How competitive is the 2018 Baseball Cards niche on Amazon United States?

7 brands and 84 sellers compete in 2018 Baseball Cards on Amazon United States. The top 5 2018 Baseball Cards products take 52% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 96% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in 2018 Baseball Cards?

2018 Baseball Cards buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Value For Money, Quality-Overall, Product Condition, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.3%.

What does it cost to enter the 2018 Baseball Cards niche?

2018 Baseball Cards sells for $201.34 on average on Amazon United States, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span $24.17–$617.25. The average incumbent carries 80 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

2018 Baseball Cards

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 96% of clicks) — 2018 Baseball Cards doesn't clear our bar today.

Signals Quality Gap High Price

Flapen Score

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Ranks 4,637 of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · −2 vs the category median of 47

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Is 2018 Baseball Cards profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, 2018 Baseball Cards is a $121K/yr Amazon United States market (73K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand. Demand peaks in Apr–Jul. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

2018 Baseball Cards: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -5.1% over the last 90 days and 0.8% of searches end in a purchase.

$121K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr1K

Search volume / yr-5.1%73K

Conversion rate0.8%

Avg price$201.34

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand, so 4% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 84

Top-5 product click share52%

Open market4%

Avg brand age60 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 3.9★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 28 products

Top 2018 Baseball Cards products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

2018 Topps Series 1 Baseball EXCLUSIVE HUGE Factory Sealed 72 Card Hanger Box with 1983 Topps Baseball Topps Salute & Other Great Insert Cards! Look for Autographs & Relics! Loaded!

Price: $137.21
Rating: 3.6/5
Reviews: 10
Age: 1y ago

Shohei Ohtani PSA Graded Card Mystery Power Pack - 1 PSA Graded Ohtani Card and 2 Packs of Cards Per Pack - Amazon Exclusive

Price: $84.54
Rating: 2.9/5
Reviews: 181
Age: 4y ago

2018 Topps Series 1 Baseball EXCLUSIVE Factory Sealed JUMBO FAT Pack with 36 Cards including Exclusive Insert! Loaded with Cool Inserts & Rookies! Look for Autographs & Relics! Loaded!

Price: $46.72
Rating: 3.6/5
Reviews: 18
Age: 1y ago

Topps 2018 Series 1 Hobby Box

Price: $355.25
Rating: 0.0/5
Reviews: 0
Age: 8y ago

Los Angeles Angels 2018 Topps Factory Sealed EXCLUSIVE Special Limited Edition 17 Card Team Set with Shohei Ohtani Rookie Card Plus Mike Trout and others

Price: $128.31
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 61
Age: 8y ago

Newest

by launch date

2018 Topps Series One 1 Baseball 10-Card Hobby Pack

Price: $28.90
Rating: 4.0/5
Reviews: 1
Age: 2mo ago

Topps 2025 Chrome Baseball Update Series Value Blaster Box

Price: $47.26
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 89
Age: 7mo ago

2018 Topps Baseball 708 Card Complete Factory Set with EXCLUSIVE CHROME ROOKIE RELIC! Includes Rookies of Ronald Acuna Jr Gleyber Torres Shohei Ohtani & More! Includes all Series 1 & 2 Cards!

Price: $521.93
Rating: 0.0/5
Reviews: 0
Age: 9mo ago

PSA 10 Graded 2018 MLB Baseball Rookie Card Mystery Box (Ohtani Soto Acuna & More!)

Price: $118.41
Rating: 1.0/5
Reviews: 1
Age: 10mo ago

2018 Topps Series 1 Baseball EXCLUSIVE HUGE Factory Sealed 72 Card Hanger Box with 1983 Topps Baseball Topps Salute & Other Great Insert Cards! Look for Autographs & Relics! Loaded!

Price: $137.21
Rating: 3.6/5
Reviews: 10
Age: 1y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)3 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

Topps41%
Generic39%
Palos Designs12%
Bowman3%
HOFSM.COM Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia2%
--1%
Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

2018 Baseball Cards demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume73KCVR0.8%Products28Brands7Top 5 Brands96%OOS Rate9.3%Rating3.9★Reviews80Avg BSR#631

Peak months: Apr, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top 2018 Baseball Cards search terms shoppers use

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

2018 topps baseball cards24K/yr -5.3%0.5% conv.
2018 baseball cards17K/yr -4.2%0.6% conv.
2018 topps chrome hobby box8K/yr +10.4%0.5% conv.
2018 baseball hobby box5K/yr -7.3%0.2% conv.
2018 topps5K/yr -14.6%0.5% conv.
2018 baseball cards box5K/yr -2.3%0.6% conv.
2018 topps chrome6K/yr -24.2%0.1% conv.
baseball cards 20184K/yr -9.7%0.2% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 2018 Baseball Cards

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

98% of reviews

Value For Money39%

“Received 2 good cards - well worth the money”

Collectibles33%

“Box holds some surprises for the collectors”

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%

“As advertised”

Quality-Overall9%

“Great product”

Gifting Purpose2%

“Always a good gift for a collector”

What buyers complain about

98% of reviews

Value For Money64%

“what a waste of money”

Quality-Overall22%

“Garbage cards”

Product Condition5%

“This seemed like it was probably a repack”

Durability3%

“I broke even or worse”

Ethical Trade/Fair Trade3%

“This might be the biggest scam on Amazon”

2018 Baseball Cards return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.3%

Return rate

59%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall

29%

2Advertised Vs Actual Product

29%

3Value For Money

24%

4Adhesion/Stickiness

5Defective Material/Parts

Common 2018 Baseball Cards questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores 2018 Baseball Cards 45/100 on Amazon United States — Skip it. The niche generates $121K/yr across 28 tracked products. 1 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -5.1% over the last 90 days.