Telescope
MaybeShoppers spend an estimated $21.0M a year here. But prices span $30.72–$1534.56, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Telescope is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 51 / 100Top 18% of 8,347 Electronics niches · +8 vs the category median of 4351
- Market size
- $21.0M/yr7.2M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -17.6%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 41%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 34 sellers
Flapen Score
Telescope against its category
The dotted line is the Electronics average. Past it, Telescope is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Telescope market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Telescope 7.2M times last year and spent an estimated $21.0M. The top 5 brands take 63% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 1.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 7.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -17.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $21.0M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 7.2M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -17.6%
- Conversion, latest week
- 1.2%
- Market size, estimated
- $21.0Ma year
- Peak month
- December4.4× the quietest month
- Top search term
- telescope3.8M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $235.65.
Listings sell for $235.65 on average, from $30.72 to $1534.56. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At $235.65 that is $707K to $943K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $235.65above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $30.72–$1534.56
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 100K–125K
- Units per listing a year
- 3,000–4,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $707K–$943K
- Returns
- 5.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads and reviews.
94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #10 within Binoculars & Scopes. It carries 2,161 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 94%
- Prime listings
- 97%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #10in Binoculars & Scopes
- Average rating
- 4.33 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 2,161per listing
- Listings tracked
- 36
04 · Newcomers
6 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
6 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 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 6
- Successful launches
- 6Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 51 months
Products
Top Telescope 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 41% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
16 falling
Sellers
34
Top-5 brand share
63%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
41%
Top 20: 81%
Open market
30%
- Brand 122%
- Brand 215%
- Brand 312%
- Brand 48%
- Brand 57%
- Brand 67%
Demand
Telescope search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.4×
Search terms
Top Telescope search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- telescope3.8M/yr
- telescope for adults881K/yr
- telescope for kids503K/yr
- celestron telescope234K/yr
- telescope for adults high powered421K/yr
- telescopes211K/yr
- telescopio196K/yr
- celestron107K/yr
- kids telescope233K/yr
- dobsonian telescope95K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Telescope
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“low quality product”
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.
17 topics
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