Forscan
FailThe top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Forscan is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 42 / 100Ranks 5,591 of 7,287 Automotive niches · −7 vs the category median of 4942
- Market size
- $2.6M/yr561K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +4.5%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 94%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 10 sellers
Flapen Score
Forscan against its category
The dotted line is the Automotive average. Past it, Forscan is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Forscan market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Forscan 561K times last year and spent an estimated $2.6M. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 8.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 561K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +4.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.6M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 561K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +4.5%
- Conversion, latest week
- 8.0%
- Market size, estimated
- $2.6Ma year
- Peak month
- January1.4× the quietest month
- Top search term
- forscan162K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $57.42.
Listings sell for $57.42 on average, from $18.83 to $136.17. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At $57.42 that is $230K to $287K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $57.42inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $18.83–$136.17
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 30K–40K
- Units per listing a year
- 4,000–5,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $230K–$287K
- Returns
- 6.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
57% 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 #26 within Diagnostic, Test & Measurement Tools. It carries 6,446 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 57%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #26in Diagnostic, Test & Measurement Tools
- Average rating
- 4.59 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 6,446per listing
- Listings tracked
- 7
04 · Newcomers
Brands here are settling in.
The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 0
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 36 months
Products
Top Forscan 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 94% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
5 falling
Sellers
10
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
94%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Brand 151%
- Brand 230%
- Brand 310%
- Brand 45%
- Brand 54%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Demand
Forscan search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Search terms
Top Forscan search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- forscan162K/yr
- forscan obd2 adapter ford61K/yr
- obdlink ex63K/yr
- obdlink43K/yr
- obd2 to usb32K/yr
- forscan tool26K/yr
- alfaobd19K/yr
- obd link18K/yr
- forscan software25K/yr
- forscan obd2 adapter23K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Forscan
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“you'll see many recent purchases had similar problems - the device will not connect”
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
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