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Apple

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $230.9M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Apple is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 11% of 8,347 Electronics niches · +11 vs the category median of 43
Market size
$230.9M/yr10.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
+22.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
32%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 653 sellers

Flapen Score

Apple against its category

The dotted line is the Electronics average. Past it, Apple is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Apple market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Apple 10.6M times last year and spent an estimated $230.9M. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 10.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +22.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $230.9M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
10.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+22.6%
Conversion, latest week
4.7%
Market size, estimated
$230.9Ma year
Peak month
October2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
apple9.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $463.59.

Listings sell for $463.59 on average, from $1.99 to $6253.11. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500K to 600K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At $463.59 that is $4.6M to $5.8M a year per listing.

Average price
$463.59above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$1.99–$6253.11
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
500K–600K
Units per listing a year
10,000–12,500
Revenue per listing a year
$4.6M–$5.8M
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

64% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #83 within Headphones & Earbuds. It carries 6,698 reviews at 4.66 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
64%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
0.1%
Average rank
#83in Headphones & Earbuds
Average rating
4.66 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,698per listing
Listings tracked
61

04 · Newcomers

27 of last year's 27 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

27 products launched here in the last 12 months. 27 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
27
Successful launches
27Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Apple 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 32% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

5 rising

Sellers

653

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

32%

Top 20: 64%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 168%
  • Brand 225%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 41%
  • Brand 50%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Apple search demand

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

800K600KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Apple search terms shoppers use

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

  • apple9.3M/yr
  • apple store461K/yr
  • apple products336K/yr
  • apple products on sale62K/yr
  • aple35K/yr
  • apple deals45K/yr
  • apple devices27K/yr
  • apple pro28K/yr
  • appel21K/yr
  • tienda apple19K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Apple

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

14%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
10%of negative reviews mention “Charging”
1.0%of orders come back
“Battery wont charge”
A buyer, on “Charging”10% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Apple questions

Answered from the same tracked data.