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Basketball

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $16.1M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 94% of clicks, so Basketball 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
$16.1M/yr15.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
+39.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 65 sellers

Flapen Score

Basketball against its category

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

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

Market

The Basketball market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Basketball 15.1M times last year and spent an estimated $16.1M. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 15.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +39.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $16.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
15.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+39.8%
Conversion, latest week
2.8%
Market size, estimated
$16.1Ma year
Peak month
December3.3× the quietest month
Top search term
nba5.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $38.96.

Listings sell for $38.96 on average, from $11.14 to $136.66. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At $38.96 that is $390K to $487K a year per listing.

Average price
$38.96inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$11.14–$136.66
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
10,000–12,500
Revenue per listing a year
$390K–$487K
Returns
1.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #25 within Sports Equipment. It carries 6,288 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#25in Sports Equipment
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,288per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Basketball 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

65

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

4%

  • Brand 153%
  • Brand 219%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Basketball search demand

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

400K300KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.3×

Search terms

Top Basketball search terms shoppers use

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

  • nba5.3M/yr
  • basketball6.6M/yr
  • outdoor basketball424K/yr
  • basketballs322K/yr
  • nba basketball187K/yr
  • wilson evolution basketball330K/yr
  • wilson basketball254K/yr
  • kids basketball217K/yr
  • basket ball165K/yr
  • wilson134K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Basketball

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

26%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Inflation/Deflation”
1.8%of orders come back
“Wont stay inflated”
A buyer, on “Inflation/Deflation”17% 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 Basketball questions

Answered from the same tracked data.