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Garmin Forerunner 255 Watch Band

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $67K a year here, so Garmin Forerunner 255 Watch Band is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 34% of 2,221 Cell Phones & Accessories niches · +3 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$67K/yr213K searches / yr
90-day growth
+22.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 27 sellers

Flapen Score

Garmin Forerunner 255 Watch Band against its category

The dotted line is the Cell Phones & Accessories average. Past it, Garmin Forerunner 255 Watch Band is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Garmin Forerunner 255 Watch Band market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Garmin Forerunner 255 Watch Band 213K times last year and spent an estimated $67K. The top 5 brands take 63% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 213K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +22.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $67K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
213K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+22.1%
Conversion, latest week
2.9%
Market size, estimated
$67Ka year
Peak month
July1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
garmin forerunner 265 band45K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $11.12.

Listings sell for $11.12 on average, from $6.74 to $34.94. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $11.12 that is $1K to $3K a year per listing.

Average price
$11.12under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.74–$34.94
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$1K–$3K
Returns
4.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,059 within Smartwatch Accessories. It carries 533 reviews at 4.27 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.8%
Average rank
#1,059in Smartwatch Accessories
Average rating
4.27 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
533per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

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

3 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 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Garmin Forerunner 255 Watch Band 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

20 falling

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

31%

  • Brand 130%
  • Brand 213%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Garmin Forerunner 255 Watch Band search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Garmin Forerunner 255 Watch Band search terms shoppers use

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

  • garmin forerunner 265 band45K/yr
  • garmin forerunner 255 watch band35K/yr
  • garmin forerunner 265 watch band38K/yr
  • garmin 265 band19K/yr
  • forerunner 265 band13K/yr
  • garmin forerunner 255 band13K/yr
  • forerunner 255 watch band10K/yr
  • garmin forerunner 265 bands11K/yr
  • garmin 255 watch band12K/yr
  • garmin 265 watch band9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Garmin Forerunner 255 Watch Band

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
30%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
4.4%of orders come back
“Breaks easily”
A buyer, on “Durability”30% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Garmin Forerunner 255 Watch Band questions

Answered from the same tracked data.