How competitive is the 28.5 Basketball Indoor niche on Amazon United States?

14 brands and 49 sellers compete in 28.5 Basketball Indoor on Amazon United States. The top 5 28.5 Basketball Indoor products take 36% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 86% of demand.

What does it cost to enter the 28.5 Basketball Indoor niche?

28.5 Basketball Indoor sells for $30.15 on average on Amazon United States, inside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span $12.88–$93.23. The average incumbent carries 2,378 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

28.5 Basketball Indoor

28.5 Basketball Indoor shows a sweet-spot price point ($30.15 avg), but soft demand (-19.9% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

Worth a look

Top 22% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +8 vs the category median of 47

This niche Category average · 8,101 niches

Is 28.5 Basketball Indoor profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, 28.5 Basketball Indoor is a $437K/yr Amazon United States market (241K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

28.5 Basketball Indoor: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -19.9% over the last 90 days and 6.0% of searches end in a purchase.

$437K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K

Search volume / yr-19.9%241K

Conversion rate6.0%

Avg price$30.15

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 49

Top-5 product click share36%

Open market14%

Avg brand age49 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 44 products

Top 28.5 Basketball Indoor 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

WILSON NCAA Verified Indoor/Outdoor Basketball - Brown/Black Size 6-28.5

Price: $32.59
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 65
Age: 8mo ago

WILSON NBA Authentic Series Basketball - Outdoor Size 6 - 28.5 Brown

Price: $27.00
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 3,317
Age: 4y ago

WILSON NCAA Replica Basketball - Size 6-28.5

Price: $43.17
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 327
Age: 1y ago

BALSMART Size 6 Basketball for Womens 28.5 Basketball for Indoor Outdoor Play

Price: $17.25
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 203
Age: 6mo ago

WILSON NBA DRV Series Basketball - DRV Brown Size 6-28.5

Price: $12.88
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 10,838
Age: 4y ago

Newest

by launch date

adidas Unisex-Adult All Court 3.0 Basketball Natural/Black 6

Price: $23.18
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 312
Age: 1mo ago

BALSMART Size 6 Basketball for Womens 28.5 Basketball for Indoor Outdoor Play

Price: $17.25
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 203
Age: 6mo ago

WILSON NCAA Verified Indoor/Outdoor Basketball - Brown/Black Size 6-28.5

Price: $32.59
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 65
Age: 8mo ago

WILSON Caitlin Clark Envision Basketball - Blue Size 6-28.5

Price: $27.21
Rating: 4.9/5
Reviews: 105
Age: 1y ago

WILSON Caitlin Clark Envision Basketball - Blue Size 5-27.5

Price: $27.76
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 58
Age: 1y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (36% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

12%

WILSON60%
Spalding10%
BALSMART6%
AND16%
PECOGO3%
Senston3%
Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 12%)

Top 28.5 Basketball Indoor search terms shoppers use

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

outdoor basketball size 616K/yr -14.4%5.1% conv.
size 6 basketball outdoor15K/yr +20.8%5.0% conv.
28.5 basketball indoor/outdoor26K/yr -31.2%4.8% conv.
wilson basketball size 616K/yr -8.3%3.4% conv.
28.5 basketball outdoor13K/yr -5.7%5.7% conv.
28.5 basketball indoor43K/yr -47.8%2.4% conv.
indoor basketball size 616K/yr -32.9%2.8% conv.
size 6 basketball indoor/outdoor11K/yr -10.7%4.9% conv.
size 6 basketball indoor19K/yr -35.6%2.9% conv.
size 6 outdoor basketball6K/yr +4.4%6.1% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 28.5 Basketball Indoor

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

What buyers love

77% of reviews

Quality-Overall25%

“The quality is solid”

Value For Money13%

“Decent price”

Grip8%

“easy to grip”

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

“Works great, just as advertised”

Size-Overall6%

“Good size and easy to pump up”

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews

Inflation/Deflation16%

“Deflated”

Leak-Proof10%

“it also leaks at the valve”

Size-Overall9%

“Wrong size was sent”

Quality-Overall9%

“Extremely cheap feel and terrible quality”

Durability8%

“Ball got warped after a month of normal use”

28.5 Basketball Indoor return rate & reasons

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

1.5%

Return rate

50%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall

38%

2Inflation/Deflation

3Value For Money

4Leak-Proof

5Functionality-Overall

Common 28.5 Basketball Indoor questions

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

Flapen scores 28.5 Basketball Indoor 55/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $437K/yr across 44 tracked products. 5 of 9 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -19.9% over the last 90 days.

28.5 Basketball Indoor buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Inflation/Deflation, Leak-Proof, Size-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 1.5%.