Alphasmart
FailBuyers convert on only 0.1% of searches, so Alphasmart is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 29 / 100Ranks 7,731 of 8,347 Electronics niches · −14 vs the category median of 4329
- Market size
- $33K/yr158K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +5.6%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 70%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 59 sellers
Flapen Score
Alphasmart against its category
The dotted line is the Electronics average. Past it, Alphasmart is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Alphasmart market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Alphasmart 158K times last year and spent an estimated $33K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 29 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 0.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 158K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $33K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 158K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +5.6%
- Conversion, latest week
- 0.1%
- Market size, estimated
- $33Ka year
- Peak month
- December1.8× the quietest month
- Top search term
- word processor52K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $211.92.
Listings sell for $211.92 on average, from $24.66 to $676.72. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100 to 250 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $211.92 that is $0 to $21K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $211.92above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $24.66–$676.72
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 100–250
- Units per listing a year
- 0–100
- Revenue per listing a year
- $0–$21K
- Returns
- 6.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 81% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #319 within Keyboards, Mice & Accessories. It carries 398 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 75%
- Prime listings
- 81%
- Out of stock, average day
- 9.7%
- Average rank
- #319in Keyboards, Mice & Accessories
- Average rating
- 4.28 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 398per listing
- Listings tracked
- 16
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 44 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
- 44 months
Products
Top Alphasmart 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 70% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
11 falling
Sellers
59
Top-5 brand share
87%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
70%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
10%
- Brand 133%
- Brand 221%
- Brand 317%
- Brand 410%
- Brand 55%
- Brand 63%
- Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 10%)
Demand
Alphasmart search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×
Search terms
Top Alphasmart search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- word processor52K/yr
- digital typewriter28K/yr
- distraction free writing device18K/yr
- portable word processor29K/yr
- word processor typewriter18K/yr
- smart typewriter8K/yr
- digital typewriter with screen6K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Alphasmart
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“For the past couple of weeks it has partially quit working”
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.
17 topics
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