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Black Rope

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $71K a year here, so Black Rope is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 4,637 of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · −2 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$71K/yr66K searches / yr
90-day growth
+31.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 17 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Rope against its category

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

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Rope market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Black Rope 66K times last year and spent an estimated $71K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 10.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 66K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 10.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +31.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $71K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
66K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+31.9%
Conversion, latest week
10.2%
Market size, estimated
$71Ka year
Peak month
October2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
black rope56K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $10.53.

Listings sell for $10.53 on average, from $5.26 to $25.22. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $10.53 that is $3K to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$10.53under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.26–$25.22
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$5K
Returns
1.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #37 within Tactical & Personal Defense. It carries 1,974 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.3%
Average rank
#37in Tactical & Personal Defense
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,974per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

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

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Black Rope 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 70% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

17

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • Brand 128%
  • Brand 222%
  • Brand 314%
  • Brand 411%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 15%)

Demand

Black Rope search demand

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

2K2KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Black Rope search terms shoppers use

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

  • black rope56K/yr
  • black nylon rope8K/yr
  • black rope outdoor2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Rope

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

25%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
19%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
1.5%of orders come back
“Poor Quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Rope questions

Answered from the same tracked data.