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title: "Acoustic-electric Guitars — $716K/yr Amazon US Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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# **acoustic-electric guitars**
**Skip it**
Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 69Growth 21Conversion 13Competition 14Returns 48Price range 0Avg price 44Brand share 0Review moat 82Quality gap 37
**Review moat**
**Great****357.6**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Market size**
**Good****$716K**
$716K/yr · 328K searches
**Returns**
**Okay****3.2%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Avg price**
**Okay****$211.87**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Quality gap**
**Okay****4.5★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Growth**
**Bad****-7.7%**
90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
**Competition**
**Bad****84%**
top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
**Conversion**
**Bad****1.0%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Brand share**
**Bad****100%**
top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
**Price range**
**Bad****$123.74–$405.98**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Signals**[** High Price**](https://flapen.com/research/niches?market=us&signal=high_price "Avg price > $50")
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, acoustic-electric guitars is a $716K/yr Amazon United States market (328K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 32/100.
Data updated Jul 9, 2026 · scored weekly · [~~How we score niches ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **acoustic-electric guitars market data**
- **Units sold / yr**
- **2K–3K**
- avg 100–250/product
- **Revenue / yr**
- **$424K–$530K**
- units × avg price
- **Conversion rate**
- **1.0%**
- **Avg BSR**
- **#43**
- **Page quality**
- **0%**
- **Prime**
- **60%**
- **Sponsored**
- **80%**
- **Out of stock**
- **19.2%**
- **Avg brand age**
- **68 months**
- **Avg seller age**
- **197 days**
## **Competition & brand share**
The top 5 products capture 84% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.
**Brands**
**4 **—flat
**Sellers**
**25**
**Top-5 brand share**
**100%**
Top 20: 100%
**Top-5 click share**
**84%**
Top 20: 100%
**Open market**
**0%**
- Yamaha81% - Fender13% - Epiphone3% - Orangewood3% - Open — no brand owns it (0%)
## **Demand & seasonality**
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -7.7% search growth over the last 90 days.
8K6KPrime Day '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/us/musical-instruments/acoustic-electric-guitars/trend)
## **Top acoustic-electric guitars search terms**
- **yamaha fg800**77K/yr+0.9%1.5% conv. - **epiphone acoustic guitar**51K/yr-17.2%0.1% conv. - **yamaha f310**30K/yr-13.6%0.3% conv. - **orangewood guitar**17K/yr+50.6%0.1% conv. - **yamaha fg800j**15K/yr+2.3%2.1% conv. - **guitarra electroacstica fender**12K/yr+35.3%0.1% conv. - **yamaha fg800 acoustic guitar**14K/yr+19.4%1.1% conv. - **yamaha f335**14K/yr-22.8%0.4% conv. - **acoustic electric**8K/yr+8.0%0.1% conv. - **yamaha f310 acoustic guitar**10K/yr-15.7%0.4% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/us/musical-instruments/acoustic-electric-guitars/search-terms)
