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Soft Tip Darts

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.3% of orders. But demand is soft, at -59.2% this quarter, so Soft Tip Darts is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Ranks 386 of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · on the category median
Market size
£39K/yr79K searches / yr
90-day growth
-59.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Soft Tip Darts against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Soft Tip Darts is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Soft Tip Darts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Soft Tip Darts 79K times last year and spent an estimated £39K. The top 5 brands take 63% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 79K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -59.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £39K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
79K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-59.2%
Conversion, latest week
4.5%
Market size, estimated
£39Ka year
Peak month
January8.5× the quietest month
Top search term
soft tip darts60K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.92.

Listings sell for £10.92 on average, from £3.57 to £23.15. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £10.92 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.92under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.57–£23.15
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£1K
Returns
1.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #42 within Darts & Dartboards. It carries 622 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
6.5%
Average rank
#42in Darts & Dartboards
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
622per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 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 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Soft Tip Darts 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 only 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£2K£4K£5K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

31%

  • CyeeLife34%
  • HUANQU7%
  • KIKIGOAL7%
  • FUZVOL7%
  • WINMAU7%
  • RED DRAGON6%

Demand

Soft Tip Darts search demand

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

6K4KSpike '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 8.5×

Search terms

Top Soft Tip Darts search terms shoppers use

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

  • soft tip darts60K/yr
  • plastic darts7K/yr
  • soft darts6K/yr
  • safety darts3K/yr
  • soft darts tips2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Soft Tip Darts

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

Complain

Durability28%−0.26

very easy to break

Shaft all broke within a week

Broke Within days

Quality-Overall14%+1.98

Cheap and nasty

just the tips seem cheap quality

Poor quality

Size-Overall11%

Not all tips fit

however ordered wrong weight size so had to returnthem

Strength7%−0.07

Fragile and break easily

not as sturdy as I expected

But super fragile

Ease Of Use7%−0.02

Easily break a lot of hassle to pick up the parts from the floor

Can be difficult to remove from the board as fit is very tight

Love

Quality-Overall22%+1.98

Good Quality

quality of the barrels is fine, includes darts

This level of completeness offers excellent value

Value For Money21%+1.40

affordable

Good for the price

good value for money

Weight Light7%−0.03

They are the perfect weight for someone

Lightweight darts that fly well

They feel light enough for smooth throwing

Fun/Entertainment Experience6%−0.02

Fun

This set has brought us hours upon hours of fun

Great for kids and casual use

Suitability Beginner5%+0.10

Okay for Beginners

this set seemed like a good set to get us started

Best for beginners

Return

1.3% Return rate 27% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall18%▃▃▅▆▅█

Not all tips fit

however ordered wrong weight size so had to returnthem

Compatibility-Overall13%█▇▁▅▃▅
Quality-Overall11%▃▂█▄▁▁

Cheap and nasty

just the tips seem cheap quality

Poor quality

Durability11%▇█▂▂▁▁

very easy to break

Shaft all broke within a week

Broke Within days

Defective Material/Parts9%█▂▄▃▅▁

FAQ

Common Soft Tip Darts questions

Answered from the same tracked data.