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22 Pellets

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But prices span $4.77–$20.59, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 22 Pellets is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 30% of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · +5 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£213K/yr365K searches / yr
90-day growth
+25.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 21 sellers

Flapen Score

22 Pellets against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, 22 Pellets is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 22 Pellets market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 22 Pellets 365K times last year and spent an estimated £213K. The top 5 brands take 80% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 365K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +25.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £213K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
365K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+25.6%
Conversion, latest week
5.6%
Market size, estimated
£213Ka year
Peak month
April2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
22 pellets air rifle125K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.40.

Listings sell for £10.40 on average, from £4.77 to £20.59. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £10.40 that is £5K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.40under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.77–£20.59
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£8K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

24% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #5 within Airsoft. It carries 799 reviews at 4.44 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
24%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
8.8%
Average rank
#5in Airsoft
Average rating
4.44 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
799per listing
Listings tracked
21

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 70 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
70 months

Products

Top 22 Pellets 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 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£21K£43K£64K£85K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

16%

  • H&N Sport40%
  • BSA Guns12%
  • FFT11%
  • iHunter11%
  • JSB6%
  • Farm Cottage Brands4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 16%)

Demand

22 Pellets search demand

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

20K15KSpike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top 22 Pellets search terms shoppers use

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

  • 22 pellets air rifle125K/yr
  • 22 pellets55K/yr
  • air rifle pellets 2237K/yr
  • air pellets22K/yr
  • air gun pellets .2217K/yr
  • air rifle pellets19K/yr
  • .22 pellets15K/yr
  • 22 air rifle pellets13K/yr
  • 22 vermin pellets4K/yr
  • pellets air4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 22 Pellets

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

Complain

Quality-Overall36%+0.09

Cheap

Not very good quality

Rubbish

Size-Overall11%−0.05

Dont fit

then there was the oversize ones lots of them that just would not fit in the barrel of my rifle

Value For Money7%+2.47

It seems a lot of money for a few bits of lead

maybe a little more expensive

Smell7%−0.07

they smell like diesel

Adhesion/Stickiness7%−0.07

NOT peel and stick

Love

Quality-Overall39%+0.09

Quality and accurate

Build quality is excellent

Quality 👍 Great always consistent

Value For Money23%+2.47

fair price too

Good value

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.91

It does the job

As described

What I ordered

Size-Overall5%−0.05

Feeding and fit were consistent with no noticeable defects in the tin

glad they fit

good fit, and works as intnended

Measurement/Reading Accuracy5%−0.01

Accuracy was also better than expected for a pointed / penetrator

excellent pellets and accurate

These are the only ones that are consistently accurate that I have tried

Return

0.2% Return rate 75% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall72%█▆▄█▆▆

Dont fit

then there was the oversize ones lots of them that just would not fit in the barrel of my rifle

Rusts/Corrodes11%▁▁█▁▂▁

Pellets corroded and showing rust even though they are lead tin lid seazed on had to remove with a knife worst pellets I have ever purchased

Defective Material/Parts6%▁█▃▁▃▁
Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▁▁▁█▅▇
Measurement/Reading Accuracy2%▁▁▁▁█▁

accuracy not great in my HW45

FAQ

Common 22 Pellets questions

Answered from the same tracked data.