super 8 film
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible1.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Avg price
Great$89.29avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Review moat
Good750.78avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Growth
Okay+14.8%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Quality gap
Okay4.6★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Price range
Bad$32.08–$383.78cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Competition
Bad85%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Conversion
Bad0.8%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Market size
Bad$33K$33K/yr · 45K searches
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, super 8 film is a $33K/yr Amazon United States market (45K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 31/100.
Data updated Jul 25, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
super 8 film market data
- Units sold / yr
- 1K–2K
- avg 100–250/product
- Revenue / yr
- $112K–$134K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 0.8%
- Avg BSR
- #184
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 67%
- Sponsored
- 11%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 71 months
- Avg seller age
- 167 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 85% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
2 flat
Sellers
36
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
85%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- KODAK98%
- foma2%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +14.8% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Top super 8 film search terms
- super 8 film39K/yr
- kodak super 8 film3K/yr
- super 8mm film3K/yr
Top super 8 film products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 9 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Kodak TXR-464 Tri-X Reversal Black & White Silent Super 8 Movie Film 50 Foot Cartridge Film #7266 ISO 200 / 160 #502-9046 *USA*
KODAK$51.494.5★64 rev
Kodak Super 8 Color Reversal Ektachrom 100D 7294/50 Cartridge
KODAK$64.924.6★41 rev
Kodak Super 8 Color Negative VISION3 200T 7213/50 Cartridge
KODAK$59.714.4★60 rev
KODAK REELS 8mm & Super 8 Films Digitizer Converter with Big 5 Screen Scanner Converts Film Frame by Frame to Digital MP4 Files for Viewing Sharing & Saving on SD Card for 3 4 5 7 and 9 Reels
KODAK$383.784.1★890 rev
Kodak Super 8 Color Negative VISION3 500T 7219/50 Cartridge
KODAK$50.034.7★210 rev
Newest
by launch dateKODAK REELS 8mm & Super 8 Films Digitizer Converter with Big 5 Screen Scanner Converts Film Frame by Frame to Digital MP4 Files for Viewing Sharing & Saving on SD Card for 3 4 5 7 and 9 Reels
KODAK$383.78890 rev
Kodak 16mm Vision3 100ft (33m) 500T/7219
KODAK$76.196 rev
Kodak Super 8 Color Reversal Ektachrom 100D 7294/50 Cartridge
KODAK$64.9241 rev
Foma Fomapan R100 Black & White Reversal Film 2x8mm Double 8 Standard 10 meters
foma$34.7019 rev
Kodak Super 8 Color Negative VISION3 200T 7213/50 Cartridge
KODAK$59.7160 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumKodak TXR-464 Tri-X Reversal Black & White Silent Super 8 Movie Film 50 Foot Cartridge Film #7266 ISO 200 / 160 #502-9046 *USA*
KODAK$51.494.5★
Kodak Super 8 Color Negative VISION3 200T 7213/50 Cartridge
KODAK$59.714.4★
Foma Fomapan R100 Black & White Reversal Film 2x8mm Double 8 Standard 10 meters
foma$34.704.4★
KODAK REELS 8mm & Super 8 Films Digitizer Converter with Big 5 Screen Scanner Converts Film Frame by Frame to Digital MP4 Files for Viewing Sharing & Saving on SD Card for 3 4 5 7 and 9 Reels
KODAK$383.784.1★
Kodak 16mm Vision3 100ft (33m) 500T/7219
KODAK$76.195.0★
What buyers say about super 8 film
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Extremely Honest Seller and Great Products”
“are very pleased with the quality of pictures we get”
“Best affordable everyday film stock”
“Colour is perfect”
“Easy peasy”
“the sky is bright”
“Great looks”
“works perfectly on both my 8mm”
“This worked well to convert a pile of Super 8 reels - read the instructions first”
“Very versatile and captures color beautifully”
What buyers complain about
“It also comes off when digitizing”
“$50 in developing + cost of film for nothing”
“High Hopes, But Serious Reliability Issues”
“Instructions aren't so great”
“I ended up returning the two bad machines”
“Oldies”
“Not sending color film”
“2nd, having to switch the little knobs to fit the super 8mm reels based on if you are recording or rewinding is annoying”
“poorly designed”
“the image will be backwards”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is super 8 film profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $33K/yr across 9 tracked products. 90-day search growth is +14.8%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (31/100).
- How competitive is the super 8 film niche?
- 2 brands and 36 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 85% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in super 8 film?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Functionality-Overall, Value For Money, Durability. The return rate is 1.0%.
- When does demand for super 8 film peak?
- Demand peaks in Dec; the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the super 8 film niche?
- Listings span $32.08–$383.78; the average listing price is $89.29 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 751 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.