How competitive is the Netball niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

7 brands and 26 sellers compete in Netball on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Netball products take 67% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 95% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Netball?

Netball buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Inflation/Deflation, Quality-Overall, Color, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.7%.

What does it cost to enter the Netball niche?

Netball sells for £13.55 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £6.17–£47.68. The average incumbent carries 326 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Netball

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 95% of clicks) — Netball doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

Skip it

This niche Category average

Is Netball profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Netball is a £181K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (249K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Netball: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -2.7% over the last 90 days and 5.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£181K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K

Search volume / yr-2.7%249K

Conversion rate5.3%

Avg price£13.55

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 95% of demand, so 5% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 26

Top-5 product click share67%

Open market5%

Avg brand age50 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 17 products

Top Netball 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

Gilbert Womens APT Training Ball - Purple Size 5

Price: £12.73
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 866
Age: 10y ago

Optimum All-Weather Street Netball with Pump for Training & Matches

Price: £6.95
Rating: 3.2/5
Reviews: 46
Age: 10y ago

Sure Shot 340N905AP Netball - Pink - Size 4

Price: £7.22
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 605
Age: 16y ago

Gilbert Womens APT Training Ball - Purple Size 4

Price: £11.71
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 115
Age: 10y ago

Hy-Pro Nova Netball Size 5 - with Enhanced Grip & Stylish Design

Price: £7.38
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 144
Age: 1y ago

Newest

by launch date

COSTWAY Netball Stand and Post Adjustable Basketball Goal System with Fillable Base Portable Regulation Hoop Full Size Basketball Net Set for Kids Teenagers Adults (Black 170-305 cm)

Price: £47.68
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 6
Age: 3mo ago

Optimum All-Weather Street Netball with Pump for Training & Matches

Price: £11.55
Rating: 4.1/5
Reviews: 87
Age: 1y ago

Hy-Pro Nova Netball Size 5 - with Enhanced Grip & Stylish Design

Price: £7.38
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 144
Age: 1y ago

Gilbert Aurora Match Netball (Size 5)

Price: £21.62
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviews: 10
Age: 2y ago

Gilbert APT Training Netball Blue Size 5

Price: £12.58
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 45
Age: 2y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 67% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

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

Brands

7 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Gilbert39%
Optimum22%
Sure Shot18%
Mitre9%
Hy-Pro7%
Generic4%
Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Netball demand & seasonality

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

Volume249KCVR5.3%Products17Brands7Top 5 Brands95%OOS Rate6.7%Rating4.3★Reviews326Avg BSR#46

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×

Top Netball search terms shoppers use

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

netball149K/yr -3.8%5.1% conv.
netball ball23K/yr -4.7%5.5% conv.
netball size 515K/yr +16.9%5.6% conv.
gilbert netball size 517K/yr -6.6%4.3% conv.
gilbert netball10K/yr +0.4%3.6% conv.
gilbert10K/yr -10.4%0.1% conv.
size 5 netball6K/yr +3.0%7.8% conv.
flyhawk netball size 54K/yr +46.0%0.4% conv.
netballs5K/yr -20.7%2.6% conv.
net ball3K/yr +16.8%4.2% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Netball

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

What buyers love

82% of reviews

Grip18%

“good grip”

Quality-Overall14%

“Brilliant piece of kit”

Inflation/Deflation10%

“Easy to inflate”

Exercise/Sports Suitability10%

“Perfect ball for training and match”

Value For Money9%

“Good price”

What buyers complain about

82% of reviews

Inflation/Deflation34%

“The ball comes deflated”

Quality-Overall11%

“Ball is poor quality as after only a brief amount of use it no longer holds air”

Color10%

“Its a weird creamy colour. not white”

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

“Therefore item not described correctly on site”

Weight Heavy5%

“Too heavy for a volleyball”

Netball return rate & reasons

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

0.7%

Return rate

41%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall

28%

2Inflation/Deflation

25%

3Defective Material/Parts

4Advertised Vs Actual Product

5Flatness

Common Netball questions

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

Flapen scores Netball 48/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £181K/yr across 17 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -2.7% over the last 90 days.