Sluice Box
MaybeThe average product has only 217 reviews. But demand is soft, at -32.1% this quarter, so Sluice Box is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 53 / 100Ranks 5,174 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −3 vs the category median of 5653
- Market size
- $503K/yr381K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -32.1%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 28%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 31 sellers
Flapen Score
Sluice Box against its category
The dotted line is the Patio, Lawn & Garden average. Past it, Sluice Box is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Sluice Box market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Sluice Box 381K times last year and spent an estimated $503K. The top 5 brands take 68% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 1.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 381K 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 -32.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $503K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 381K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -32.1%
- Conversion, latest week
- 1.2%
- Market size, estimated
- $503Ka year
- Peak month
- March1.6× the quietest month
- Top search term
- sluice box103K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $113.85.
Listings sell for $113.85 on average, from $11.87 to $614.56. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $113.85 that is $0 to $11K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $113.85above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $11.87–$614.56
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 3K–4K
- Units per listing a year
- 0–100
- Revenue per listing a year
- $0–$11K
- Returns
- 2.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads.
93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 73% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #254 within Metal Detectors. It carries 217 reviews at 4.29 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 93%
- Prime listings
- 73%
- Out of stock, average day
- 10.3%
- Average rank
- #254in Metal Detectors
- Average rating
- 4.29 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 217per listing
- Listings tracked
- 56
04 · Newcomers
5 of last year's 13 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
13 products launched here in the last 12 months. 5 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 63 months on average, so the names here are established.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 13
- Successful launches
- 5Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 63 months
Products
Top Sluice Box 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 only 28% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
22 rising
Sellers
31
Top-5 brand share
68%
Top 20: 98%
Top-5 click share
28%
Top 20: 70%
Open market
28%
- Brand 126%
- Brand 219%
- Brand 313%
- Brand 45%
- Brand 55%
- Brand 64%
Demand
Sluice Box search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×
Search terms
Top Sluice Box search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- sluice box103K/yr
- gold sluice box75K/yr
- sluice box for gold mining61K/yr
- gold sluice44K/yr
- sluice26K/yr
- gold sluice equipment9K/yr
- mini sluice box7K/yr
- sluice boxes for gold prospecting6K/yr
- sluice fox6K/yr
- sluice box for gold5K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sluice Box
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Classifier is a bit small”
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
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FAQ
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