How competitive is the Backyard Baseball niche on Amazon United States?

7 brands and 30 sellers compete in Backyard Baseball on Amazon United States. The top 5 Backyard Baseball products take 56% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 97% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Backyard Baseball?

Backyard Baseball buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Durability, Quality-Overall, Thickness, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 1.1%.

What does it cost to enter the Backyard Baseball niche?

Backyard Baseball sells for $34.69 on average on Amazon United States, inside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span $12.04–$92.54. The average incumbent carries 3,496 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Backyard Baseball

Backyard Baseball clears our launch bar: a $1.6M/yr market growing +230.5% this quarter with returns at 1.1%.

Signals Trending

Flapen Score

Launch it

Top 4% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +18 vs the category median of 47

This niche Category average · 8,101 niches

Is Backyard Baseball profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Backyard Baseball is a $1.6M/yr Amazon United States market (689K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul. Verdict: Launch it — 65/100.

Backyard Baseball: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Yes. Search demand moved +230.5% over the last 90 days and 6.8% of searches end in a purchase.

$1.6M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K

Search volume / yr+230.5%689K

Conversion rate6.8%

Avg price$34.69

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand, so 3% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 30

Top-5 product click share56%

Open market3%

Avg brand age50 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 · 20 products

Top Backyard Baseball 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

Franklin Sports x-40 Performance Outdoor Pickleballs - Usapa Approved (12 Pack)

Price: $27.10
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 25,679
Age: 8y ago

GoSports LotBall Plastic Baseballs - 6 Pack

Price: $12.08
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 530
Age: 3y ago

BLITZBALL Plastic Baseball (4 Pack - Official Brand) - Made in USA

Price: $20.09
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 3,318
Age: 11y ago

BLITZBALL Starter Pack - Includes (3) Official Brand Balls & (1) Power Bat - Made in USA

Price: $31.34
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 4,321
Age: 10y ago

GoSports Baseball & Softball 5 Piece Base Set - Rubber Field Bases for Kids & Adults

Price: $14.51
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 5,885
Age: 6y ago

Newest

by launch date

BLITZBALL Strike Zone Target - Includes (3) Official Brand Balls

Price: $75.02
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 45
Age: 1y ago

BLITZBALL Torpedo Set - Includes (3) Official Brand Balls & (1) Torpedo Bat - Made in USA

Price: $34.80
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 349
Age: 1y ago

Rawlings | Torpedo Barrel I13 Maple Wood Baseball Bat | Big Stick Elite Collection | Mint/Pink | 33 inch

Price: $92.54
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 132
Age: 1y ago

GoSports 2.8 inch Weighted Training Baseballs - Hitting & Pitching Training for All Skill Levels - Improve Power and Mechanics

Price: $19.58
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 9,450
Age: 1y ago

GoSports LotBall Backyard Baseball Bat Ball and Strike Zone Set - Plastic Baseball Game for Kids

Price: $49.89
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 138
Age: 2y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 56% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

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

Brands

7 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

BLITZBALL37%
Franklin Sports24%
GoSports22%
Olpchee11%
Rawlings4%
SKLZ2%
Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Backyard Baseball demand & seasonality

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

Volume689KCVR6.8%Products20Brands7Top 5 Brands97%OOS Rate2.8%Rating4.6★Reviews3,496Avg BSR#41

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 22.7×

Top Backyard Baseball search terms shoppers use

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

blitzball321K/yr +207.9%6.4% conv.
blitzball bat79K/yr +197.9%2.6% conv.
blitz ball75K/yr +274.9%5.8% conv.
blitz balls53K/yr +218.1%6.7% conv.
blitz balls 12 pack21K/yr +693.1%11.3% conv.
blitzballs26K/yr +256.5%5.9% conv.
blitzball ball17K/yr +443.3%10.1% conv.
blitz ball bat19K/yr +217.4%1.6% conv.
blitz ball bats15K/yr +213.3%1.7% conv.
blitzball set17K/yr +344.1%3.9% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Backyard Baseball

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

What buyers love

80% of reviews

Quality-Overall22%

“Good quality”

Fun/Entertainment Experience15%

“Great fun”

Durability12%

“The material is durable, and its size and weight are true to size”

Value For Money10%

“Worth it”

Soft Feel5%

“The balls are soft”

What buyers complain about

61% of reviews

Durability18%

“Durability is horrible”

Quality-Overall12%

“poor quality control”

Thickness6%

“Too thin”

Strength5%

“crack”

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%

“looks are deceiving”

Backyard Baseball return rate & reasons

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

1.1%

Return rate

37%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall

20%

2Value For Money

17%

3Weight Heavy

11%

4Advertised Vs Actual Product

5Hard Feel

Common Backyard Baseball questions

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

Flapen scores Backyard Baseball 65/100 on Amazon United States — Launch it. The niche generates $1.6M/yr across 20 tracked products. Search demand moved +230.5% over the last 90 days.