Running Boards
MaybeShoppers spend an estimated $2.6M a year here. But prices span $38.10–$1265.29, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Running Boards is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 57 / 100Top 17% of 7,287 Automotive niches · +8 vs the category median of 4957
- Market size
- $2.6M/yr2.3M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -14.3%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 15%top-5 click share · 28 brands · 35 sellers
Flapen Score
Running Boards against its category
The dotted line is the Automotive average. Past it, Running Boards is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Running Boards market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Running Boards 2.3M times last year and spent an estimated $2.6M. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 2.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.3% 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
- 2.3M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -14.3%
- Conversion, latest week
- 0.6%
- Market size, estimated
- $2.6Ma year
- Peak month
- March1.2× the quietest month
- Top search term
- running boards1.0M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $204.86.
Listings sell for $204.86 on average, from $38.10 to $1265.29. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $204.86 that is $0 to $20K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $204.86above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $38.10–$1265.29
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 15K–20K
- Units per listing a year
- 0–100
- Revenue per listing a year
- $0–$20K
- Returns
- 2.3%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. 58% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #177 within Running Boards & Steps. It carries 791 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 79%
- Prime listings
- 58%
- Out of stock, average day
- 1.6%
- Average rank
- #177in Running Boards & Steps
- Average rating
- 4.46 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 791per listing
- Listings tracked
- 140
04 · Newcomers
20 of last year's 25 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
25 products launched here in the last 12 months. 20 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 25
- Successful launches
- 20Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 44 months
Products
Top Running Boards 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 only 15% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
28 falling
Sellers
35
Top-5 brand share
62%
Top 20: 97%
Top-5 click share
15%
Top 20: 38%
Open market
33%
- Brand 124%
- Brand 216%
- Brand 39%
- Brand 49%
- Brand 55%
- Brand 65%
Demand
Running Boards search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×
Search terms
Top Running Boards search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- running boards1.0M/yr
- side steps158K/yr
- running boards for silverado crew cab119K/yr
- side steps for truck120K/yr
- running boards for dodge ram 1500 crew cab87K/yr
- truck step74K/yr
- nerf bars70K/yr
- oedro running boards50K/yr
- truck running boards59K/yr
- truck steps for pickup trucks37K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Running Boards
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Rust fast”
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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FAQ
Common Running Boards questions
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