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Ernie Ball Super Slinky

Fail

The top 5 products take 100% of clicks, so Ernie Ball Super Slinky is a Fail.

Flapen Score
32
32 / 100
Ranks 153 of 171 Musical Instruments & DJ niches · −12 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£121K/yr41K searches / yr
90-day growth
-31.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
100%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 10 sellers

Flapen Score

Ernie Ball Super Slinky against its category

The dotted line is the Musical Instruments & DJ average. Past it, Ernie Ball Super Slinky is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

32Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ernie Ball Super Slinky market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Ernie Ball Super Slinky 41K times last year and spent an estimated £121K. All 2 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Sep–Dec. Flapen scores it 32 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

21.9% 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, 21.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -31.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £121K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
41K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-31.0%
Conversion, latest week
21.9%
Market size, estimated
£121Ka year
Peak month
December2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
ernie ball super slinky24K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.34.

Listings sell for £13.34 on average, from £6.14 to £20.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £13.34 that is £13K to £17K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.34under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.14–£20.21
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£13K–£17K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #136 within Musical Instruments & DJ. It carries 33,567 reviews at 4.78 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
16.7%
Average rank
#136in Musical Instruments & DJ
Average rating
4.78 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
33,567per listing
Listings tracked
4

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 64 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
64 months

Products

Top Ernie Ball Super Slinky 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 100% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£24K£48K£73K£97K1101001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 falling

Sellers

10

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Ernie Ball92%
  • LxcshLjx8%

Demand

Ernie Ball Super Slinky search demand

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

1K750Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

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

Search terms

Top Ernie Ball Super Slinky search terms shoppers use

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

  • ernie ball super slinky24K/yr
  • super slinky guitar strings11K/yr
  • ernie ball super slinky 9-424K/yr
  • super slinky3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ernie Ball Super Slinky

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

Complain

Value For Money50%

Expensive

Love

Strap/String Quality31%

Great strings

They are simply just one of the best strings out there

Best strings you can buy

Quality-Overall25%

Excellent Product

Excellent product

good quality

Tune Retention19%

Strings sound great

gives me tuning stability in drop tunings

They hold tuning well and last well

Value For Money13%

Good value item

Audio Quality6%

Sound great through active pickups

Return

0.2% Return rate 25% Fixable by listing

Strap/String Quality29%█▆▁▁▁▁
Size-Overall13%▁█▁▁▁▁
Quality-Overall13%▁▁▁█▁▁
Advertised Vs Actual Product13%▁▁▁▁▁█
Value For Money13%▁▁▁▁█▁

Expensive

FAQ

Common Ernie Ball Super Slinky questions

Answered from the same tracked data.