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Nook

Fail

The top 5 products take 100% of clicks, so Nook is a Fail.

Flapen Score
33
33 / 100
Ranks 7,120 of 8,347 Electronics niches · −10 vs the category median of 43
Market size
$242K/yr457K searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
100%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 9 sellers

Flapen Score

Nook against its category

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

33Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Nook market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Nook 457K times last year and spent an estimated $242K. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 33 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 457K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $242K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
457K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.2%
Conversion, latest week
0.6%
Market size, estimated
$242Ka year
Peak month
December2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
nook214K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $94.53.

Listings sell for $94.53 on average, from $45.19 to $144.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $94.53 that is $24K to $47K a year per listing.

Average price
$94.53inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$45.19–$144.21
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$24K–$47K
Returns
7.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

0% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 75% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #77 within eBook Readers & Accessories. It carries 173 reviews at 4.03 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
0%
Prime listings
75%
Out of stock, average day
16.5%
Average rank
#77in eBook Readers & Accessories
Average rating
4.03 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
173per listing
Listings tracked
4

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are young.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 22 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
22 months

Products

Top Nook 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 100% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

9

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 171%
  • Brand 222%
  • Brand 37%

Demand

Nook search demand

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

20K15KPrime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Nook search terms shoppers use

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

  • nook214K/yr
  • nook reader140K/yr
  • nook tablet55K/yr
  • nook ereader15K/yr
  • barnes and noble nook12K/yr
  • nook reader tablet9K/yr
  • barnes and noble nook reader4K/yr
  • barnes and noble nook tablet4K/yr
  • nook e reader3K/yr
  • nook e-readers2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Nook

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

26%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
17%of negative reviews mention “Charging”
7.1%of orders come back
“I charged it for a few hours, nothing”
A buyer, on “Charging”17% 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.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Nook questions

Answered from the same tracked data.