How competitive is the Cast Iron Weights niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

27 brands and 36 sellers compete in Cast Iron Weights on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Cast Iron Weights products take 26% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 67% of demand.

What does it cost to enter the Cast Iron Weights niche?

Cast Iron Weights sells for £39.59 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, inside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £5.15–£175.38. The average incumbent carries 970 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Cast Iron Weights

Cast Iron Weights shows low returns (0.3%), but a small market ($69K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

Worth a look

This niche Category average

Is Cast Iron Weights profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cast Iron Weights is a £69K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (120K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Cast Iron Weights: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +0.9% over the last 90 days and 1.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£69K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr2K

Search volume / yr+0.9%120K

Conversion rate1.5%

Avg price£39.59

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand, so 33% of the market is open.

33%

open market share

Brands · sellers27 · 36

Top-5 product click share26%

Open market33%

Avg brand age49 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 65 products

Top Cast Iron Weights products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Gallant Weight Plates - 5kg Standard 1 Inch Vinyl Weights Discs 20kg Set For Men Women - Weight Plate Set for Lifting Dumbbells Barbell Home Gym Fitness Training Equipment (Black 5kg x 4)

Price: £20.26
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 658
Age: 2y ago

Amazon Basics Rubber Encased Hex Dumbbell Weights Set 10 kg Black

Price: £29.79
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 736
Age: 1y ago

York Fitness 20 kg Cast Iron Spinlock Dumbbell - Adjustable Hand Weights Set (Pack of 2) - Black

Price: £37.77
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 3,434
Age: 18y ago

York 4x 5kg Black Cast Iron 1Inch Plates

Price: £37.85
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 1,246
Age: 18y ago

Amazon Basics 2.5 cm Grip Weight Plates 10 kg Weight Single Charcoal

Price: £16.29
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 320
Age: 10mo ago

Newest

by launch date

SPORTNOW 2-in-1 Adjustable Dumbbells Set 20kg Cast Iron Dumbbells Set

Price: £28.32
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 9
Age: 6mo ago

Amazon Basics 2.5 cm Grip Weight Plates 10 kg Weight Single Charcoal

Price: £16.29
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 320
Age: 10mo ago

Amazon Basics 2.5 cm Grip Weight Plates 1.25 kg Weights Set of 4 Charcoal

Price: £12.25
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 320
Age: 10mo ago

Amazon Basics Rubber Encased Hex Dumbbell Weights Set 10 kg Black

Price: £29.79
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 736
Age: 1y ago

Amazon Basics Rubber Encased Hex Dumbbell Weights Set 6 kg Black

Price: £20.04
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 736
Age: 1y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (26% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

27 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

26%

Top 20: 62%

Open market

28%

Amazon Basics21%
York Fitness20%
Gallant11%
Chase Fitness8%
Amonax7%
Phoenix Fitness5%

Cast Iron Weights demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume120KCVR1.5%Products65Brands27Top 5 Brands67%OOS Rate7.5%Rating4.6★Reviews970Avg BSR#99

Top Cast Iron Weights search terms shoppers use

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

cast iron weights21K/yr -11.4%0.6% conv.
cast iron dumbbells set19K/yr -7.7%1.4% conv.
cast iron weight plates14K/yr +0.2%0.7% conv.
york weights14K/yr +1.8%1.7% conv.
metal weights9K/yr +6.6%0.6% conv.
york dumbbells set9K/yr +10.3%1.1% conv.
york weight plates7K/yr +11.1%2.4% conv.
cast iron dumbbells6K/yr +9.7%1.3% conv.
metal dumbbells set6K/yr +8.8%0.8% conv.
iron weights4K/yr +30.3%0.7% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cast Iron Weights

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

82% of reviews

Quality-Overall33%

“Good quality set”

Value For Money20%

“Excellent value for money”

Weight Heavy5%

“Incredible weights”

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

“As described”

Grip4%

“Comfortable grip”

What buyers complain about

59% of reviews

Smell13%

“Bad smell”

Weight Heavy10%

“I also think maybe its slightly heavier than actual 8kg”

Quality-Overall9%

“Very Garbage”

Size-Overall8%

“bigger than I thought”

Value For Money4%

“But costly”

Cast Iron Weights return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.3%

Return rate

41%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall

28%

2Weight Heavy

17%

3Defective Material/Parts

4Advertised Vs Actual Product

5Quality-Overall

Common Cast Iron Weights questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Cast Iron Weights 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £69K/yr across 65 tracked products. 3 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +0.9% over the last 90 days.

Cast Iron Weights buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Smell, Weight Heavy, Quality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.3%.