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9 Speed Chain

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.7% of orders. But shoppers spend only $36K a year here, so 9 Speed Chain is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 33% of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · +4 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£36K/yr33K searches / yr
90-day growth
+29.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
56%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 58 sellers

Flapen Score

9 Speed Chain against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, 9 Speed Chain is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The 9 Speed Chain market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 9 Speed Chain 33K times last year and spent an estimated £36K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 33K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +29.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £36K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
33K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+29.1%
Conversion, latest week
10.0%
Market size, estimated
£36Ka year
Peak month
May2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
9 speed chain23K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.78.

Listings sell for £10.78 on average, from £6.63 to £18.50. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £10.78 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.78under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.63–£18.50
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

65% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #66 within Cycling. It carries 671 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
65%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.7%
Average rank
#66in Cycling
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
671per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
55 months

Products

Top 9 Speed Chain 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£5K£7K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

58

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

20%

  • SHIMANO24%
  • KMC20%
  • AEYINO10%
  • ERTYUI10%
  • SRAM Chain10%
  • DELAESI7%

Demand

9 Speed Chain search demand

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

1K600Spike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top 9 Speed Chain search terms shoppers use

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

  • 9 speed chain23K/yr
  • shimano 9 speed chain6K/yr
  • 9 speed bike chain3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 9 Speed Chain

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

Complain

Quality-Overall27%+1.94

Cheap rubbish

Not good quality

Absolute crap, snapped first time

Flexibility9%−0.06

seems to have alot of twist play

Assembly/Installation9%−0.01

Only problem is quick link is not so quick to install

Size-Overall9%+0.20

0.4mm too small

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.05

Don't buy not what it says it is

Love

Quality-Overall39%+1.94

Great quality at a very good price gear change works fine

looks good quality and runs smoothly

Good quality

Value For Money20%+1.90

great value for money

Good value

Great price

Size-Overall17%+0.20

Easy to fit and works well

then fitting is easy

fits perfect on my son carrera

Efficiency5%+0.43

Seems to work well, runs smoothly

Durability5%−0.02

They easily last 4000 miles

Return

0.7% Return rate 55% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall51%█▁▃▆▄▆

0.4mm too small

Compatibility-Overall19%▁██▂▂▂
Defective Material/Parts9%▁█▁▂▆▁
Durability6%▁▁█▃▄█

2 days before snapping

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%▁▁▁█▁▁

Don't buy not what it says it is

FAQ

Common 9 Speed Chain questions

Answered from the same tracked data.