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Ball on a String

Maybe

Prices already span $9.21–$95.83, with room to position. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Ball on a String is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 36% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +4 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$272K/yr212K searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

Ball on a String against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Ball on a String is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ball on a String market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Ball on a String 212K times last year and spent an estimated $272K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 212K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $272K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
212K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.8%
Conversion, latest week
6.9%
Market size, estimated
$272Ka year
Peak month
December4.5× the quietest month
Top search term
moon ball bounce back42K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.55.

Listings sell for $18.55 on average, from $9.21 to $95.83. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $18.55 that is $14K to $19K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.55inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.21–$95.83
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$14K–$19K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #212 within Speed & Agility Training. It carries 1,214 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#212in Speed & Agility Training
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,214per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Ball on a String 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 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 146%
  • Brand 240%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 42%
  • Brand 51%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Ball on a String search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.5×

Search terms

Top Ball on a String search terms shoppers use

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

  • moon ball bounce back42K/yr
  • ball on a string19K/yr
  • bounce back ball21K/yr
  • wrist return ball12K/yr
  • ball on string12K/yr
  • ball with string attached10K/yr
  • rebound ball10K/yr
  • bounce back moon ball16K/yr
  • ball with string8K/yr
  • moonball bounceback8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ball on a String

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

45%of positive reviews mention “Fun/Entertainment Experience”
19%of negative reviews mention “Strap/String Quality”
1.6%of orders come back
“String Broke”
A buyer, on “Strap/String Quality”19% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Ball on a String questions

Answered from the same tracked data.