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Styrofoam Balls 4 Inch

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $17K a year here, so Styrofoam Balls 4 Inch is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 3,499 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$17K/yr29K searches / yr
90-day growth
-21.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 24 sellers

Flapen Score

Styrofoam Balls 4 Inch against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Styrofoam Balls 4 Inch is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Styrofoam Balls 4 Inch market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Styrofoam Balls 4 Inch 29K times last year and spent an estimated $17K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 29K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -21.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $17K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
29K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-21.6%
Conversion, latest week
3.9%
Market size, estimated
$17Ka year
Peak month
November2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
styrofoam balls 4 inch10K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $15.17.

Listings sell for $15.17 on average, from $6.70 to $28.37. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $15.17 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$15.17inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.70–$28.37
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$4K
Returns
4.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #148 within Craft Foam. It carries 420 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.3%
Average rank
#148in Craft Foam
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
420per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 5 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

5 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 54 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
54 months

Products

Top Styrofoam Balls 4 Inch 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

17 falling

Sellers

24

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

19%

  • Brand 128%
  • Brand 220%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 411%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Styrofoam Balls 4 Inch search demand

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

1K800Spike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Styrofoam Balls 4 Inch search terms shoppers use

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

  • styrofoam balls 4 inch10K/yr
  • 4 inch foam balls6K/yr
  • 4 inch styrofoam balls5K/yr
  • 4 styrofoam balls4K/yr
  • 4in styrofoam balls3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Styrofoam Balls 4 Inch

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
29%of negative reviews mention “Weight Light”
4.1%of orders come back
“Too light to toss well”
A buyer, on “Weight Light”29% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Styrofoam Balls 4 Inch questions

Answered from the same tracked data.