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Pinewood Derby Graphite

Fail

Demand is soft, at -83.3% this quarter, so Pinewood Derby Graphite is a Fail.

Flapen Score
28
28 / 100
Ranks 4,504 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −18 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$19K/yr12K searches / yr
90-day growth
-83.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
100%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 7 sellers

Flapen Score

Pinewood Derby Graphite against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Pinewood Derby Graphite is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

28Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pinewood Derby Graphite market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Pinewood Derby Graphite 12K times last year and spent an estimated $19K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar. Flapen scores it 28 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 16.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 12K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 16.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -83.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $19K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
12K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-83.3%
Conversion, latest week
16.7%
Market size, estimated
$19Ka year
Peak month
January21.8× the quietest month
Top search term
pinewood derby graphite6K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.46.

Listings sell for $9.46 on average, from $7.30 to $12.98. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $9.46 that is $2K to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.46under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.30–$12.98
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$5K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% 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 #0 within Model & Hobby Building. It carries 303 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#0in Model & Hobby Building
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
303per listing
Listings tracked
5

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 77 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
77 months

Products

Top Pinewood Derby Graphite 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 100% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

7

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 141%
  • Brand 222%
  • Brand 315%
  • Brand 414%
  • Brand 58%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Pinewood Derby Graphite search demand

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

1K600Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 21.8×

Search terms

Top Pinewood Derby Graphite search terms shoppers use

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

  • pinewood derby graphite6K/yr
  • pinewood derby graphite lubricant3K/yr
  • pinewood derby graphite powder3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pinewood Derby Graphite

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

25%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
23%of negative reviews mention “Ease Of Cleaning”
1.2%of orders come back
“Can be messy if you apply too much”
A buyer, on “Ease Of Cleaning”23% 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 Pinewood Derby Graphite questions

Answered from the same tracked data.