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Darts

Maybe

Shoppers spend $5.1M a year here. But demand is soft, at -50.2% this quarter, so Darts is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 30% of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · +5 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£5.1M/yr6.9M searches / yr
90-day growth
-50.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Darts against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Darts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Darts 6.9M times last year and spent an estimated £5.1M. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 6.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -50.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £5.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.9M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-50.2%
Conversion, latest week
1.8%
Market size, estimated
£5.1Ma year
Peak month
January7.5× the quietest month
Top search term
darts3.6M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £39.95.

Listings sell for £39.95 on average, from £5.65 to £194.45. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £39.95 that is £80K to £100K a year per listing.

Average price
£39.95inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.65–£194.45
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£80K–£100K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #109 within Darts & Dartboards. It carries 1,840 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
92%
Out of stock, average day
1.2%
Average rank
#109in Darts & Dartboards
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,840per listing
Listings tracked
49

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Darts 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£152K£304K£456K£608K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 76%

Open market

13%

  • Target Darts53%
  • WINMAU15%
  • LANNEY8%
  • CyeeLife4%
  • Generic4%
  • CC-Exquisite4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (11 brands, 13%)

Demand

Darts search demand

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

600K400KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.5×

Search terms

Top Darts search terms shoppers use

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

  • darts3.6M/yr
  • target darts712K/yr
  • darts set585K/yr
  • tungsten darts277K/yr
  • red dragon darts254K/yr
  • luke littler darts307K/yr
  • swiss point darts210K/yr
  • josh rock darts85K/yr
  • dart113K/yr
  • winmau darts117K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Darts

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

Complain

Durability29%−0.26

breaks easily

Broke after a day

immediately broke

Quality-Overall15%+0.57

Rubbish quality

Not good quality

even at this price it is low quality

Value For Money8%+1.71

Cheap for a reason

For the price I would have expected better

not worth the money

Strength3%−0.03

Fragile and break easily

Very Flimsy

A bit flimsy

Flexibility3%−0.03

flights are tacky bend

you need to really tighten

2 flights bend as your trying to attach them

Love

Quality-Overall27%+0.57

Build quality is excellent: solid construction

Great build quality as with all target products

Brilliant quality

Value For Money27%+1.71

Great value

Good Value

Excellent value for money

Grip8%+0.66

comfortable to grip

The grips are smooth

Good grip

Weight Light6%−0.02

Great darts quite lightweight

Good feel and weight for the price

They are the perfect weight for someone

Suitability Beginner6%+0.40

Beginner friendly

Best for beginners

Good enough for beginners

Return

0.9% Return rate 13% Fixable by listing

Durability18%█▇▅▇▃▄

breaks easily

Broke after a day

immediately broke

Defective Material/Parts16%█▄▆▅█▇

Dart is broken

Flights appeared damaged as difficult to position in stem

one of the points were already broken and it came with only 2 flights and stems

Quality-Overall12%█▄▅▄▆▅

Rubbish quality

Not good quality

even at this price it is low quality

Size-Overall5%▂▄▅▅▆█

Flights dont fit

however ordered wrong weight size so had to returnthem

Also theyre wide

Functionality-Overall5%▄▅█▄▃█

It's very annoying paying this much for a product that isn't working

The flights keep dropping out

FAQ

Common Darts questions

Answered from the same tracked data.