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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

An estimated 8.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 81K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 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

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 28, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 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

Est. top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Est. 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 estimated 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

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

25%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
100%of negative reviews mention “Strap/String Quality”
0.5%of orders come back
“Poor, 3 string broke in the packet, so not happy”
A buyer, on “Strap/String Quality”100% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

13 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Bass Strings questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data