super 8 projector
Skip itPrices mostly outside the sweet spot ($81.81–$383.78) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Quality gap
Incredible3.8★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Review moat
Okay1,781.06avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Avg price
Okay$207.63avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Competition
Okay62%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Brand share
Okay85%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Market size
Okay$107K$107K/yr · 77K searches
Growth
Bad-9.1%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Returns
Bad7.7%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Bad0.7%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Price range
Bad$81.81–$383.78cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, super 8 projector is a $107K/yr Amazon United States market (77K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 33/100.
Data updated Jul 23, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
super 8 projector market data
- Units sold / yr
- 500–750
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- $104K–$156K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 0.7%
- Avg BSR
- #3,234
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 44%
- Sponsored
- 44%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 47 months
- Avg seller age
- 182 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
12 falling
Sellers
35
Top-5 brand share
85%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
62%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
13%
- KODAK40%
- eyesen18%
- AFG18%
- Sears Bell and Howell6%
- MOVIE PROJECTOR3%
- Magnasonic2%
- Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 13%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -9.1% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×
Top super 8 projector search terms
- super 8 projector14K/yr
- 8mm projector18K/yr
- 8mm film projector13K/yr
- 8mm projectors7K/yr
- kodak scanza5K/yr
- 8mm movie projector6K/yr
- 8mm projectors for sale4K/yr
- 8 mm film projector4K/yr
- reel to reel projector4K/yr
- kodak scanza digital film & slide scanner3K/yr
Top super 8 projector 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 18 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Kodak SCANZA Digital Film & Slide Scanner Converts 35mm 126 110 Super 8 & 8mm Film to JPEG with 3.5 LCD Easy-Load Inserts & Adapters
KODAK$150.614.2★11,675 rev
DUAL Super 8MM & 8MM Movie Projector (Type II)
AFG$208.023.4★14 rev
8mm & Super 8 Film to Digital Converter Film Scanner Digitizer with 2.4 Screen Convert 3 5 7 9 Reels into 1080P Digital MP4 Files Sharing & Saving on 32GB SD Card
eyesen$253.563.6★631 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 Slide N SCAN Film & Slide Scanner Digitizer with 5 LCD Screen Quickly Convert Negatives & Slides to Digital 22MP JPEG Photos Compatible with 135 126 and 110 Film & Slides
KODAK$179.734.4★12,509 rev
Newest
by launch date
KODAK Slide N Scan Max Digital Film Scanner - Black/Yellow - Tiltable 7-Inch LCD with Gallery Mode & Photo Scanner Preview - Quick-Feed Tray for Slide Digitizer
KODAK$194.991,800 rev
eyesen 8mm & Super 8 Reels to Digital MovieMaker Pro Film Digitizer Film Scanner Converts Frame by MP4 Files with 2.4 Screen Viewing Saving on SD Card(Included) for 3579 Reels Black
eyesen$263.8676 rev
Projector Super 8MM AUTOLOAD Film W Working Bulb
Projector$202.924 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$383.78890 rev
8mm & Super 8 Film to Digital Converter Film Scanner Digitizer with 2.4 Screen Convert 3 5 7 9 Reels into 1080P Digital MP4 Files Sharing & Saving on 32GB SD Card
eyesen$253.56631 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
Sears Dual Super 8MM & 8MM Movie Projector (Type I)
Sears Bell and Howell$212.413.1★
DeJur 8MM Film Projector
DeJur$185.715.0★
Chinon DUAL Super 8MM & 8MM Movie Projector (Type II)
Chinon DUAL$210.082.6★
KODAK Mini Digital Film & Slide Scanner Converts 35mm 126 110 Super 8 & 8mm Film to 22MP JPEG Images Includes 2.4 LCD Screen & Easy-Load Adapters
KODAK$132.414.2★
KODAK Slide N SCAN Film & Slide Scanner Digitizer with 5 LCD Screen Quickly Convert Negatives & Slides to Digital 22MP JPEG Photos Compatible with 135 126 and 110 Film & Slides
KODAK$179.734.4★
What buyers say about super 8 projector
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Easy peasy”
“Reasonably priced”
“Good optical quality”
“The digital scans are really nice”
“Does as advertised”
“Very Good Image Quality”
“I'm still going strong”
“Perfect, it does what it claims well and fast”
“The included instruction book was clear”
“It works very smoothly with slides allowing you to make changes in brightness and color balance”
What buyers complain about
“does nothing”
“Good design; terrible quality control”
“hard to operate”
“A little pricey”
“Instructions aren't so great”
“looked like it could break with continued use”
“Scanner produces fuzzy images”
“no touch screen”
“Image Flickers Badly”
“it was obviously used”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is super 8 projector profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $107K/yr across 18 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -9.1%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (33/100).
- How competitive is the super 8 projector niche?
- 12 brands and 35 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 62% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 85% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in super 8 projector?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Functionality-Overall, Quality-Overall, Ease Of Use. The return rate is 7.7% — above our launch gate.
- When does demand for super 8 projector peak?
- Demand peaks in Jan–Dec; the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the super 8 projector niche?
- Listings span $81.81–$383.78; the average listing price is $207.63 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,781 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.