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Starter

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $5.1M a year here. But demand is soft, at -13.3% this quarter, so Starter is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 9% of 7,287 Automotive niches · +11 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$5.1M/yr2.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
15%top-5 click share · 36 brands · 140 sellers

Flapen Score

Starter against its category

The dotted line is the Automotive average. Past it, Starter is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Starter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Starter 2.3M times last year and spent an estimated $5.1M. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.0% 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 3.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $5.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.3%
Conversion, latest week
3.0%
Market size, estimated
$5.1Ma year
Peak month
October1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
starter1.5M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $74.23.

Listings sell for $74.23 on average, from $41.95 to $249.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $74.23 that is $19K to $37K a year per listing.

Average price
$74.23inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$41.95–$249.21
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$19K–$37K
Returns
4.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #508 within Starters & Alternators. It carries 1,235 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.2%
Average rank
#508in Starters & Alternators
Average rating
4.40 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,235per listing
Listings tracked
204

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Starter 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

36 rising

Sellers

140

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

15%

Top 20: 34%

Open market

29%

  • Brand 127%
  • Brand 214%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Starter search demand

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

60K40KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Starter search terms shoppers use

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

  • starter1.5M/yr
  • starter motor423K/yr
  • motor de arranque87K/yr
  • automotive replacement starter starters61K/yr
  • starters15K/yr
  • stater14K/yr
  • car starter motor14K/yr
  • starter motor replacement16K/yr
  • engine starter14K/yr
  • gm starter8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Starter

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
4.3%of orders come back
“Broke almost immediately”
A buyer, on “Durability”17% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Starter questions

Answered from the same tracked data.