Kalimba
FailThe products selling today already average 4.7★, so Kalimba is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 45 / 100Top 45% of 437 Musical Instruments niches · +1 vs the category median of 4445
- Market size
- $563K/yr569K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -3.3%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 69%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 17 sellers
Flapen Score
Kalimba against its category
The dotted line is the Musical Instruments average. Past it, Kalimba is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Kalimba market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Kalimba 569K times last year and spent an estimated $563K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 569K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $563K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 569K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -3.3%
- Conversion, latest week
- 3.1%
- Market size, estimated
- $563Ka year
- Peak month
- December3.7× the quietest month
- Top search term
- kalimba335K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $31.62.
Listings sell for $31.62 on average, from $12.85 to $88.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $31.62 that is $47K to $63K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $31.62inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $12.85–$88.23
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 20K–25K
- Units per listing a year
- 1,500–2,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $47K–$63K
- Returns
- 2.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #19 within Drums & Percussion. It carries 3,334 reviews at 4.68 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 80%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 1.5%
- Average rank
- #19in Drums & Percussion
- Average rating
- 4.68 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 3,334per listing
- Listings tracked
- 15
04 · Newcomers
0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 1
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 48 months
Products
Top Kalimba 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 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
14 rising
Sellers
17
Top-5 brand share
75%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
69%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
21%
- Brand 146%
- Brand 211%
- Brand 37%
- Brand 45%
- Brand 55%
- Brand 64%
Demand
Kalimba search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.7×
Search terms
Top Kalimba search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- kalimba335K/yr
- kalimba thumb piano64K/yr
- thumb piano59K/yr
- kalimba instrument12K/yr
- finger piano20K/yr
- bastl kalimba2K/yr
- kalimba for kids6K/yr
- kalimba 17 key10K/yr
- thumb pianos10K/yr
- mbira5K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Kalimba
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“The included covers are child size and won't help”
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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