iphone 8plus
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Quality gap
Incredible4.0★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Returns
Great1.4%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Avg price
Good$127.92avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Review moat
Bad11,708.55avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Market size
Bad$76K$76K/yr · 80K searches
Growth
Bad-22.3%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Competition
Bad83%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Price range
Bad$88.72–$175.30cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Conversion
Bad0.7%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, iphone 8plus is a $76K/yr Amazon United States market (80K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 31/100.
Data updated Jul 8, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
iphone 8plus market data
- Units sold / yr
- 500–750
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- $64K–$96K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 0.7%
- Avg BSR
- #618
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 18%
- Sponsored
- 64%
- Out of stock
- 9.1%
- Avg brand age
- 39 months
- Avg seller age
- 173 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 83% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
5 falling
Sellers
101
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
83%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Apple57%
- Plum27%
- Straight Talk10%
- Tracfone3%
- Tmobile2%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 97 weeks — -22.3% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×
Top iphone 8plus search terms
- i phone 822K/yr
- iphone 8plus17K/yr
- iphone89K/yr
- i phone 8 plus10K/yr
- ipone 83K/yr
- iphone 8 phone3K/yr
- iphone 8 plus refurbished2K/yr
- iohone 81K/yr
- cheap iphone 81K/yr
- refurbished iphone 8 plus2K/yr
Top iphone 8plus products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 11 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Apple iPhone 8 Plus 64GB Space Gray - Unlocked (Renewed)
Apple$119.623.8★129 rev
Apple iPhone 8 64GB Unlocked - Gray
Plum$126.034.3★984 rev
Apple iPhone 7 32GB Unlocked AT&T/T-Mobile - Silver
Straight Talk$93.303.9★277 rev
Apple iPhone SE 2nd Generation US Version 64GB Black - Unlocked (Renewed)
Apple$115.554.2★22,502 rev
Apple iPhone 8 Plus 256GB Gold - Unlocked (Renewed)
Apple$151.083.5★108 rev
Newest
by launch date
Apple iPhone 8 64GB Unlocked - Red
Tmobile$134.1258 rev
Apple iPhone 8 64GB Unlocked - Gray
Plum$126.03984 rev
Boost Mobile Apple iPhone 7 32GB Unlocked - Black
Plum$88.72120 rev
Apple iPhone 7 32GB Unlocked AT&T/T-Mobile - Silver
Straight Talk$93.30277 rev
Tracfone Apple iPhone 8 Plus 4G LTE Prepaid Smartphone - 64GB - Space Gray - Carrier Locked
Tracfone$124.9575 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
Apple iPhone SE 2nd Generation 64GB White - Unlocked (Renewed)
Apple$117.114.2★
Apple iPhone XS 64GB Gold - Unlocked (Renewed)
Apple$161.394.2★
Apple iPhone SE 2nd Generation US Version 64GB Black - Unlocked (Renewed)
Apple$115.554.2★
Apple iPhone 8 Plus 64GB Space Gray - Unlocked (Renewed)
Apple$119.623.8★
Apple iPhone 7 32GB Unlocked AT&T/T-Mobile - Silver
Straight Talk$93.303.9★
What buyers say about iphone 8plus
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Awesome phone for the price”
“Good product from good seller”
“Battery life is great”
“Works as it should”
“Work great no issue over two years”
“Looks brand new”
“Working good”
“it charges pretty fast too”
“connects to carriers easily”
“easy to work with”
What buyers complain about
“The battery quality is horrible”
“breaks easily good value for children”
“Charger doesn't work”
“Can not get it to work”
“The sound barely works”
“Bad quality”
“Microphone damaged”
“obviously used”
“The touchscreen completely stopped working”
“This phone had a bad wifi”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is iphone 8plus profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $76K/yr across 11 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -22.3%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (31/100).
- How competitive is the iphone 8plus niche?
- 5 brands and 101 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 83% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in iphone 8plus?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Battery Life, Durability, Charging. The return rate is 1.4%.
- When does demand for iphone 8plus peak?
- Demand peaks in Dec; the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the iphone 8plus niche?
- Listings span $88.72–$175.30; the average listing price is $127.92 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 11,709 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.