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Skipping Rope

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But prices span $2.77–$17.08, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Skipping Rope is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 27% of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · +6 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£759K/yr959K searches / yr
90-day growth
+6.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Skipping Rope against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Skipping Rope market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Skipping Rope 959K times last year and spent an estimated £759K. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 959K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +6.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £759K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
959K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+6.1%
Conversion, latest week
9.9%
Market size, estimated
£759Ka year
Peak month
April1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
skipping ropes for adults347K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.02.

Listings sell for £8.02 on average, from £2.77 to £17.08. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £8.02 that is £32K to £40K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.02under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.77–£17.08
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£32K–£40K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

60% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #22 within Fitness. It carries 6,232 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
60%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.9%
Average rank
#22in Fitness
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,232per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Skipping Rope 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£76K£152K£228K£303K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

  • Blukar27%
  • BTONGE16%
  • Generic13%
  • Muza Limited9%
  • KK8%
  • GRIFEMA7%

Demand

Skipping Rope search demand

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

30K20KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Skipping Rope search terms shoppers use

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

  • skipping ropes for adults347K/yr
  • skipping rope311K/yr
  • jump rope74K/yr
  • skipping ropes41K/yr
  • jumping rope30K/yr
  • skipping rope boxing24K/yr
  • boxing skipping rope24K/yr
  • jump rope adult20K/yr
  • adult skipping rope15K/yr
  • speed rope14K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Skipping Rope

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

Complain

Rope/Wire Tangling24%−0.13

Tangled so hard to jump

Get tangle

wires getting tangled

Durability10%−0.14

Broke instantly

Broken within a month

not durable

Quality-Overall9%+1.09

Trash

Absolutely rubbish

Poor quality

Ease Of Use6%

hard to use

it was really hard to cut

It was a lot of effort

Strength6%−0.07

cheaply made and flimsy

not as sturdy as the old ones in the 70s

Quite flimsy

Love

Quality-Overall20%+1.09

Adjustable, good quality

Excellent quality

it seems decently made

Value For Money14%+1.73

good value for money

Fair price

Great value

Rope/Wire Tangling13%−0.13

Perfect rope

the rope doesnt tangle easily

not have to tangle it all up

Adjustability/Rotatability/Reclining7%+0.53

Its also fully adjustable

Easy to adjust

Easy to adjust

Ease Of Use5%

Very easy to use

it's very straightforward

it is still super easy to carry around in my backpack

Return

0.4% Return rate 14% Fixable by listing

Rope/Wire Tangling17%█▇██▅▅

Tangled so hard to jump

Get tangle

wires getting tangled

Quality-Overall12%▇▆▃▄█▅

Trash

Absolutely rubbish

Poor quality

Size-Overall11%▁▆▇█▄▇

Hard to cut to size

Too short

Weight Heavy9%▁▇▅█▇▄

Very heavy rope

now they weigh differently which is annoying

heavier than I thought it would be

Adjustability/Rotatability/Reclining7%▃▄█▃▆▆

Flimsy and light and waaay too short to be described as adjustable

Impossible to adjust

Not adjustable as stated

FAQ

Common Skipping Rope questions

Answered from the same tracked data.