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Inner Tube

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.6% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 94% of clicks, so Inner Tube is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 37% of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · +3 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£188K/yr283K searches / yr
90-day growth
+41.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
57%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 40 sellers

Flapen Score

Inner Tube against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Inner Tube market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Inner Tube 283K times last year and spent an estimated £188K. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 283K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +41.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £188K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
283K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+41.3%
Conversion, latest week
6.5%
Market size, estimated
£188Ka year
Peak month
May2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
inner tube99K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.22.

Listings sell for £10.22 on average, from £3.63 to £21.28. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £10.22 that is £10K to £13K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.22under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.63–£21.28
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£13K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #156 within Cycling. It carries 1,028 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#156in Cycling
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,028per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
59 months

Products

Top Inner Tube 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 57% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£19K£38K£56K£75K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

40

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

4%

  • Continental61%
  • YunSCM25%
  • WEIDMAX4%
  • Mitas3%
  • DBXIIART2%
  • Tru-Tension2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 4%)

Demand

Inner Tube search demand

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

8K6KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Inner Tube search terms shoppers use

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

  • inner tube99K/yr
  • bike inner tubes33K/yr
  • 700c inner tube31K/yr
  • inner tube 700 x 28c14K/yr
  • bike inner tube11K/yr
  • bike tube9K/yr
  • continental inner tube 700c 25-327K/yr
  • inner tubes10K/yr
  • inner tube 700 x 25c10K/yr
  • bicycle inner tube10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Inner Tube

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

Complain

Quality-Overall22%+0.68

Rubbish quality

The tube is really low quality

Low quality

Durability16%−0.10

burst after a few days

But just don't last long

Next day it went down

Inflation/Deflation10%−0.07

both tyres slowly deflate over a couple of weeks

When I did the valve snapped off when inflating

making the tube impossible to inflate

Flatness8%−0.08

Got flat was not even used

Almost immediate flat

with repeated flats even though it had not been used very much

Defective Material/Parts4%−0.04

One of the inner r tubes was damaged with a slit

Love

Quality-Overall37%+0.68

Great quality Great price arrived on time

Build quality feels solid

Excellent product

Value For Money20%+1.78

Good for the money

Great Value

Excellent value for money

Size-Overall14%+0.63

Fits perfect

Easy to fit

As described - easily fitted

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+0.81

Does Exactly what it should

As expected

Its what I ordered

Efficiency3%+0.28

It works

Works perfectly

These work well

Return

0.6% Return rate 72% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall65%▇▇▇▇█▇

Too big for 700c

Inflation/Deflation7%█▅▇▆▇▄

both tyres slowly deflate over a couple of weeks

When I did the valve snapped off when inflating

making the tube impossible to inflate

Compatibility-Overall5%▁▄▄▇▇█
Defective Material/Parts4%▅▅▆█▄▆

One of the inner r tubes was damaged with a slit

Leak-Proof3%█▆▇▅▃▇

FAQ

Common Inner Tube questions

Answered from the same tracked data.