ballast box
Worth a lookShows a thin review moat (35 avg reviews), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($143.47–$787.93) keeps it on the watch list.
Review moat
Incredible35.45avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Returns
Incredible0.7%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Quality gap
Great4.2★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Competition
Great39%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Avg price
Okay$206.11avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Growth
Okay+10.6%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Brand share
Okay83%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Market size
Okay$180K$180K/yr · 53K searches
Conversion
Bad1.6%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Price range
Bad$143.47–$787.93cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, ballast box is a $180K/yr Amazon United States market (53K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Demand peaks in Apr. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.
Data updated Jul 9, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
ballast box market data
- Units sold / yr
- 1K–1K
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- $206K–$258K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 1.6%
- Avg BSR
- #232
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 63%
- Sponsored
- 87%
- Out of stock
- 13.7%
- Avg brand age
- 41 months
- Avg seller age
- 177 days
Competition & brand share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (39% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
17 rising
Sellers
18
Top-5 brand share
83%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
39%
Top 20: 84%
Open market
14%
- VEVOR49%
- Garvee17%
- YITAMOTOR8%
- BouPower5%
- YINTATECH4%
- Generic3%
- Open — no brand owns it (11 brands, 14%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +10.6% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×
Top ballast box search terms
- ballast box27K/yr
- ballast box 3 point category 17K/yr
- 3 point ballast box7K/yr
- tractor ballast box8K/yr
- tractor weight box4K/yr
Top ballast box 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 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
VEVOR Ballast Box 3-Point Category 1 Tractor Ballast of 800lbs Capacity for 2 Inch Hitch Receiver Heavy-Duty Steel 4.3 ft Large Volume Loader Attachment with Sliding Door Red
VEVOR$171.433.9★110 rev
VEVOR Ballast Box 3-Point Category 1 Tractor Ballast of 800lbs Capacity for 2 Inch Hitch Receiver Heavy-Duty Steel 4.3 ft Large Volume Loader Attachment with Sliding Door Green
VEVOR$164.333.9★110 rev
VEVOR Ballast Box 3-Point Category 1 Tractor Ballast of 800 lbs Capacity with Standard 2 Inch Hitch Receiver Heavy-Duty Steel 3.2 ft Large Volume Durable Loader Attachment with Sliding Door Red
VEVOR$152.913.8★11 rev
VEVOR Premium Ballast Box Corrosion-Proof 3-Point Category 1 Tractor Ballast of 800lbs Load for 2 in Hitch Receiver Heavy-Duty Thickened Steel 5ft Volume Loader Attachment with Sliding Door Red
VEVOR$173.314.1★37 rev
YITAMOTOR 3 Point Hitch Ballast Box 800 lbs Tractor Ballast Box with 2 Quick Hitch Receiver for 3 Point Category 1 Tractors Loaders and Skid Steers Red
YITAMOTOR$180.794.1★107 rev
Newest
by launch dateVEVOR Ballast Box 3-Point Category 1 Tractor Ballast of 800 lbs Capacity with Standard 2 Inch Hitch Receiver Heavy-Duty Steel 3.2 ft Large Volume Durable Loader Attachment with Sliding Door Red
VEVOR$152.9111 rev
VEVOR Ballast Box 3-Point Category 1 Tractor Ballast of 800 lbs Capacity with Standard 2 Inch Hitch Receiver Heavy-Duty Steel 3.2 ft Large Volume Durable Loader Attachment with Sliding Door Green
VEVOR$155.2511 rev
VEVOR Ballast Box 3-Point Category 1 Tractor Ballast of 800 lbs Capacity Standard 2 Inch Hitch Receiver Heavy-Duty Steel 3.2 ft Large Volume Durable Loader Attachment with Sliding Door Orange
VEVOR$177.2111 rev
Ballast Box 3 Point Category 1 Tractor Quick Tach Hitch Counterweight Green Heavy Duty Steel 800 lb Capacity Powder Coated
Generic$161.662 rev
VEVOR Ballast Box 3-Point Category 1 Tractor Ballast of 800 lbs Capacity with Standard 2 Inch Hitch Receiver Heavy-Duty Steel 5 ft Large Volume Durable Loader Attachment with Sliding Door Black
VEVOR$200.3037 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
Heavy Duty 800 Lbs 3-Point Tractor Ballast Box Fits Category 1 Hitch Compatible with Loaders & Skid Steers Includes 2 Receiver and Tool Storage Orange
Patikuin$185.060.0★
VEVOR Ballast Box 3-Point Category 1 Tractor Ballast of 800 lbs Capacity with Standard 2 Inch Hitch Receiver Heavy-Duty Steel 3.2 ft Large Volume Durable Loader Attachment with Sliding Door Red
VEVOR$152.913.8★
VEVOR Ballast Box 3-Point Category 1 Tractor Ballast of 800 lbs Capacity with Standard 2 Inch Hitch Receiver Heavy-Duty Steel 3.2 ft Large Volume Durable Loader Attachment with Sliding Door Black
VEVOR$177.633.8★
Ballast Box for Tractors with 800 LB Load Capacity and 5 Cu.ft Heavy Duty Steel Ballast Fits Category 1 Three Point Hitch with Standard 2 Receiver Rear Counterweight Attachment for Loader Work Green
Garvee$174.330.0★
VEVOR Ballast Box 3-Point Category 1 Tractor Ballast of 800 lbs Capacity Standard 2 Inch Hitch Receiver Heavy-Duty Steel 3.2 ft Large Volume Durable Loader Attachment with Sliding Door Orange
VEVOR$177.213.8★
What buyers say about ballast box
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Decent quality”
“well worth the money spent”
“Fits well”
“Just what we needed”
“Easy to assemble”
“Sturdy Unit”
“Great weight box”
“proved to be a reliable counter balance”
“Well built and complete”
“Easy to use”
What buyers complain about
“Small”
“Very Poor Quality”
“one of the mounting points is bent”
“It does NOT work”
“Sliding dump door does not seal”
“Is not fully Category 1 compliant”
“The total cost would be less”
“so it just slips off the sleeves as you drive around”
“Will not work with Quick hitch unless one relocate the top pin”
“Echoing other reviews that this product is delivered with flaking paint”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is ballast box profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $180K/yr across 38 tracked products. 7 of 20 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +10.6%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (53/100).
- How competitive is the ballast box niche?
- 17 brands and 18 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 39% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 83% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in ballast box?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Size-Overall, Quality-Overall, Mounting. The return rate is 0.7%.
- When does demand for ballast box peak?
- Demand peaks in Apr; the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the ballast box niche?
- Listings span $143.47–$787.93; the average listing price is $206.11 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 35 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.