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Cast Iron Weights

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But shoppers spend only $69K a year here, so Cast Iron Weights is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 46% of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · +1 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£69K/yr120K searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
26%top-5 click share · 27 brands · 36 sellers

Flapen Score

Cast Iron Weights against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Cast Iron Weights is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cast Iron Weights market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cast Iron Weights 120K times last year and spent an estimated £69K. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 120K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £69K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
120K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.9%
Conversion, latest week
1.5%
Market size, estimated
£69Ka year
Top search term
cast iron weights21K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £39.59.

Listings sell for £39.59 on average, from £5.15 to £175.38. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £39.59 that is £0 to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£39.59inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.15–£175.38
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£4K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 42% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #99 within Fitness. It carries 970 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
42%
Out of stock, average day
7.5%
Average rank
#99in Fitness
Average rating
4.56 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
970per listing
Listings tracked
65

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Cast Iron Weights 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 only 26% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£3K£4K£6K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

27 rising

Sellers

36

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%

Demand

Cast Iron Weights search demand

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

3K2KDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5× · 8 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Cast Iron Weights search terms shoppers use

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

  • cast iron weights21K/yr
  • cast iron dumbbells set19K/yr
  • cast iron weight plates14K/yr
  • york weights14K/yr
  • metal weights9K/yr
  • york dumbbells set9K/yr
  • york weight plates7K/yr
  • cast iron dumbbells6K/yr
  • metal dumbbells set6K/yr
  • iron weights4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cast Iron Weights

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

Complain

Smell13%−0.08

Bad smell

Very strong smell

very strong rubber smell

Weight Heavy10%+0.39

I also think maybe its slightly heavier than actual 8kg

be careful when the box arrives its very heavy

Very heavy

Quality-Overall9%+1.85

Very Garbage

Absolutely rubbish, the lock nuts don't stay

Bad quality

Size-Overall8%−0.01

bigger than I thought

Small

This item is not fit for purpose

Value For Money4%+1.38

But costly

Overpriced

Quite expensive -

Love

Quality-Overall33%+1.85

Good quality set

Amazing Quality

Great build quality

Value For Money20%+1.38

Excellent value for money

good value for money

Fair price

Weight Heavy5%+0.39

Incredible weights

Good weight plates

Nice and heavy

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

As described

Exactly what I needed

Exactly as advertised

Grip4%

Comfortable grip

the hand grip is good

Good grip

Return

0.3% Return rate 41% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall28%▆▇▆█▇█

bigger than I thought

Small

This item is not fit for purpose

Weight Heavy17%▆▅▆▆█▇

I also think maybe its slightly heavier than actual 8kg

be careful when the box arrives its very heavy

Very heavy

Defective Material/Parts9%▃▆▅▃█▃

Broken piece

One of the 1kg weights were damaged when we received it

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%█▃▆▃▂▃

The description says 20kg but 17kg in actual.

Not as specified

Quality-Overall5%▃▄█▂▃▃

Very Garbage

Absolutely rubbish, the lock nuts don't stay

Bad quality

FAQ

Common Cast Iron Weights questions

Answered from the same tracked data.