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Barbell Clips

Fail

Prices span $2.15–$10.22, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Barbell Clips is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 702 of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · −11 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£33K/yr75K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 19 sellers

Flapen Score

Barbell Clips against its category

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

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Barbell Clips market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Barbell Clips 75K times last year and spent an estimated £33K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 75K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £33K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
75K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.6%
Conversion, latest week
6.8%
Market size, estimated
£33Ka year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
barbell clips35K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.61.

Listings sell for £6.61 on average, from £2.15 to £10.22. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £6.61 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.61under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.15–£10.22
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–£3K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #31 within Fitness. It carries 413 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
13.8%
Average rank
#31in Fitness
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
413per listing
Listings tracked
18

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 44 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
44 months

Products

Top Barbell Clips 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 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£3K£7K£10K£13K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

19%

  • MuscleForge23%
  • GENESIS SYSTEMS16%
  • ProSource16%
  • TRIXES11%
  • Iron Lab10%
  • The Pure Blue6%

Demand

Barbell Clips search demand

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

2K1KSpike '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Barbell Clips search terms shoppers use

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

  • barbell clips35K/yr
  • olympic barbell clips10K/yr
  • barbell collars6K/yr
  • weight clips5K/yr
  • barbell clamps6K/yr
  • gym clips5K/yr
  • weight bar clips4K/yr
  • weight clips for bars3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Barbell Clips

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

Complain

Size-Overall35%−0.21

very tight fitting

Dont fit

Too Tight

Grip19%−0.04

Then after 3 months they started very quickly to loose their grip

Loose grip after a while

Looses grip

Durability14%−0.10

It broke whilst clamping it to a 2.5cm dia bar with very little pressure

One broke straight away during first time use

Catastrophic failure after 9 months

Quality-Overall11%+1.53

Poor product

Its rubbish

Not a very good at all

Functionality-Overall6%−0.03

Still works loose

Love

Quality-Overall24%+1.53

Good quality

good equipment

No complaints

Advertised Vs Actual Product18%+0.79

Great, Just as advertised

Works just fine

As described

Ease Of Use16%+1.80

Easy to use

Easy to carry round the gym

Make your life easier

Grip15%−0.04

strong grip

Good gripping clamps

Good grip

Size-Overall10%−0.21

Easy fit

its a perfect fit for my barbel

They fit perfectly and securely, seem hard wearing and robust

Return

1.6% Return rate 85% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall84%▇▇▇█▇▇

very tight fitting

Dont fit

Too Tight

Quality-Overall3%█▁▁▂▄▁

Poor product

Its rubbish

Not a very good at all

Defective Material/Parts3%▄▁▁▃█▆
Functionality-Overall2%▁▁█▁▇▅

Still works loose

Mechanism Issues2%▁▁▅▅█▁

FAQ

Common Barbell Clips questions

Answered from the same tracked data.