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Skip Ball

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.2% of orders. But shoppers spend only $49K a year here, so Skip Ball is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 21% of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · +9 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£49K/yr93K searches / yr
90-day growth
+36.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Skip Ball against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Skip Ball is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Skip Ball market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Skip Ball 93K times last year and spent an estimated £49K. The top 5 brands take 72% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 93K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +36.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £49K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
93K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+36.6%
Conversion, latest week
4.7%
Market size, estimated
£49Ka year
Peak month
December3.5× the quietest month
Top search term
ankle skip ball for kids26K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.24.

Listings sell for £11.24 on average, from £5.95 to £16.35. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £11.24 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.24under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.95–£16.35
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #33 within Sports Toys & Outdoor. It carries 593 reviews at 4.20 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
2.2%
Average rank
#33in Sports Toys & Outdoor
Average rating
4.20 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
593per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 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 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Skip Ball 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£10K£15K£20K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

22%

  • HOT BARGAINS22%
  • Chridark16%
  • Hot Bee14%
  • Getatoy10%
  • Jofuni10%
  • KandyToys5%

Demand

Skip Ball search demand

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

4K3KPrime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26JunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: May, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.5×

Search terms

Top Skip Ball search terms shoppers use

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

  • ankle skip ball for kids26K/yr
  • ankle skip ball24K/yr
  • skip ball19K/yr
  • skip it13K/yr
  • skip it ankle toy6K/yr
  • ankle skip4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Skip Ball

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

Complain

Quality-Overall23%−0.28

Cheaply made

Not great quality

Very poor quality item

Durability19%−0.13

item breaks on first use

Broken on first use

Broken within one day

Gifting Purpose8%−0.02

Didnt give as the gift in the end

Kinda last-minute purchases juts to bulk up your present amount

Pain Relief-Overall8%−0.02

It can hurt

Strap/String Quality8%−0.06

With in 30 mins the ball came off the ankle strap

Love

Fun/Entertainment Experience33%+2.90

Fun in the sun

entertained for hours

Great fun

Quality-Overall11%−0.28

Good quality an good for exersise

Very well made

Apart from that it looks good quality

Value For Money11%+0.51

Good value for money

Great gift for the price

very reasonably priced

Gifting Purpose8%−0.02

Great gift my granddaughter loved it

Very good giftability

A perfect birthday gift

Strength8%+0.65

Sturdy

The spring is very strong

Sturdy toy that gets kids moving

Return

1.2% Return rate 20% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall14%▅▁▇▇█▅

Cheaply made

Not great quality

Very poor quality item

Functionality-Overall14%██▆▃▇▅
Defective Material/Parts14%▅█▂▄▃▂
Size-Overall10%▄▄█▆▄▂

Thinking the length maybe too long

Gifting Purpose9%▁▇▆▆█▇

Didnt give as the gift in the end

Kinda last-minute purchases juts to bulk up your present amount

FAQ

Common Skip Ball questions

Answered from the same tracked data.