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Model Ships Kits to Build for Adults

Maybe

The top 5 products take only 28% of clicks. But buyers convert on only 0.7% of searches, so Model Ships Kits to Build for Adults is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 19% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +7 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$123K/yr213K searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
28%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 122 sellers

Flapen Score

Model Ships Kits to Build for Adults against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Model Ships Kits to Build for Adults is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Model Ships Kits to Build for Adults market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Model Ships Kits to Build for Adults 213K times last year and spent an estimated $123K. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 213K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $123K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
213K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.2%
Conversion, latest week
0.7%
Market size, estimated
$123Ka year
Peak month
December2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
model ship kit29K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $88.98.

Listings sell for $88.98 on average, from $15.05 to $473.53. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $88.98 that is $0 to $9K a year per listing.

Average price
$88.98inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$15.05–$473.53
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$9K
Returns
1.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #592 within Model & Hobby Building. It carries 555 reviews at 4.22 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
1.6%
Average rank
#592in Model & Hobby Building
Average rating
4.22 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
555per listing
Listings tracked
66

04 · Newcomers

6 of last year's 12 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

12 products launched here in the last 12 months. 6 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 53 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
12
Successful launches
6Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
53 months

Products

Top Model Ships Kits to Build for Adults products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 17, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 28% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$4K$7K$11K$15K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 falling

Sellers

122

Est. top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 94%

Est. top-5 click share

28%

Top 20: 58%

Open market

40%

  • GAWEGM24%
  • CubicFun10%
  • Model Expo9%
  • HOME DECOR SAILINGSTORY9%
  • Piececool5%
  • Generic4%

Demand

Model Ships Kits to Build for Adults search demand

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

9K7KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Model Ships Kits to Build for Adults search terms shoppers use

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

  • model ship kit29K/yr
  • pirate ship model25K/yr
  • wooden ship model kit15K/yr
  • model boat kit11K/yr
  • model ship kits13K/yr
  • model ships kits to build for adults14K/yr
  • watercraft model kits8K/yr
  • ship model kits for adults10K/yr
  • wooden ship model kits for adults16K/yr
  • model boat kits for adults9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Model Ships Kits to Build for Adults

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

17%of positive reviews mention “Design-Overall”
12%of negative reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
1.9%of orders come back
“very problematic to assemble”
A buyer, on “Assembly/Installation”12% of negative reviews mention the same topic

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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Model Ships Kits to Build for Adults questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data