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Vice Golf Balls

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But shoppers spend only $30K a year here, so Vice Golf Balls is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 46% of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · +1 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£30K/yr59K searches / yr
90-day growth
+66.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Vice Golf Balls against its category

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

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Vice Golf Balls market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Vice Golf Balls 59K times last year and spent an estimated £30K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 59K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +66.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £30K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
59K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+66.2%
Conversion, latest week
2.0%
Market size, estimated
£30Ka year
Peak month
May3.0× the quietest month
Top search term
vice golf balls42K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £24.98.

Listings sell for £24.98 on average, from £8.29 to £54.51. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 1K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £24.98 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£24.98inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.29–£54.51
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
1K–1K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

38% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 47% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #107 within Golf. It carries 1,922 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
38%
Prime listings
47%
Out of stock, average day
1.5%
Average rank
#107in Golf
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,922per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Vice Golf 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£901£2K£3K£4K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

5%

  • Vice Golf55%
  • EMBO12%
  • TaylorMade10%
  • Callaway10%
  • pro lake balls4%
  • Srixon3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 5%)

Demand

Vice Golf Balls search demand

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

2K2KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×

Search terms

Top Vice Golf Balls search terms shoppers use

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

  • vice golf balls42K/yr
  • vice pro golf balls7K/yr
  • vice golf6K/yr
  • vice pro plus golf balls3K/yr
  • vice golf balls uk1K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Vice Golf Balls

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

Complain

Allergies14%+0.34

these balls are allergic to bunkers

Value For Money14%−0.09

Can be higher priced than some others

Why spend big money

Functionality-Overall14%+0.34

Low spin stops it being as bad as it couldve been

Quality-Overall7%+1.31

Rubbish

Durability7%−0.03

Not very durable

Love

Value For Money48%−0.09

Good price

Excellent value for money

Good ball for the price

Quality-Overall16%+1.31

Excellent quality

Good quality golf ball

Good quality ball

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.07

do the job

Exactly what expected

Just the job

Soft Feel6%

They feel nice

Callaway super soft golf balls

soft off the club

Exercise/Sports Suitability5%−0.02

Good practice balls

Good mid range

Return

0.1% Return rate 43% Fixable by listing

Color26%▁█▁▃▂▄
Advertised Vs Actual Product17%█▁▁▁▄▁
Value For Money17%▁▁▁▁▅█

Can be higher priced than some others

Why spend big money

Functionality-Overall11%▁▁▁▅▁█

Low spin stops it being as bad as it couldve been

Gifting Purpose9%▁▁█▁▁▂

FAQ

Common Vice Golf Balls questions

Answered from the same tracked data.