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Silent Basketball

Maybe

The products selling today average only 4.0★. But shoppers spend only $32K a year here, so Silent Basketball is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 41% of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · +2 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£32K/yr70K searches / yr
90-day growth
-23.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 93 sellers

Flapen Score

Silent Basketball against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Silent Basketball market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Silent Basketball 70K times last year and spent an estimated £32K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 70K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.0% 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 £32K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
70K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-23.4%
Conversion, latest week
3.0%
Market size, estimated
£32Ka year
Top search term
silent basketball45K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.30.

Listings sell for £15.30 on average, from £4.34 to £49.54. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £15.30 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.30inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.34–£49.54
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 70% ship with Prime. On an average day, 25.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #117 within Basketball. It carries 87 reviews at 3.95 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
70%
Out of stock, average day
25.3%
Average rank
#117in Basketball
Average rating
3.95 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
87per listing
Listings tracked
30

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 12 launches as successful.

12 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 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Silent Basketball 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 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£1K£3K£4K£5K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)3 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

20 rising

Sellers

93

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

23%

  • PATIKIL26%
  • Safe Sport Gear20%
  • HUALEI-V20%
  • Optimum6%
  • Ealacritas4%
  • Mineup3%

Demand

Silent Basketball search demand

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

4K3KSpike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.3× · 8 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Silent Basketball search terms shoppers use

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

  • silent basketball45K/yr
  • foam basketball8K/yr
  • silent basketball size 79K/yr
  • soft basketball4K/yr
  • silent ball4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Silent Basketball

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

Complain

Durability27%−0.39

the end snapped

pump needle broke instantly

I would only say really quickly ripping off 😔 after one month of using all ready have some holes

Size-Overall9%+0.72

Little bit smaller

A little bit smaller than the real basketball

Quality-Overall9%+2.21

Poor quality, oval shape

Absolute rubbish

Smell9%−0.12

Absolutely stinks

Shape/Style9%−0.12

Poor quality, oval shape

Doesnt regain shape

Love

Noise Level23%−0.07

Still my son has enjoyed playing with it without causing too much noise

I love it because it is so quiet - no more infernal banging off the floor

Quieter than an average basketball

Quality-Overall21%+2.21

Good quality indoor ball

Great product

Quality

Suitable For Indoor17%+0.36

Perfect for the kids to play inside and out

Brilliant for indoor use with good feel and grip

Recommend buy for a basketball enthusiasts who wishes to play indoors

Value For Money14%+0.72

My son loves this ball good price too

Excellent value

Good value

Size-Overall11%+0.72

Perfect size and weght

Great size and colour

is a good size

Return

1.0% Return rate 39% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall18%▁▆▄█▂▃

Little bit smaller

A little bit smaller than the real basketball

Shape/Style16%▄▁▁▁▅█

Poor quality, oval shape

Doesnt regain shape

Inflation/Deflation14%▁▄█▁▄▂

But The end of the pump snapped off in the ball

Quality-Overall12%█▃▁▁▁▃

Poor quality, oval shape

Absolute rubbish

Defective Material/Parts9%█▁▅▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Silent Basketball questions

Answered from the same tracked data.