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Clarinet Reeds

Fail

The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so Clarinet Reeds is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Top 41% of 171 Musical Instruments & DJ niches · +2 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£74K/yr41K searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
45%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Clarinet Reeds against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Clarinet Reeds market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Clarinet Reeds 41K times last year and spent an estimated £74K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

17.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 41K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 17.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £74K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
41K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.6%
Conversion, latest week
17.5%
Market size, estimated
£74Ka year
Peak month
September2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
clarinet reeds20K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.32.

Listings sell for £10.32 on average, from £5.14 to £20.37. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £10.32 that is £3K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.32under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.14–£20.37
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£5K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

44% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #27 within Musical Instruments & DJ. It carries 1,589 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
44%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#27in Musical Instruments & DJ
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,589per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Clarinet Reeds 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 45% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£7K£9K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

2%

  • VANDOREN35%
  • D'Addario28%
  • Sovvid22%
  • New Bee7%
  • RuiJOTWAT6%
  • HiBD1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 2%)

Demand

Clarinet Reeds search demand

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

1K800Spike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Clarinet Reeds search terms shoppers use

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

  • clarinet reeds20K/yr
  • clarinet reeds 1.59K/yr
  • clarinet reeds 27K/yr
  • clarinet reeds 2.55K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Clarinet Reeds

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

Complain

Audio Quality20%−0.25

not a nice sound

Wouldn't make sound

Quality-Overall15%+1.92

No wonder they are so cheap

Avoid, better to pay more for a better quality product

Tune Retention15%−0.07

I found it harder to keep in tune

I couldn't get a squeak out of them with the octave key on

Size-Overall13%−0.12

Not fit for purpose

it is slightly wider than what I am used to

are not fit for purpose

Durability8%+0.38

got broken even before fixing it on the mouthpiece

it was just about holding out after a month

Love

Quality-Overall43%+1.92

they are actually much better quality than I was expecting

they were generally reliable across the range

Good quality

Value For Money10%+1.21

Great value for money when on offer

Excellent for the price

I reckon they're well worth a go

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.39

Does the job

As described

Durability8%+0.38

Longevity seems decent so far

they were generally reliable across the range

should last a decent amount of time

Audio Quality6%−0.25

sound great

Great sound at a fair price

Nice sound for clarinet

Return

0.6% Return rate 62% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall56%▇█▄█▅▅

Not fit for purpose

it is slightly wider than what I am used to

are not fit for purpose

Quality-Overall7%█▁▆▁▃▁

No wonder they are so cheap

Avoid, better to pay more for a better quality product

Audio Quality7%█▁▁▄▇▁

not a nice sound

Wouldn't make sound

Thickness6%▁▃▁▁▂█
Functionality-Overall4%▁▁█▁▄▁

FAQ

Common Clarinet Reeds questions

Answered from the same tracked data.