue

Average quality

FAQ

Common Walking Stick questions

Answered from the same tracked data.