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Distortion Pedal

Fail

Demand is soft, at -15.8% this quarter, so Distortion Pedal is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Top 36% of 437 Musical Instruments niches · +3 vs the category median of 44
Market size
$766K/yr664K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 84 sellers

Flapen Score

Distortion Pedal against its category

The dotted line is the Musical Instruments average. Past it, Distortion Pedal is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Distortion Pedal market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Distortion Pedal 664K times last year and spent an estimated $766K. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 664K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $766K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
664K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.6%
Market size, estimated
$766Ka year
Peak month
December2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
distortion pedal218K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $73.95.

Listings sell for $73.95 on average, from $15.15 to $222.31. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $73.95 that is $18K to $37K a year per listing.

Average price
$73.95inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$15.15–$222.31
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$18K–$37K
Returns
3.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

97% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #248 within Amplifiers & Effects. It carries 1,044 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
97%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#248in Amplifiers & Effects
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,044per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 70 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
70 months

Products

Top Distortion Pedal 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

84

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

17%

  • Brand 155%
  • Brand 27%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 17%)

Demand

Distortion Pedal search demand

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

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

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Distortion Pedal search terms shoppers use

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

  • distortion pedal218K/yr
  • boss pedal128K/yr
  • boss pedals43K/yr
  • distortion pedal for electric guitar46K/yr
  • boss guitar pedals44K/yr
  • guitar distortion pedal31K/yr
  • boss ds120K/yr
  • boss distortion pedal18K/yr
  • distortion guitar pedal16K/yr
  • bass distortion pedal15K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Distortion Pedal

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
12%of negative reviews mention “Audio Quality”
3.5%of orders come back
“no sound”
A buyer, on “Audio Quality”12% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Distortion Pedal questions

Answered from the same tracked data.