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Bass Strings

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Bass Strings is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 134 of 171 Musical Instruments & DJ niches · −8 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£103K/yr81K searches / yr
90-day growth
-18.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
91%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Bass Strings against its category

The dotted line is the Musical Instruments & DJ average. Past it, Bass Strings is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Bass Strings market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Bass Strings 81K times last year and spent an estimated £103K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

8.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 81K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -18.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £103K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
81K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-18.8%
Conversion, latest week
8.8%
Market size, estimated
£103Ka year
Peak month
December1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
bass strings47K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.44.

Listings sell for £14.44 on average, from £6.45 to £24.22. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £14.44 that is £7K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.44under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.45–£24.22
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£11K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

13% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #158 within Musical Instruments & DJ. It carries 2,264 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
13%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#158in Musical Instruments & DJ
Average rating
4.64 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,264per listing
Listings tracked
8

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 86 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Bass Strings 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 91% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£15K£31K£46K£62K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Ernie Ball75%
  • Bray16%
  • Rotosound6%
  • Johnny Brook3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Bass Strings search demand

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

2K2KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Bass Strings search terms shoppers use

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

  • bass strings47K/yr
  • bass guitar strings29K/yr
  • ernie ball bass strings6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bass Strings

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

Complain

Strap/String Quality100%−0.16

Poor, 3 string broke in the packet, so not happy

put strings were very poor stamdard

Love

Value For Money25%+1.40

Good price

The price payed is well worth the purchase

They are excellent value too give them a try

Bass20%+0.74

perfect for slap bass playing

A really great balanced Bass string for the money

the bass strings are quality

Quality-Overall15%+0.14

Good quality

Tune Retention10%+1.06

Sounds good and feels smooth and good tuning retention

Strap/String Quality10%−0.16

Love ernie ball strings

Great set of strings

Amazing strings

Return

0.5% Return rate 4% Fixable by listing

Strap/String Quality42%▆▁▄▂▅█

Poor, 3 string broke in the packet, so not happy

put strings were very poor stamdard

Bass26%▁▄▄█▅▃
Tune Retention10%█▇▁▁▁▁
Functionality-Overall4%▁█▁▁▁▁
Material Quality4%▁▁█▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Bass Strings questions

Answered from the same tracked data.