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Chalk Ball

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $74K a year here, so Chalk Ball is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 5,499 of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · −5 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$74K/yr64K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
73%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 19 sellers

Flapen Score

Chalk Ball against its category

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

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Chalk Ball market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Chalk Ball 64K times last year and spent an estimated $74K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 10.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 64K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 10.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $74K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
64K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.6%
Conversion, latest week
10.4%
Market size, estimated
$74Ka year
Peak month
January6.9× the quietest month
Top search term
chalk ball34K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $11.23.

Listings sell for $11.23 on average, from $5.55 to $30.08. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $11.23 that is $3K to $6K a year per listing.

Average price
$11.23under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.55–$30.08
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–$6K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

87% 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 #22 within Climbing. It carries 2,194 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#22in Climbing
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,194per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 68 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Chalk Ball 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 73% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

10 flat

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

  • Brand 135%
  • Brand 225%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 11%)

Demand

Chalk Ball search demand

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

10K6KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.9×

Search terms

Top Chalk Ball search terms shoppers use

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

  • chalk ball34K/yr
  • chalk sock9K/yr
  • climbing chalk ball8K/yr
  • chalk ball for rock climbing6K/yr
  • refillable chalk ball4K/yr
  • rock climbing chalk ball3K/yr
  • chalk ball for climbing2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Chalk Ball

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

33%of positive reviews mention “Grip”
20%of negative reviews mention “Ease Of Use”
0.7%of orders come back
“Messy to open”
A buyer, on “Ease Of Use”20% 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 Chalk Ball questions

Answered from the same tracked data.