chess notation book
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 97% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Review moat
Incredible63.82avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Returns
Incredible1.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Great7.9%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Avg price
Good$13.55avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Okay$8.80–$18.36cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Quality gap
Bad4.7★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Competition
Bad79%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Growth
Bad-22.6%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad$48K$48K/yr · 45K searches
Brand share
Bad97%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, chess notation book is a $48K/yr Amazon United States market (45K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 36/100.
Data updated Jul 26, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
chess notation book market data
- Units sold / yr
- 3K–4K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- $41K–$54K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 7.9%
- Avg BSR
- #1,227
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 91%
- Sponsored
- 55%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 88 months
- Avg seller age
- 181 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 79% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
6 flat
Sellers
6
Top-5 brand share
97%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
79%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- A&A37%
- WE Games33%
- Wholesale Chess12%
- Perfect Strike Scorebooks11%
- US Chess Federation4%
- Tempest3%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 25 weeks — -22.6% search growth over the last 90 days.Top chess notation book search terms
- chess notation book21K/yr
- chess scorebook16K/yr
- chess notebook7K/yr
Top chess notation book products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 11 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
A&A 2 Pack Chess Scorebook 50 Games Recordable 100 Moves Per Game Eye-Protection Chess Scorebook / 5.5 x 8.25 in.
A&A$18.364.8★237 rev
WE Games Chess Scorebook & Notation Book - Hardcover 100 Pages Ideal for Clubs & Tournaments
WE Games$14.884.8★142 rev
Wholesale Chess Quality Chess Scorebook - SkyBlue
Wholesale Chess$8.804.4★47 rev
WE Games Black Hardcover Chess Scorebook -for Notations 100 Pages Ideal Score Sheets for Clubs & Tournaments
WE Games$14.364.6★134 rev
WE Games Ultimate Chessplayers Scorebook - Spiral Bound & Paperback Chess Notation Book with 50 Games & 100 Moves Ideal Chess Score Sheets for Clubs & Tournaments
WE Games$8.884.7★15 rev
Newest
by launch date
Tempest Premium Chess Scorebook Hardcover Tournament Notebook 200 Games / 200 Pages Top-Bound Spiral Thick No-Bleed Archival Paper
Tempest$16.771 rev
WE Games Chess Scorebook & Notation Book - Blue Hardcover Chess Book with 100 Pages Ideal Score Sheets for Clubs & Tournaments
WE Games$14.516 rev
A&A 2 Pack Chess Scorebook 50 Games Recordable 100 Moves Per Game Eye-Protection Chess Scorebook / 5.5 x 8.25 in.
A&A$18.36237 rev
Perfect Strike Chess SCOREBOOK with Rules and Scoring Instructions. Heavy Duty. Practice and Competition. (5.5 x 8.5) LS-50:60 (50 Games per Book)
Perfect Strike Scorebooks$10.5934 rev
Perfect Strike Chess SCOREBOOK with Rules and Scoring Instructions. Heavy Duty. Practice and Competition. (5.5 x 8.5) TS-100:60 (100 Games per Book)
Perfect Strike Scorebooks$13.1712 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumTempest Premium Chess Scorebook Hardcover Tournament Notebook 200 Games / 200 Pages Top-Bound Spiral Thick No-Bleed Archival Paper
Tempest$16.775.0★
Wholesale Chess Quality Chess Scorebook - SkyBlue
Wholesale Chess$8.804.4★
WE Games Chess Scorebook & Notation Book - Hardcover 100 Pages Ideal for Clubs & Tournaments
WE Games$14.884.8★
Perfect Strike Chess SCOREBOOK with Rules and Scoring Instructions. Heavy Duty. Practice and Competition. (5.5 x 8.5) TS-100:60 (100 Games per Book)
Perfect Strike Scorebooks$13.174.9★
A&A 2 Pack Chess Scorebook 50 Games Recordable 100 Moves Per Game Eye-Protection Chess Scorebook / 5.5 x 8.25 in.
A&A$18.364.8★
What buyers say about chess notation book
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“the books are designed well”
“Learning curve on efficient usage”
“I am quite satisfied with this scorebook”
“Its a nice way to record her games”
“He likes that it is the perfect size to carry along with his chess board, so it is not heavy and bulky”
“Flexible and lefty friendly”
“is very sturdy”
What buyers complain about
“Fairly flimsy”
“they are way overpriced for what you get”
“the 50-page version is supposed to have a thicker”
“design could be better”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is chess notation book profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $48K/yr across 11 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -22.6%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (36/100).
- How competitive is the chess notation book niche?
- 6 brands and 6 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 79% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 97% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in chess notation book?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Strength, Value For Money, Thickness. The return rate is 1.0%.
- What does it cost to enter the chess notation book niche?
- Listings span $8.80–$18.36; the average listing price is $13.55 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 64 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.