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Yakima Lock Cores

Yakima Lock Cores shows beatable incumbent ratings (3.9★), but a small market ($30K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look

Top 39% of 7,287 Automotive niches · +2 vs the category median of 49

Market size 7Growth 83Conversion 69Competition 19Returns 41Price range 88Avg price 95Brand share 16Review moat 67Quality gap 96
This niche Category average · 7,287 niches

Is Yakima Lock Cores profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Yakima Lock Cores is a $30K/yr Amazon United States market (15K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Yakima Lock Cores: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +80.2% over the last 90 days and 6.3% of searches end in a purchase.

$30K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr1K
Search volume / yr+80.2%15K
Conversion rate6.3%
Avg price$32.21

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

6%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 21
Top-5 product click share77%
Open market6%
Avg brand age66 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 3.9★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 12 products

Sponsored placement75%
New entrants (1y)4· 0 succeeded
Avg rating3.9★
Avg reviews817

Top Yakima Lock Cores products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 77% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$3K$6K$9K$12K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • Yakima41%
  • JXSDFP20%
  • WGLRRGU18%
  • TIKSCIENCE11%
  • PETCHOR4%
  • Yakima Products2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Yakima Lock Cores demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume15KCVR6.3%Products12Brands8Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate36.3%Rating3.9★Reviews817Avg BSR#346
500300Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Top Yakima Lock Cores search terms shoppers use

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

  • yakima sks lock cores6K/yr
  • yakima lock cores6K/yr
  • yakima lock2K/yr
  • yakima sks lock cores 4 pack698/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Yakima Lock Cores

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

97% of reviews
Advertised Vs Actual Product27%

As advertised

Size-Overall23%

Fit was perfect

Value For Money17%

they are good for the price

Locking Mechanism10%

the locks work great

Assembly/Installation7%

Easy to install

What buyers complain about

94% of reviews
Quality-Overall28%

Quality control issues in packaging

Size-Overall16%

not fit in lock holes on newer racks

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting13%

No instructions included

Functionality-Overall13%

This does not work

Ethical Trade/Fair Trade6%

Poor business practices

Yakima Lock Cores return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

3.7%

Return rate

46%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
34%
2Functionality-Overall
15%
3Compatibility-Overall
13%
4Value For Money
11%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
10%

Common Yakima Lock Cores questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Yakima Lock Cores 51/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $30K/yr across 12 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +80.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Yakima Lock Cores on Amazon United States peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug, where the busiest month runs 2.6× the quietest.