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Compass

Fail

The top 5 products take 84% of clicks, so Compass is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 570 of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · −6 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£260K/yr508K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
84%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 50 sellers

Flapen Score

Compass against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Compass market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Compass 508K times last year and spent an estimated £260K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 508K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £260K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
508K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.7%
Conversion, latest week
6.3%
Market size, estimated
£260Ka year
Peak month
September1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
compass323K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.08.

Listings sell for £8.08 on average, from £1.57 to £22.61. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £8.08 that is £16K to £20K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.08under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.57–£22.61
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£16K–£20K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #262 within Sports Technology. It carries 970 reviews at 4.29 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.3%
Average rank
#262in Sports Technology
Average rating
4.29 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
970per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Compass 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 84% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£26K£52K£78K£104K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

50

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • Silva41%
  • DOETYD34%
  • Skylety9%
  • Helix5%
  • Lubarion4%
  • Sportneer3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Compass search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Compass search terms shoppers use

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

  • compass323K/yr
  • compass navigation70K/yr
  • compa33K/yr
  • compasses16K/yr
  • compas12K/yr
  • pocket compass8K/yr
  • compass hiking11K/yr
  • hiking compass8K/yr
  • military compass7K/yr
  • navigation compass5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Compass

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

Complain

Quality-Overall29%−0.15

avoid, poor quality

Piece of junk

Incredibly cheaply made and totally inaccurate

Functionality-Overall15%−0.17

This compass did not work

Did not work

Didn't work

GPS9%+1.30

Compass was broken

Al the other gizmoes cannot replace the compass

This compass did not work

Value For Money6%+1.24

not what I expected for the price

Waste of o. Absolutely waste of money

Ease Of Use6%+0.10

This makes it unusable

Its completely unusable

Love

Quality-Overall24%−0.15

Well featured compass

Good quality

So, nicely made

Value For Money21%+1.24

Worth the money if thats what you want

Great value

Good value

GPS14%+1.30

Clear and easy to read compass that provides sufficient accuracy for map reading whilst hiking

Excellent compass

Great bot of kit for teaching Navigation with all the essential features on the compass

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+0.68

it does exactly what I need it to do

As expected

Does what it says

Ease Of Use6%+0.10

is a pleasure to use

Nice and helpful

The features were easy for any one specially for beginners

Return

0.5% Return rate 17% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall19%▅██▇▇▇

This compass did not work

Did not work

Didn't work

Quality-Overall9%▁▃█▂▂▆

avoid, poor quality

Piece of junk

Incredibly cheaply made and totally inaccurate

Display-Overall9%▁▃▁█▁▁
Ease Of Use9%▁▁▂█▁▁

This makes it unusable

Its completely unusable

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%█▅▂▂▄▂

Does not indicate true North

Not quite what I wanted

FAQ

Common Compass questions

Answered from the same tracked data.