How competitive is the Hockey Ball niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

5 brands and 20 sellers compete in Hockey Ball on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Hockey Ball products take 80% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Hockey Ball?

Hockey Ball buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Smell, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.4%.

What does it cost to enter the Hockey Ball niche?

Hockey Ball sells for £8.59 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £4.42–£15.78. The average incumbent carries 544 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Hockey Ball

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Hockey Ball doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

Skip it

This niche Category average

Is Hockey Ball profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Hockey Ball is a £37K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (44K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 31/100.

Hockey Ball: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -40.2% over the last 90 days and 10.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£37K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K

Search volume / yr-40.2%44K

Conversion rate10.0%

Avg price£8.59

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers5 · 20

Top-5 product click share80%

Open market0%

Avg brand age64 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 11 products

Top Hockey Ball products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Optimum Seamless PVC Hockey Balls - Dimpled & Smooth

Price: £7.24
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,164
Age: 9y ago

Grays Match Hockey Ball Match Hockey Ball - Orange One Size

Price: £6.61
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 425
Age: 14y ago

Grays Match Hockey Ball

Price: £6.58
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 425
Age: 19y ago

Optimum Fusion Hockey Balls - Durable for Practice & Training Long-Lasting Performance Resists Tears & Splits for Improved Play - Multicoloured

Price: £7.26
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,164
Age: 9y ago

Optimum Fusion Hockey Balls - Durable for Practice & Training Long-Lasting Performance Resists Tears & Splits for Improved Play Pack of 3 Multicolour

Price: £15.58
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,164
Age: 3y ago

Newest

by launch date

Kookaburra Dimple Vision Hockey Ball White

Price: £9.09
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 9
Age: 1y ago

BYTE Mini Dimple Lightweight Hockey Ball Yellow

Price: £6.52
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 7
Age: 2y ago

Optimum Fusion Hockey Balls - Durable for Practice & Training Long-Lasting Performance Resists Tears & Splits for Improved Play Pack of 3 Multicolour

Price: £15.58
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,164
Age: 3y ago

Optimum Fusion Hockey Balls - Durable for Practice & Training Long-Lasting Performance Resists Tears & Splits for Improved Play Pack of 3 Multi Dimple

Price: £15.78
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,164
Age: 3y ago

Uwin Hockey Ball Dimple 23 Cm Pvc Pink

Price: £4.42
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 15
Age: 5y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 80% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Optimum59%
GRAYS29%
BYTE5%
Uwin4%
Kookaburra3%
Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Hockey Ball demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume44KCVR10.0%Products11Brands5Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews544Avg BSR#159

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.9×

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hockey Ball

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

92% of reviews

Quality-Overall33%

“its a good quality gift”

Advertised Vs Actual Product25%

“Item as described”

Color17%

“Bright colour helps it stand out”

Weight Light8%

“Great weight fun colours good training ball”

Exercise/Sports Suitability8%

“Great for the exercises that need to be done”

What buyers complain about

50% of reviews

Smell50%

“Mine came with a foul smell”

Hockey Ball return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.4%

Return rate

25%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Hard Feel

25%

2Size-Overall

25%

3Suitable For Indoor

13%

4Weight Heavy

13%

5Smell

13%

Common Hockey Ball questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Hockey Ball 31/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £37K/yr across 11 tracked products. Search demand moved -40.2% over the last 90 days.