Ear Buds
MaybeShoppers spend an estimated $16.0M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Ear Buds is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 50 / 100Top 21% of 8,347 Electronics niches · +7 vs the category median of 4350
- Market size
- $16.0M/yr6.7M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -3.7%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 56%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 87 sellers
Flapen Score
Ear Buds against its category
The dotted line is the Electronics average. Past it, Ear Buds is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Ear Buds market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Ear Buds 6.7M times last year and spent an estimated $16.0M. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep–Dec. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 6.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $16.0M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 6.7M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -3.7%
- Conversion, latest week
- 3.3%
- Market size, estimated
- $16.0Ma year
- Peak month
- September1.9× the quietest month
- Top search term
- jbl earbuds4.0M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $73.19.
Listings sell for $73.19 on average, from $20.70 to $229.99. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At $73.19 that is $439K to $586K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $73.19inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $20.70–$229.99
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 200K–250K
- Units per listing a year
- 6,000–8,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $439K–$586K
- Returns
- 3.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads and reviews.
92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #175 within Headphones & Earbuds. It carries 9,859 reviews at 4.27 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 92%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #175in Headphones & Earbuds
- Average rating
- 4.27 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 9,859per listing
- Listings tracked
- 25
04 · Newcomers
3 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 3
- Successful launches
- 3Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 29 months
Products
Top Ear Buds 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
4 rising
Sellers
87
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
56%
Top 20: 94%
Open market
0%
- Brand 192%
- Brand 24%
- Brand 33%
- Brand 41%
Demand
Ear Buds search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Aug, Sep, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×
Search terms
Top Ear Buds search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- jbl earbuds4.0M/yr
- anc earbuds238K/yr
- samsung earbuds wireless341K/yr
- audfonos samsung207K/yr
- waterproof earbuds for swimming145K/yr
- bud209K/yr
- ear buds jbl159K/yr
- jbl wireless earbuds155K/yr
- ear buds apple143K/yr
- jbl ear buds133K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ear Buds
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Don't charge”
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.
14 topics
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