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Softbox

Fail

Demand is soft, at -14.3% this quarter, so Softbox is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Top 33% of 8,347 Electronics niches · +4 vs the category median of 43
Market size
$821K/yr668K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
31%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 53 sellers

Flapen Score

Softbox against its category

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

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Softbox market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Softbox 668K times last year and spent an estimated $821K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 668K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $821K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
668K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.3%
Conversion, latest week
2.0%
Market size, estimated
$821Ka year
Peak month
November1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
softbox247K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $62.39.

Listings sell for $62.39 on average, from $22.55 to $146.19. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $62.39 that is $6K to $16K a year per listing.

Average price
$62.39inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$22.55–$146.19
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$6K–$16K
Returns
6.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #65 within Lighting & Studio. It carries 461 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.6%
Average rank
#65in Lighting & Studio
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
461per listing
Listings tracked
65

04 · Newcomers

6 of last year's 9 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. 6 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
6Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Softbox 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 31% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

53

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

31%

Top 20: 68%

Open market

7%

  • Brand 138%
  • Brand 225%
  • Brand 314%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 7%)

Demand

Softbox search demand

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

20K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Softbox search terms shoppers use

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

  • softbox247K/yr
  • godox softbox95K/yr
  • soft box86K/yr
  • bowens mount softbox46K/yr
  • neewer softbox45K/yr
  • lighting soft boxes28K/yr
  • neewer softbox lighting kit15K/yr
  • octabox13K/yr
  • softbox godox14K/yr
  • softbox bowens mount15K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Softbox

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Brightness/Shine/Glow”
8%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
6.3%of orders come back
“Poor quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”8% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Softbox questions

Answered from the same tracked data.