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Electro Acoustic Guitars

Fail

Buyers convert on only 0.4% of searches, so Electro Acoustic Guitars is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 101 of 171 Musical Instruments & DJ niches · −2 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£46K/yr94K searches / yr
90-day growth
-26.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
33%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Electro Acoustic Guitars against its category

The dotted line is the Musical Instruments & DJ average. Past it, Electro Acoustic Guitars is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Electro Acoustic Guitars market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Electro Acoustic Guitars 94K times last year and spent an estimated £46K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 94K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -26.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £46K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
94K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-26.1%
Conversion, latest week
0.4%
Market size, estimated
£46Ka year
Peak month
December2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
electro acoustic guitar43K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £110.93.

Listings sell for £110.93 on average, from £35.06 to £259.79. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250 to 500 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £110.93 that is £0 to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£110.93above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£35.06–£259.79
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250–500
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£11K
Returns
2.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #35 within Musical Instruments & DJ. It carries 569 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
4.6%
Average rank
#35in Musical Instruments & DJ
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
569per listing
Listings tracked
49

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 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 70 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
70 months

Products

Top Electro Acoustic Guitars 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 only 33% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£3K£4K£5K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 rising

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

33%

Top 20: 74%

Open market

21%

  • Fender30%
  • Ibanez26%
  • Yamaha7%
  • Winzz6%
  • Gretsch6%
  • CAHAYA4%

Demand

Electro Acoustic Guitars search demand

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

5K4KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Electro Acoustic Guitars search terms shoppers use

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

  • electro acoustic guitar43K/yr
  • electric acoustic guitar full size10K/yr
  • ibanez acoustic guitar10K/yr
  • epiphone acoustic guitar7K/yr
  • martin guitar7K/yr
  • tanglewood acoustic guitar7K/yr
  • acoustic electric guitars6K/yr
  • gibson acoustic guitar4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Electro Acoustic Guitars

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

Complain

Quality-Overall16%−0.08

Poor quality

As a cheap

Not the best

Size-Overall9%−0.02

Guitar case won't fit

Cover doesn't fit

It's too small for this guitar

Tune Retention7%−0.02

The strings it comes with a poor

Tuner display very difficult to see

Only problem needs tuning after a good play more than previous guitars I've had

Amplification7%

the Amplifier developed a fault after 30 days

The built-in amp isnt something I need

pre amp packed up after a few months

Value For Money5%+3.14

price it looks more expensive than it was

Waste of money

Love

Value For Money24%+3.14

Good value for money

Great deal

Good for the price

Audio Quality18%+1.03

Good sound

Beautiful sound

Sounds absolutely incredible

Quality-Overall18%−0.08

superb craftsmanship, beautiful too

Feels really well made

Good quality

Tune Retention13%−0.02

Stays in tune well

Holds tuning great

ease of tuning

Bass6%−0.05

Its a good looking guitar

Decent enough guitar and sounds ok,

Great looking guitar with a good finish

Return

2.9% Return rate 18% Fixable by listing

Strap/String Quality17%▇▇▇█▅▅

on checking the contents of the package I found the strap was missing

strap point is missing

there was only 1 strap point on the guitar so not able to use a strap with it

Defective Material/Parts12%█▅▆█▆▃
Size-Overall12%▆▆█▄▄▇

Guitar case won't fit

Cover doesn't fit

It's too small for this guitar

Tune Retention10%█▃▄▄▄▄

The strings it comes with a poor

Tuner display very difficult to see

Only problem needs tuning after a good play more than previous guitars I've had

Quality-Overall10%▇▅▃█▄▃

Poor quality

As a cheap

Not the best

FAQ

Common Electro Acoustic Guitars questions

Answered from the same tracked data.