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Guitar

Maybe

Products sell for $59.41 on average, inside the sweet spot. But buyers convert on only 0.6% of searches, so Guitar is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 15% of 171 Musical Instruments & DJ niches · +10 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£617K/yr1.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Guitar against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Guitar market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Guitar 1.8M times last year and spent an estimated £617K. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

0.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £617K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.0%
Conversion, latest week
0.6%
Market size, estimated
£617Ka year
Peak month
December2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
guitar958K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £59.41.

Listings sell for £59.41 on average, from £11.67 to £138.55. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £59.41 that is £6K to £15K a year per listing.

Average price
£59.41inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£11.67–£138.55
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£15K
Returns
2.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 70% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #10 within Musical Instruments & DJ. It carries 1,878 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
70%
Out of stock, average day
5.7%
Average rank
#10in Musical Instruments & DJ
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,878per listing
Listings tracked
40

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

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

Products

Top Guitar 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£18K£37K£55K£74K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

26%

  • Fender17%
  • MAX16%
  • SuperGift.com12%
  • Martin Smith11%
  • LEKATO10%
  • Yamaha8%

Demand

Guitar search demand

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

70K50KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Guitar search terms shoppers use

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

  • guitar958K/yr
  • acoustic guitar414K/yr
  • guitars50K/yr
  • acoustic guitars45K/yr
  • fender acoustic guitar44K/yr
  • electro acoustic guitar43K/yr
  • classical guitars31K/yr
  • left handed guitar37K/yr
  • acoustic guitar full size26K/yr
  • guitar acoustic22K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Guitar

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

Complain

Quality-Overall19%−0.06

Poor quality

The quality was diabolical

No quality control in the factory to rectify that issue

Tune Retention14%−0.14

Within an hour of using the guitar it needs tuning again

the tuning retention isn't great

just doesnt sound right even when tuned

Strap/String Quality9%+0.60

strap point is missing

Lekato strap

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

Size-Overall5%−0.03

Guitar case won't fit

Cover doesn't fit

It's too small for this guitar

Value For Money4%+1.58

A little more than I was expecting to pay

Waste of money

Love

Value For Money18%+1.58

Good value for money

Great deal

Great for the price

Quality-Overall14%−0.06

Good quality

well made

Feels really well made

Audio Quality13%−0.04

Good sound

a cool crisp sound

Sound excellent appearance as described

Tune Retention12%−0.14

Easy tuning

Easy to tune

Stays in tune well

Strap/String Quality9%+0.60

Its a very comfortable strap

Guitar strap

A decent strap for a very good price

Return

2.0% Return rate 30% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall21%▇▆▆▅▅█

Guitar case won't fit

Cover doesn't fit

It's too small for this guitar

Strap/String Quality18%▆▇▆█▇▇

strap point is missing

Lekato strap

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

Tune Retention13%█▆▇█▅▆

Within an hour of using the guitar it needs tuning again

the tuning retention isn't great

just doesnt sound right even when tuned

Quality-Overall11%▆▇▄▆█▄

Poor quality

The quality was diabolical

No quality control in the factory to rectify that issue

Defective Material/Parts9%▄▅▇█▄▄

One of the string guitar is broken

Slight issue one of the string retainers have popped out

FAQ

Common Guitar questions

Answered from the same tracked data.