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Barbell

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $2.8M a year here. But buyers convert on only 1.0% of searches, so Barbell is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 19% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +9 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$2.8M/yr3.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
31%top-5 click share · 25 brands · 29 sellers

Flapen Score

Barbell against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Barbell market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Barbell 3.3M times last year and spent an estimated $2.8M. The top 5 brands take 61% of clicks. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.5%
Conversion, latest week
1.0%
Market size, estimated
$2.8Ma year
Peak month
January1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
barbell1.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $86.66.

Listings sell for $86.66 on average, from $14.99 to $334.92. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $86.66 that is $65K to $87K a year per listing.

Average price
$86.66inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$14.99–$334.92
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$65K–$87K
Returns
2.3%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. 75% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #70 within Weights & Accessories. It carries 1,083 reviews at 4.61 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
75%
Out of stock, average day
1.7%
Average rank
#70in Weights & Accessories
Average rating
4.61 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,083per listing
Listings tracked
65

04 · Newcomers

22 of last year's 28 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

28 products launched here in the last 12 months. 22 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
28
Successful launches
22Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Barbell 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 only 31% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

25 rising

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

61%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

31%

Top 20: 64%

Open market

33%

  • Brand 120%
  • Brand 220%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Barbell search demand

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

100K60KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Barbell search terms shoppers use

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

  • barbell1.3M/yr
  • olympic barbell386K/yr
  • weight bar292K/yr
  • barra para hacer ejercicio175K/yr
  • barbells158K/yr
  • cap barbell148K/yr
  • strength training bars107K/yr
  • bench press bar98K/yr
  • squat bar96K/yr
  • workout bar65K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Barbell

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

22%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
11%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
2.3%of orders come back
“Smaller”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”11% 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 Barbell questions

Answered from the same tracked data.