8 Speed Chain
FailPrices span $5.02–$13.13, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 8 Speed Chain is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 42 / 100Ranks 621 of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · −8 vs the category median of 5042
- Market size
- £46K/yr34K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +14.4%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 78%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 44 sellers
Flapen Score
8 Speed Chain against its category
The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, 8 Speed Chain is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The 8 Speed Chain market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 8 Speed Chain 34K times last year and spent an estimated £46K. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Demand peaks in May. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
16.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 34K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 16.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +14.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £46K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 34K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +14.4%
- Conversion, latest week
- 16.8%
- Market size, estimated
- £46Ka year
- Peak month
- May2.0× the quietest month
- Top search term
- 8 speed chain18K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £7.98.
Listings sell for £7.98 on average, from £5.02 to £13.13. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £7.98 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £7.98under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £5.02–£13.13
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 5K–6K
- Units per listing a year
- 250–500
- Revenue per listing a year
- £2K–£4K
- Returns
- 0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
60% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #27 within Cycling. It carries 1,213 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 60%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 4.1%
- Average rank
- #27in Cycling
- Average rating
- 4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 1,213per listing
- Listings tracked
- 10
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 44 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
- 44 months
Products
Top 8 Speed Chain 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
SHIMANO HG40 116 W/CL Chain - Grey 6/7/8 Speed
- Price
- £7.93
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 6,018
- Age
- 19y ago

KMC Bike Chain Z8.3 Smooth & Quiet Bicycle Chain Quality & Highly Compatible With Chamfered Inner Plates Shifting Performance Bicycle Chain Multi-Speed Bike Chain 1/2 X 3/32 - 114 links
- Price
- £7.64
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 639
- Age
- 7y ago

6/7/8 Speed Bike Chain Bike Chain for Road Mountain Racing Cycling
- Price
- £5.02
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 207
- Age
- 2y ago

KMC X8-93 - 8 Speed Silver/Grey Chain 114L
- Price
- £11.47
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 2,478
- Age
- 16y ago

KMC: Z7 Chain 114L - Grey
- Price
- £7.24
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,503
- Age
- 7y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Huamai Trade Premium 6/7/8-Speed Bike Chain Kit(1/2 x 3/32) with Link Pliers Chain Cutter & Wear Gauge. Complete Tool Set for Mountain & Road Bike Chain Maintenance
- Price
- £13.13
- Rating
- 3.3/5
- Reviews
- 4
- Age
- 4mo ago

6/7/8 Speed Bike Chain Bicycle Chain 116Link Compatible with SHIMANO Silver
- Price
- £7.85
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 21
- Age
- 1y ago

6/7/8 Speed Bike Chain Bike Chain for Road Mountain Racing Cycling
- Price
- £5.02
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 207
- Age
- 2y ago

SHIMANO HG40 116 W/CL Chain - Grey 6/7/8 Speed
- Price
- £7.93
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 6,018
- Age
- 19y ago

KMC X8-93 - 8 Speed Silver/Grey Chain 114L
- Price
- £11.47
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 2,478
- Age
- 16y ago
Newest
by launch date
Huamai Trade Premium 6/7/8-Speed Bike Chain Kit(1/2 x 3/32) with Link Pliers Chain Cutter & Wear Gauge. Complete Tool Set for Mountain & Road Bike Chain Maintenance
- Price
- £13.13
- Rating
- 3.3/5
- Reviews
- 4
- Age
- 4mo ago

6/7/8 Speed Bike Chain Bicycle Chain 116Link Compatible with SHIMANO Silver
- Price
- £7.85
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 21
- Age
- 1y ago

6/7/8 Speed Bike Chain Bike Chain for Road Mountain Racing Cycling
- Price
- £5.02
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 207
- Age
- 2y ago

TOOPRE 6/7/8-Speed Bicycle Chain 116 Links Steel High Strength Bike Derailleur Chain for 6/7/8-Gear Road Mountain Bicycle (4.9ft)
- Price
- £5.93
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 890
- Age
- 7y ago

KMC Bike Chain Z8.3 Smooth & Quiet Bicycle Chain Quality & Highly Compatible With Chamfered Inner Plates Shifting Performance Bicycle Chain Multi-Speed Bike Chain 1/2 X 3/32 - 114 links
- Price
- £7.64
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 639
- Age
- 7y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 78% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
7 falling
Sellers
44
Top-5 brand share
95%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
78%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
2%
- SHIMANO38%
- KMC35%
- ERTYUI11%
- AEYINO6%
- JJOnlineStore5%
- Huamai Trade3%
- Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)
Demand
8 Speed Chain search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×
Search terms
Top 8 Speed Chain search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- 8 speed chain18K/yr
- 7 speed chain10K/yr
- shimano 8 speed chain4K/yr
- kmc 8 speed chain3K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about 8 Speed Chain
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
It is horrible to fit
Bit small
Storage bag needs to be a bit bigger
Broken
Chain snapped after 2 short rides
Snapped after 4 months
Expected quality buying the Shimano brand but extremely disappointed and would have been better buying a cheaper brand alternative.
Rubbish
Terrible product, impossible to get the links to snap together
once it clicks into place accomplished on kitchen table then it cannot be removed
horrible to remove
it was even trickier to remove
impossible to put on
Love
Good quality
Great product
Untouched and great overall quality
chain inside the draw string bag it is a very good price for what you get
Excellent value
Good price too
Great fit
Easy to fit
Easy to fit to the bike
It has lasted longer than I was expecting
However, it works and I hope it lasts me a while
It lasts long
Product as described
Exactly as needed, no issues
Return
0.7% Return rate 56% Fixable by listing
It is horrible to fit
Bit small
Storage bag needs to be a bit bigger
Quick and easy connecting link does NOT connect quick or easy
After an hour of trying I realised I had a proper quick connect chain link from the one that came off
Broken
Chain snapped after 2 short rides
Snapped after 4 months
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