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Tailgate Assist

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $1.5M a year here. But prices span $10.06–$918.15, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Tailgate Assist is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 26% of 7,287 Automotive niches · +5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$1.5M/yr900K searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 24 brands · 85 sellers

Flapen Score

Tailgate Assist against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Tailgate Assist market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Tailgate Assist 900K times last year and spent an estimated $1.5M. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 900K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
900K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.8%
Conversion, latest week
2.0%
Market size, estimated
$1.5Ma year
Peak month
May1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
rough country225K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $84.35.

Listings sell for $84.35 on average, from $10.06 to $918.15. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $84.35 that is $21K to $42K a year per listing.

Average price
$84.35inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$10.06–$918.15
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$21K–$42K
Returns
2.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

89% 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 #164 within Body & Trim. It carries 2,726 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#164in Body & Trim
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,726per listing
Listings tracked
64

04 · Newcomers

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

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Tailgate Assist 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 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

24 rising

Sellers

85

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 66%

Open market

16%

  • Brand 139%
  • Brand 219%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (18 brands, 16%)

Demand

Tailgate Assist search demand

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

15K10KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Tailgate Assist search terms shoppers use

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

  • rough country225K/yr
  • tailgate assist shock135K/yr
  • tailgate assist112K/yr
  • 2026 f250 super duty accessories25K/yr
  • tail gate assist kit30K/yr
  • f35024K/yr
  • 2026 ford f250 super duty accessories17K/yr
  • 2026 f350 super duty accessories16K/yr
  • 2017 f25020K/yr
  • 2026 ford f250 accessories8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tailgate Assist

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
17%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
2.4%of orders come back
“Falls apart”
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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Tailgate Assist questions

Answered from the same tracked data.