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Backpacking Cot

Maybe

Search demand grew +111.2% this quarter. But shoppers spend an estimated $39K a year here, so Backpacking Cot is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 39% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +3 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$39K/yr39K searches / yr
90-day growth
+111.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 81 sellers

Flapen Score

Backpacking Cot against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Backpacking Cot is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Backpacking Cot market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Backpacking Cot 39K times last year and spent an estimated $39K. The top 5 brands take 71% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Aug. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 39K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +111.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $39K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
39K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+111.2%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
$39Ka year
Peak month
August2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
ultralight cot21K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $93.51.

Listings sell for $93.51 on average, from $26.97 to $294.38. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250 to 500 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $93.51 that is $0 to $9K a year per listing.

Average price
$93.51inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$26.97–$294.38
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
250–500
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$9K
Returns
6.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #71 within Camping Furniture. It carries 2,107 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.6%
Average rank
#71in Camping Furniture
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,107per listing
Listings tracked
42

04 · Newcomers

5 of last year's 8 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

8 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 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Backpacking Cot 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 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

23 falling

Sellers

81

Top-5 brand share

71%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

25%

  • Brand 124%
  • Brand 222%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Backpacking Cot search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

5K4KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Backpacking Cot search terms shoppers use

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

  • ultralight cot21K/yr
  • ultralight camping cot backpacking5K/yr
  • cot air mattress for adults6K/yr
  • ultralight backpacking cots3K/yr
  • coleman bed3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Backpacking Cot

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

18%of positive reviews mention “Comfort-Overall”
16%of negative reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
6.5%of orders come back
“Very difficult to put together”
A buyer, on “Assembly/Installation”16% of negative reviews mention the same topic

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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Backpacking Cot questions

Answered from the same tracked data.