Medicine Balls
brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 92% of clicks) — Medicine Balls doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Medicine Balls profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Medicine Balls is a £106K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (210K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.
Medicine Balls: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Not really. Search demand moved -3.9% over the last 90 days and 2.6% of searches end in a purchase.
£106K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand, so 8% of the market is open.
8%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 17 products
Top Medicine Balls 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
Amazon Basics Slam Medicine Balls for Exercise 12kg
- Price
- £17.31
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 363
- Age
- 1y ago
Amazon Basics Slam Medicine Balls for Exercise 4kg
- Price
- £16.38
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 363
- Age
- 1y ago
Amazon Basics Slam Medicine Balls for Exercise 8kg
- Price
- £17.36
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 363
- Age
- 1y ago
=NORTHERN= Medicine Ball 4kg-10kg - Weighted Ball for Core Strength Ab Workouts Strength Training & Home Gym Exercises
- Price
- £21.40
- Rating
- 0.0/5
- Reviews
- 0
- Age
- 3mo ago
Amazon Basics Slam Medicine Balls for Exercise 10kg
- Price
- £18.95
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 363
- Age
- 1y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
VORX LONDON Fitness Slam Ball Weights Medicine Ball Heavy Duty Rubber Power Strength Training Fitness Gym Home Workout Equipment Core Ab Exercises Bootcamp MMA Boxing 1KG 3KG 5KG 8KG 10KG (1KG)
- Price
- £11.98
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2
- Age
- 3mo ago
=NORTHERN= Medicine Ball 4kg-10kg - Weighted Ball for Core Strength Ab Workouts Strength Training & Home Gym Exercises
- Price
- £33.05
- Rating
- 0.0/5
- Reviews
- 0
- Age
- 3mo ago
YORKING Durable Rubber Medicine Ball for Fitness Training Strength & Core Workout Ball for Home and Gym Use (2KG)
- Price
- £13.21
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 3
- Age
- 5mo ago
=NORTHERN= Medicine Ball 4kg-10kg - Weighted Ball for Core Strength Ab Workouts Strength Training & Home Gym Exercises
- Price
- £39.73
- Rating
- 0.0/5
- Reviews
- 0
- Age
- 3mo ago
=NORTHERN= Medicine Ball 4kg-10kg - Weighted Ball for Core Strength Ab Workouts Strength Training & Home Gym Exercises
- Price
- £21.40
- Rating
- 0.0/5
- Reviews
- 0
- Age
- 3mo ago
Newest
by launch dateVORX LONDON Fitness Slam Ball Weights Medicine Ball Heavy Duty Rubber Power Strength Training Fitness Gym Home Workout Equipment Core Ab Exercises Bootcamp MMA Boxing 1KG 3KG 5KG 8KG 10KG (1KG)
- Price
- £11.98
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2
- Age
- 3mo ago
=NORTHERN= Medicine Ball 4kg-10kg - Weighted Ball for Core Strength Ab Workouts Strength Training & Home Gym Exercises
- Price
- £21.40
- Rating
- 0.0/5
- Reviews
- 0
- Age
- 3mo ago
=NORTHERN= Medicine Ball 4kg-10kg - Weighted Ball for Core Strength Ab Workouts Strength Training & Home Gym Exercises
- Price
- £33.05
- Rating
- 0.0/5
- Reviews
- 0
- Age
- 3mo ago
=NORTHERN= Medicine Ball 4kg-10kg - Weighted Ball for Core Strength Ab Workouts Strength Training & Home Gym Exercises
- Price
- £39.73
- Rating
- 0.0/5
- Reviews
- 0
- Age
- 3mo ago
YORKING Durable Rubber Medicine Ball for Fitness Training Strength & Core Workout Ball for Home and Gym Use (2KG)
- Price
- £13.21
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 3
- Age
- 5mo ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 70% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
10 falling
Sellers
13
Top-5 brand share
92%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
70%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
5%
- Amazon Basics62%
- =NORTHERN=12%
- Lions10%
- Core Balance5%
- Fashion Thirsty4%
- 66fit3%
- Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 5%)
Medicine Balls demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×
Top Medicine Balls search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- medicine ball60K/yr
- slam ball30K/yr
- weighted ball16K/yr
- medicine balls50K/yr
- medicine ball 10kg5K/yr
- weight ball7K/yr
- medicine ball with handles7K/yr
- medicine ball 5kg6K/yr
- slam ball 10kg4K/yr
- weighted balls3K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Medicine Balls
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
94% of reviews“Excellent quality”
“Good price”
“Excellent med ball for training”
“Easy to inflate”
“Good size”
What buyers complain about
83% of reviews“tricky to pump up considering sending it back to see if there is one to buy inflated”
“Too heavy for my class”
“Grip pattern is not as deep as more expensive alternatives”
Medicine Balls return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.5%
Return rate
40%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Medicine Balls questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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