Balsa Wood
MaybeAn estimated 1.6% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -12.6% this quarter, so Balsa Wood is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 53 / 100Top 19% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +7 vs the category median of 4653
- Market size
- $245K/yr332K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -12.6%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 59%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 25 sellers
Flapen Score
Balsa Wood against its category
The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Balsa Wood is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Balsa Wood market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Balsa Wood 332K times last year and spent an estimated $245K. The top 5 brands take 61% of clicks. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 5.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 332K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $245K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 332K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -12.6%
- Conversion, latest week
- 5.4%
- Market size, estimated
- $245Ka year
- Peak month
- November1.5× the quietest month
- Top search term
- balsa wood212K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $13.58.
Listings sell for $13.58 on average, from $7.02 to $25.42. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At $13.58 that is $14K to $17K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $13.58under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $7.02–$25.42
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 20K–25K
- Units per listing a year
- 1,000–1,250
- Revenue per listing a year
- $14K–$17K
- Returns
- 1.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads.
96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #274 within Woodcrafts. It carries 399 reviews at 4.44 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 96%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #274in Woodcrafts
- Average rating
- 4.44 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 399per listing
- Listings tracked
- 23
04 · Newcomers
0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 2
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 46 months
Products
Top Balsa Wood products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
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Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
21 rising
Sellers
25
Top-5 brand share
61%
Top 20: 99%
Top-5 click share
59%
Top 20: 96%
Open market
35%
- Brand 123%
- Brand 221%
- Brand 36%
- Brand 46%
- Brand 55%
- Brand 65%
Demand
Balsa Wood search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Search terms
Top Balsa Wood search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- balsa wood212K/yr
- balsa wood sheets73K/yr
- balsa15K/yr
- balsa wood sheet16K/yr
- balsa wood for crafts6K/yr
- 1/16 balsa wood sheets3K/yr
- balsawood2K/yr
- balsa sheets2K/yr
- thin balsa wood sheets3K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Balsa Wood
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“would not recommend this wood”
Every topic
Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.
Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.
15 topics
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