Football
MaybeReturns run at only 0.7% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 94% of clicks, so Football is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 60 / 100Top 15% of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · +10 vs the category median of 5060
- Market size
- £1.6M/yr5.5M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +39.9%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 46%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 108 sellers
Flapen Score
Football against its category
The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Football is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Football market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Football 5.5M times last year and spent an estimated £1.6M. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
2.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 5.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +39.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.6M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 5.5M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +39.9%
- Conversion, latest week
- 2.8%
- Market size, estimated
- £1.6Ma year
- Peak month
- December2.7× the quietest month
- Top search term
- football3.4M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £10.09.
Listings sell for £10.09 on average, from £4.49 to £22.06. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £10.09 that is £30K to £40K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £10.09under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £4.49–£22.06
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 125K–150K
- Units per listing a year
- 3,000–4,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- £30K–£40K
- Returns
- 0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #15 within Football. It carries 1,394 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 87%
- Prime listings
- 97%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.5%
- Average rank
- #15in Football
- Average rating
- 4.34 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 1,394per listing
- Listings tracked
- 39
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 15 of last year's 18 launches as successful.
18 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 15 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
- 18
- Successful launches
- 15Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 38 months
Products
Top Football products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
PUMA Orbita Play Premier League 2025/26 Lights Football 5 Fluo Yellow-multicolor
- Price
- £10.00
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 110
- Age
- 9mo ago

PUMA Orbita Cup Premier League 2025/26 Football Lights 5 Fluo Yellow-multicolor
- Price
- £11.96
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 320
- Age
- 1y ago

Mitre Adult Unisex Official England Football | Soccer Ball | Match Ball Red/White 5
- Price
- £8.22
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 4,259
- Age
- 6y ago

adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball 1 Count
- Price
- £8.62
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2,794
- Age
- 1mo ago

PUMA Orbita Play Premier League 2025/26 Brilliance Football 5
- Price
- £13.30
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 262
- Age
- 1y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
PUMA Orbita Cup Premier League 2025/26 Football Lights 5 Fluo Yellow-multicolor
- Price
- £11.96
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 320
- Age
- 1y ago

Mitre Adult Impel One 24 Football Fluo Yellow/Black/Circular Grey 5
- Price
- £8.11
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 33
- Age
- 2y ago

adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball Recreation Ball lucid lemon/black 5
- Price
- £8.48
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2,794
- Age
- 1mo ago

adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball Recreation Ball blue/white 5
- Price
- £8.78
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2,794
- Age
- 1mo ago

PUMA Orbita Play Premier League 2025/26 Thrill Football 5
- Price
- £12.97
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 262
- Age
- 5mo ago
Newest
by launch date
adidas Unisex FIFA World Cup 26 Trionda Training Ball white/team royal blue/solar blue/power red 5
- Price
- £22.06
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 1,072
- Age
- today

adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball 1 Count
- Price
- £8.62
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2,794
- Age
- 1mo ago

adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball Recreation Ball lucid lemon/black 5
- Price
- £8.48
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2,794
- Age
- 1mo ago

adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball Recreation Ball blue/white 5
- Price
- £8.78
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2,794
- Age
- 1mo ago

adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball Recreation Ball white/black 5
- Price
- £8.81
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2,794
- Age
- 1mo ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
9 falling
Sellers
108
Top-5 brand share
94%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
46%
Top 20: 84%
Open market
2%
- PUMA41%
- Mitre24%
- adidas14%
- Hy-Pro10%
- UEFA4%
- NINE4%
- Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 2%)
Demand
Football search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×
Search terms
Top Football search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- football3.4M/yr
- champions league football387K/yr
- footballs237K/yr
- size 3 football201K/yr
- size 5 football115K/yr
- size 4 football139K/yr
- football size 5101K/yr
- kids football92K/yr
- mitre football75K/yr
- premier league football96K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Football
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
Absolutely rubbish quality
Cheap rubbish
Awful Quality
Not durable
Didn't last a week
it got torn
Arrived deflated
Deflated everyday
now wont stay pumped up
Come flat
Ball came flat as expected
just keeps going flat
Not the right size
Smaller than expected
Very small ball
Love
its really well-made
Exceptional quality for price
Excellent product
Good value
Good value for money
Great value for money
feels durable enough to last through plenty of play sessions
it is holding up really well
Well crafted and durable
Much better than expected
As described
Exactly as it should be
Great size
Perfect size for a teenager who plays regularly
Well made match size 5 very good value looks good easy to inflate
Return
0.7% Return rate 27% Fixable by listing
Arrived deflated
Deflated everyday
now wont stay pumped up
Not the right size
Smaller than expected
Very small ball
Absolutely rubbish quality
Cheap rubbish
Awful Quality
Come flat
Ball came flat as expected
just keeps going flat
stitching broken yet again
The stitching was not even
Also, the stitching looks like its coming apart too
Keep looking
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