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Chessup

a small market ($0/yr) — Chessup doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

32
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Market size 0Growth 29Conversion 0Competition 26Returns 26Price range 34Avg price 65Brand share 36Review moat 93Quality gap 76
This niche Category average

Is Chessup profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Chessup is a £0/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (21K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 32/100.

Chessup: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +2.8% over the last 90 days and 0.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£0

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr250
Search volume / yr+2.8%21K
Conversion rate0.0%
Avg price£130.12

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand, so 17% of the market is open.

17%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 26
Top-5 product click share69%
Open market17%
Avg brand age51 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 14 products

Sponsored placement79%
New entrants (1y)5· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews143

Top Chessup products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 69% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£0£0£0£0101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

26

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

  • ChessUp37%
  • GoCube26%
  • MILLENNIUM8%
  • Chessnut7%
  • Femuey6%
  • Vonset6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 11%)

Chessup demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume21KCVR0.0%Products14Brands9Top 5 Brands83%OOS Rate15.4%Rating4.3★Reviews143Avg BSR#982
800600Spike '26Prime Day '26Mar '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26

Top Chessup search terms shoppers use

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

  • chessup8K/yr
  • chessup 26K/yr
  • chess up4K/yr
  • chess up 23K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Chessup

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Fun/Entertainment Experience33%

They enjoy playing

Quality-Overall25%

good quality

Educational-Overall8%

This is a great piece of kit for learning

Ease Of Use7%

Easy to get going, lovely feel to the board and pieces, online play, stockfish bot and puzzles are brilliant on it

Fine Motor Skill5%

For chess beginners, this is an excellent learning and training tool

What buyers complain about

82% of reviews
Strength29%

fragile figurines

Quality-Overall14%

Do they realise that the product is of such poor quality

Durability14%

Faulty after 3 weeks

Defective Material/Parts14%

pieces look bad

Color5%

Not that lovely reddish colour in the photos

Chessup return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

4.9%

Return rate

17%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Functionality-Overall
24%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
13%
3Connectivity-Overall
11%
4Quality-Overall
10%
5Charging
8%

Common Chessup questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Chessup 32/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £0/yr across 14 tracked products. 1 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +2.8% over the last 90 days.
Chessup buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Strength, Quality-Overall, Durability, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 4.9%.