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Ping Pong Balls

Maybe

Buyers convert on 19.3% of searches. But prices span $2.13–$12.90, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Ping Pong Balls is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 21% of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · +8 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£676K/yr533K searches / yr
90-day growth
+23.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 19 sellers

Flapen Score

Ping Pong Balls against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Ping Pong Balls is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ping Pong Balls market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Ping Pong Balls 533K times last year and spent an estimated £676K. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

19.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 533K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 19.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +23.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £676K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
533K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+23.4%
Conversion, latest week
19.3%
Market size, estimated
£676Ka year
Peak month
December2.9× the quietest month
Top search term
ping pong balls309K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.58.

Listings sell for £6.58 on average, from £2.13 to £12.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £6.58 that is £20K to £26K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.58under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.13–£12.90
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£20K–£26K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #26 within Table Tennis. It carries 939 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#26in Table Tennis
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
939per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
54 months

Products

Top Ping Pong Balls 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£68K£135K£203K£270K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

23%

  • Dunlop Sports30%
  • 1ABOVE16%
  • ZOROOX8%
  • PPong.co.uk TABLE TENNIS SPECIALISTS8%
  • WHEELIO7%
  • Hy-Pro7%

Demand

Ping Pong Balls search demand

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

35K25KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.9×

Search terms

Top Ping Pong Balls search terms shoppers use

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

  • ping pong balls309K/yr
  • table tennis balls133K/yr
  • ping pong balls cheap30K/yr
  • ping pong ball14K/yr
  • coloured ping pong balls9K/yr
  • beer pong balls7K/yr
  • table tennis balls 12 pack3K/yr
  • ping ping balls6K/yr
  • table tennis ball6K/yr
  • table tennis balls 50 pack2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ping Pong Balls

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

Complain

Quality-Overall36%+0.57

Cheap

they are not as good quality as these

Absolutely rubbish

Weight Light14%−0.09

Too light weight for our purposes

Light weight, dont bounce enough

Value For Money14%+0.43

Cheap

Waste of money

Brightness/Shine/Glow9%−0.06

They do not glow

Not a glowing review

Durability9%+0.30

This is a really good ping pong balls all though it can break

Love

Quality-Overall28%+0.57

Good Quality

Decent enough quality for casual use

Good quality balls

Value For Money18%+0.43

Good value

Reasonable price

Good value for money

Fun/Entertainment Experience16%+1.83

we had great fun

Fun cat toys

Fun for all the family

Color13%+0.49

Nice colours

colours are vibrant

Great colours

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.81

As advertised

As described

These were exactly what I ordered and paid for

Return

0.4% Return rate 44% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall34%▁▆▆█▇▁

Small

Quality-Overall26%█▃▄▆▆▅

Cheap

they are not as good quality as these

Absolutely rubbish

Value For Money6%▁▁▅▁█▁

Cheap

Waste of money

Functionality-Overall4%▁█▁▁▁▆
Thin2%▁▁▁█▁▁

FAQ

Common Ping Pong Balls questions

Answered from the same tracked data.