Guitar Strings
FailThe top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Guitar Strings is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 44 / 100Ranks 86 of 171 Musical Instruments & DJ niches · on the category median44
- Market size
- £872K/yr715K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -16.6%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 66%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 32 sellers
Flapen Score
Guitar Strings against its category
The dotted line is the Musical Instruments & DJ average. Past it, Guitar Strings is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Guitar Strings market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Guitar Strings 715K times last year and spent an estimated £872K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
11.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 715K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £872K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 715K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -16.6%
- Conversion, latest week
- 11.2%
- Market size, estimated
- £872Ka year
- Peak month
- December1.7× the quietest month
- Top search term
- guitar strings352K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £10.88.
Listings sell for £10.88 on average, from £4.70 to £20.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £10.88 that is £33K to £44K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £10.88under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £4.70–£20.21
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 60K–80K
- Units per listing a year
- 3,000–4,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- £33K–£44K
- Returns
- 0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
56% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #88 within Musical Instruments & DJ. It carries 17,626 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 56%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 10.1%
- Average rank
- #88in Musical Instruments & DJ
- Average rating
- 4.64 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 17,626per listing
- Listings tracked
- 18
04 · Newcomers
Brands here are established.
The brands on the shelf have sold for 67 months on average, so the names here are established.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 0
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 67 months
Products
Top Guitar Strings products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings 4-Pack - 10-46
- Price
- £18.13
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 130,242
- Age
- 4y ago

Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Electric Guitar Strings - includes 6 free plectrums
- Price
- £8.18
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 2,123
- Age
- 11y ago

Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom Electric Guitar Strings 10-52 - includes 6 free plectrums
- Price
- £8.41
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 397
- Age
- 10y ago

Adagio Professional Acoustic Guitar Strings Full Set/Pack - Gauge 10-47 Phosphor Bronze
- Price
- £5.79
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,261
- Age
- 18y ago

Ernie Ball Super Slinky Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings 4-Pack 9-42 Gauge
- Price
- £18.82
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 130,242
- Age
- 4y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Ernie Ball Power Slinky 3-set Bundle
- Price
- £17.48
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 14,487
- Age
- 18y ago

Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings 4-Pack - 10-46
- Price
- £18.13
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 130,242
- Age
- 4y ago

Ernie Ball Earthwood Medium Light Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings - 12-54 Gauge
- Price
- £6.27
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 13,976
- Age
- 17y ago

Adagio Premium Electric Guitar String Set COATED AntiRust Regular Light 010-046 Pack
- Price
- £4.71
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 99
- Age
- 16y ago

Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom Electric Guitar Strings 10-52 - includes 6 free plectrums
- Price
- £8.41
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 397
- Age
- 10y ago
Newest
by launch date
Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings 4-Pack - 10-46
- Price
- £18.13
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 130,242
- Age
- 4y ago

Ernie Ball Super Slinky Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings 4-Pack 9-42 Gauge
- Price
- £18.82
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 130,242
- Age
- 4y ago

DAddario XS Nickel Coated Electric Guitar Strings 10-46
- Price
- £10.92
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 1,523
- Age
- 4y ago

DAddario Guitar Strings - XT Nickel Coated Electric Guitar Strings - XTE1046 - Extended String Life with Natural Tone & Feel - For 6 String Guitars - 10-46 Regular Light
- Price
- £10.99
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 9,242
- Age
- 6y ago

Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom Electric Guitar Strings 10-52 - includes 6 free plectrums
- Price
- £8.41
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 397
- Age
- 10y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
4 falling
Sellers
32
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
66%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Ernie Ball72%
- Adagio21%
- D'Addario4%
- Elixir2%
Demand
Guitar Strings search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×
Search terms
Top Guitar Strings search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- guitar strings352K/yr
- electric guitar strings138K/yr
- ernie ball strings81K/yr
- guitar strings electric37K/yr
- ernie ball24K/yr
- ernie ball regular slinky 10-466K/yr
- guitar string12K/yr
- ernie ball guitar string9K/yr
- electric guitar strings 10-468K/yr
- guitar strings ernie ball electric5K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Guitar Strings
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
will change my review down if any of the thinner strings break way sooner than more established brands
Strings snap
Don't buy these strings
Absolutely crap... they snap before you can even tighten them to tune
after 2 weeks on the guitar the G string broke
break so easily
Top E snapped after a day
Not particularly great quality
Expensive
thought postage price was a bit high at £4.99
Love
Great strings
Great strings for slide playing
Great strings for a guitar
Excellent Product
Reliable Quality
Good quality smooth and good tone
Decent value
good price
Good value for money
Sounds great
Sound great with a nice tone
nice crisp sound from them
gives me tuning stability in drop tunings
They hold tuning well and last well
Stay in tune reasonably well once bedded in a bit
Return
0.3% Return rate 15% Fixable by listing
will change my review down if any of the thinner strings break way sooner than more established brands
Strings snap
Don't buy these strings
Not particularly great quality
Absolutely crap... they snap before you can even tighten them to tune
after 2 weeks on the guitar the G string broke
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