## **Top acoustic-electric guitars 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.
0%15%$107K30%$215K45%$322K60%$430K101001K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)
All 10 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**YAMAHA FG800J Solid Top Acoustic Guitar**Yamaha**$249.26**4.7★366 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYFC65L7) [2**Yamaha FG800J Solid Spruce Top Traditional Western Gloss Finish Body 6-String Right-Handed Acoustic Guitar with Rosewood Fingerboard and Bridge (Black) Dreadnought**Yamaha**$251.47**4.6★72 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZ2D7P9X) [3**Fender California Debut Redondo Series Acoustic Guitar Beginner Guitar 2-Year Warranty Black**Fender**$131.04**4.5★764 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DX7JY94Z) [4**Fender California Debut Redondo Series Acoustic Guitar Beginner Guitar 2-Year Warranty 2-Tone Sunburst**Fender**$123.74**4.5★764 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z5LZ8XL) [5**Fender California Debut Redondo Series Acoustic Guitar Beginner Guitar 2-Year Warranty Natural**Fender**$123.79**4.5★764 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z4JF7BD)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**Yamaha Beginner Acoustic Guitar F310I Natural Finish**Yamaha**$200.86**91 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1P9KS94) [**Fender California Debut Redondo Series Acoustic Guitar Beginner Guitar 2-Year Warranty Natural**Fender**$123.79**764 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z4JF7BD) [**Fender California Debut Redondo Series Acoustic Guitar Beginner Guitar 2-Year Warranty 2-Tone Sunburst**Fender**$123.74**764 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z5LZ8XL) [**Fender California Debut Redondo Series Acoustic Guitar Beginner Guitar 2-Year Warranty Black**Fender**$131.04**764 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DX7JY94Z) [**Yamaha FG800J Solid Spruce Top Traditional Western Gloss Finish Body 6-String Right-Handed Acoustic Guitar with Rosewood Fingerboard and Bridge (Black) Dreadnought**Yamaha**$251.47**72 rev2y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZ2D7P9X)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**Fender California Debut Redondo Series Acoustic Guitar Beginner Guitar 2-Year Warranty 2-Tone Sunburst**Fender**$123.74**4.5★**▲ 262%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z5LZ8XL) [**Epiphone Starling Acoustic Player Pack Wine Red with Gig Bag**Epiphone**$188.71**4.3★**▲ 114%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CV7QWM5) [**Yamaha FGX800C Solid Top Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar Dreadnought**Yamaha**$405.98**4.8★**▲ 56%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DW6A6E8) [**Fender California Debut Redondo Series Acoustic Guitar Beginner Guitar 2-Year Warranty Natural**Fender**$123.79**4.5★**▲ 50%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z4JF7BD) [**Fender California Debut Redondo Series Acoustic Guitar Beginner Guitar 2-Year Warranty Black**Fender**$131.04**4.5★**▲ 50%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DX7JY94Z)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about acoustic-electric guitars**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Quality-Overall**22%
*“Excellent quality”*
**Audio Quality**20%
*“Good sound”*
**Tune Retention**18%
*“The tuning was easy”*
**Value For Money**13%
*“Not expensive”*
**Bass**4%
*“Good deal on a good guitar”*
**Color**3%
*“Also like the style of it and the color”*
**Ease Of Use**2%
*“Its easy to use for beginners”*
**Size-Overall**2%
*“Good size”*
**Soft Feel**1%
*“has a good feel to it”*
**Design-Overall**1%
*“And the look of it is beautiful”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Strap/String Quality**27%
*“I get that its inevitable that strings break”*
**Tune Retention**21%
*“so it was somewhat difficult to keep in tune”*
**Quality-Overall**8%
*“the case is not good”*
**Size-Overall**4%
*“I thought the body would be smaller”*
**Adhesion/Stickiness**3%
*“Adhesive sticker issues”*
**Assembly/Installation**2%
*“may need a set up”*
**Strength**2%
*“Its weak”*
**Comfort-Overall**2%
*“out the box is not the most comfortable to play”*
**Adjustability/Rotatability/Reclining**2%
*“need action adjusted”*
**Wood Quality**2%
*“sounds beautiful it did come with a broken off peace of wood on the back side”*
### **Top return reasons **
**Size-Overall**24%
**Strap/String Quality**19%
**Audio Quality**13%
**Defective Material/Parts**8%
**Quality-Overall**6%
**Tune Retention**5%
**Value For Money**5%
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**5%
**Functionality-Overall**2%
**Wood Quality**2%
## **Common questions**
- **Is acoustic-electric guitars profitable to sell on Amazon United States?**
- The niche generates $716K/yr across 10 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -7.7%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (32/100).
- **How competitive is the acoustic-electric guitars niche?**
- 4 brands and 25 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 84% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- **What do buyers complain about in acoustic-electric guitars?**
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Strap/String Quality, Tune Retention, Quality-Overall. The return rate is 3.2%.
- **When does demand for acoustic-electric guitars peak?**
- Demand peaks in Dec; the busiest month runs 2.4× the quietest.
- **What does it cost to enter the acoustic-electric guitars niche?**
- Listings span $123.74–$405.98; the average listing price is $211.87 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 358 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.
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