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Electric Guitar

Electric Guitar shows a fragmented shelf (top 5 take 30% of clicks), but weak search conversion (0.3%) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

52
Worth a look
Market size 51Growth 13Conversion 3Competition 85Returns 66Price range 47Avg price 74Brand share 72Review moat 73Quality gap 55
This niche Category average

Is Electric Guitar profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Electric Guitar is a £298K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 62% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.

Electric Guitar: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -23.5% over the last 90 days and 0.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£298K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-23.5%1.2M
Conversion rate0.3%
Avg price£103.32

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 62% of demand, so 38% of the market is open.

38%

open market share

Brands · sellers18 · 45
Top-5 product click share30%
Open market38%
Avg brand age61 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 70 products

Sponsored placement99%
New entrants (1y)11· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews584

Top Electric Guitar products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (30% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£6K£12K£18K£24K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 flat

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 65%

Open market

30%

  • Bonnlo16%
  • Donner14%
  • Fender11%
  • LALAHO10%
  • Ibanez10%
  • NPLSEO8%

Electric Guitar demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume1.2MCVR0.3%Products70Brands18Top 5 Brands62%OOS Rate3.9%Rating4.4★Reviews584Avg BSR#19
45K35KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Top Electric Guitar search terms shoppers use

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

  • electric guitar775K/yr
  • electric guitars120K/yr
  • ibanez electric guitars48K/yr
  • guitar electric27K/yr
  • gibson guitar electric17K/yr
  • epiphone electric guitar12K/yr
  • electric guitar kit18K/yr
  • left handed electric guitar18K/yr
  • 3/4 electric guitar19K/yr
  • electric guitar with amp13K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Electric Guitar

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

83% of reviews
Value For Money25%

Good for the price

Quality-Overall20%

Well made and was,packed welland came on time

Audio Quality15%

Fantastic quality and sound

Tune Retention7%

Stay tuned

Amplification4%

The amplifier is very clear in sound

What buyers complain about

66% of reviews
Amplification20%

Amp isn't working

Strap/String Quality14%

I changes the strap as it was rubbing in my neck

Quality-Overall6%

also replacement of the poor quality pick-ups present on the guitar

Tune Retention6%

they would constantly fall out of tune

Product Condition5%

very clearly been used extensively damage to body of guitar - should have been described as used

Electric Guitar return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

2.4%

Return rate

8%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Amplification
13%
2Strap/String Quality
11%
3Defective Material/Parts
10%
4Bass
9%
5Tune Retention
8%

Common Electric Guitar questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Electric Guitar 52/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £298K/yr across 70 tracked products. 1 of 11 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -23.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Electric Guitar on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.1× the quietest.