size 3 football
Worth a lookShows low returns (0.6%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.
Returns
Incredible0.6%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Competition
Great28%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Avg price
Great£16.66avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Growth
Good+44.6%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Good£523K£523K/yr · 684K searches
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Conversion
Good4.6%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Price range
Good£4.49–£169.68cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Review moat
Okay1,878.06avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Brand share
Okay89%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, size 3 football is a £523K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (684K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 65/100.
Data updated Jul 29, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
size 3 football market data
- Units sold / yr
- 30K–40K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- £500K–£666K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 4.6%
- Avg BSR
- #38
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 94%
- Sponsored
- 79%
- Out of stock
- 4.3%
- Avg brand age
- 41 months
- Avg seller age
- 182 days
Competition & brand share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (28% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
16 rising
Sellers
78
Top-5 brand share
89%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
28%
Top 20: 63%
Open market
9%
- Mitre46%
- adidas17%
- PUMA14%
- NINE10%
- Vastoy3%
- Hy-Pro2%
- Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 9%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +44.6% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×
Top size 3 football search terms
- size 3 football201K/yr
- size 4 football139K/yr
- mitre football75K/yr
- football size 468K/yr
- football size 356K/yr
- mitre football size 523K/yr
- footballs size 418K/yr
- size 3 footballs for kids13K/yr
- mitre size 4 football9K/yr
- football mitre7K/yr
Top size 3 football products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
NINE FIFA Basic Football Size 3 4 5 Ideal for Men & Women Gifts Soccer Ball Soft Touch TPE Foam Layer Perfect Bounce Moisten Needle Restricted Bladder (Pink 5)
NINE£9.194.4★57 rev
PUMA Orbita Cup Premier League 2025/26 Football Brilliance 3
PUMA£14.244.4★320 rev
adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball 1 Count
adidas£8.624.5★2,794 rev
Mitre Training FA Cup Football | High Performance Training Ball | Extra Durable Design White/Blue/Red 4 UK
Mitre£9.174.3★82 rev
Mitre Impel Evo Football | Durable Training Ball | Hyperseam Technology Football
Mitre£11.614.6★567 rev
Newest
by launch dateadidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball 1 Count
adidas£8.622,794 rev
adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball Recreation Ball white/black 3
adidas£8.402,794 rev
adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball Recreation Ball blue/white 3
adidas£8.642,794 rev
adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball Recreation Ball blue/white 4
adidas£8.762,794 rev
adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball Recreation Ball white/solar pink 3
adidas£8.592,794 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball Recreation Ball lucid lemon/black 4
adidas£8.394.5★
adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball Recreation Ball white/solar pink 3
adidas£8.594.5★
adidas Unisex Starlancer Club Ball Recreation Ball blue/white 3
adidas£8.644.5★
Mitre Training FA Cup Football | High Performance Training Ball | Extra Durable Design White/Blue/Red 4 UK
Mitre£9.174.3★
Mitre Training FA Cup Football | High Performance Training Ball | Extra Durable Design White/Blue/Red 5 UK
Mitre£10.324.3★
What buyers say about size 3 football
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Well made and affordable,”
“Good price”
“feels durable enough to last through plenty of play sessions”
“Nice size”
“As described”
“Good colour”
“My grandson is enjoying it”
“holds air well once inflated”
“Good design”
“Its a lightweight ball”
What buyers complain about
“Awful Quality”
“Not the right size”
“Deflated everyday”
“Come flat”
“Deflated after 2 days”
“Also, the stitching looks like its coming apart too”
“so it is relatively poor value for money”
“Balls are very plastic”
“it's the cheap fly away balls no leather so need to get proper one”
“is rock hard when pumped up”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is size 3 football profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £523K/yr across 63 tracked products. 13 of 21 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +44.6%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (65/100).
- How competitive is the size 3 football niche?
- 16 brands and 78 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 28% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 89% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in size 3 football?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Quality-Overall, Size-Overall, Inflation/Deflation. The return rate is 0.6%.
- When does demand for size 3 football peak?
- Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Dec; the busiest month runs 3.2× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the size 3 football niche?
- Listings span £4.49–£169.68; the average listing price is £16.66 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,878 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.