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Football

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.7% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 94% of clicks, so Football is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 15% of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · +10 vs the category median of 50
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.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

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.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£62K£125K£187K£250K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

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.

200K150KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Quality-Overall22%+1.33

Absolutely rubbish quality

Cheap rubbish

Awful Quality

Durability12%−0.05

Not durable

Didn't last a week

it got torn

Inflation/Deflation12%−0.09

Arrived deflated

Deflated everyday

now wont stay pumped up

Flatness12%−0.11

Come flat

Ball came flat as expected

just keeps going flat

Size-Overall9%

Not the right size

Smaller than expected

Very small ball

Love

Quality-Overall32%+1.33

its really well-made

Exceptional quality for price

Excellent product

Value For Money22%+1.83

Good value

Good value for money

Great value for money

Durability7%−0.05

feels durable enough to last through plenty of play sessions

it is holding up really well

Well crafted and durable

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.57

Much better than expected

As described

Exactly as it should be

Size-Overall6%

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

Inflation/Deflation26%▆▅▅▆▇█

Arrived deflated

Deflated everyday

now wont stay pumped up

Size-Overall19%█▅▅▄▅▃

Not the right size

Smaller than expected

Very small ball

Quality-Overall7%▂▇▇█▃▄

Absolutely rubbish quality

Cheap rubbish

Awful Quality

Flatness6%▄█▃▇▅▅

Come flat

Ball came flat as expected

just keeps going flat

Stitch/Finish/Polish5%▃▃█▄▆▆

stitching broken yet again

The stitching was not even

Also, the stitching looks like its coming apart too

FAQ

Common Football questions

Answered from the same tracked data.