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Cricket Ball

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.7% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Cricket Ball is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 33% of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · +4 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£100K/yr194K searches / yr
90-day growth
+74.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 21 sellers

Flapen Score

Cricket Ball against its category

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

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

Market

The Cricket Ball market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cricket Ball 194K times last year and spent an estimated £100K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 194K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +74.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £100K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
194K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+74.2%
Conversion, latest week
4.0%
Market size, estimated
£100Ka year
Peak month
May3.7× the quietest month
Top search term
cricket ball123K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.88.

Listings sell for £12.88 on average, from £6.16 to £34.08. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £12.88 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.88under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.16–£34.08
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£6K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

71% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #7 within Cricket. It carries 243 reviews at 4.12 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
71%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.0%
Average rank
#7in Cricket
Average rating
4.12 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
243per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 72 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Cricket Ball 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 70% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£10K£20K£30K£40K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • ONEGlobal66%
  • Kookaburra22%
  • Gunn & Moore4%
  • Readers4%
  • ZIPPER UK2%
  • Gray-Nicolls2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Cricket Ball search demand

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

9K7KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.7×

Search terms

Top Cricket Ball search terms shoppers use

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

  • cricket ball123K/yr
  • cricket balls35K/yr
  • junior cricket ball10K/yr
  • cricket balls hard5K/yr
  • cricket hard ball4K/yr
  • kookaburra cricket ball6K/yr
  • hard cricket ball3K/yr
  • personalised cricket ball3K/yr
  • junior cricket balls6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cricket Ball

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

Complain

Quality-Overall50%+4.90

Quality is not good

Weight Light25%−0.32

Light-weight

Material Quality25%−0.32

cheap material

Love

Quality-Overall100%+4.90

Quality ball

Top quality cricket balls

Good quality

Return

0.7% Return rate 27% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall25%▅█▅▁▄▄

Quality is not good

Size-Overall18%▁▃▁▇▄█
Leather Quality9%▁▁▃▅█▅
Hard Feel8%▁▁▁█▅▄
Stitch/Finish/Polish6%█▃▄▄▂▁

FAQ

Common Cricket Ball questions

Answered from the same tracked data.