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Compass

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $2.3M a year here. But the top 5 products take 71% of clicks, so Compass 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
$2.3M/yr2.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 29 sellers

Flapen Score

Compass against its category

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

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

Market

The Compass market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Compass 2.4M times last year and spent an estimated $2.3M. The top 5 brands take 71% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.2%
Conversion, latest week
4.8%
Market size, estimated
$2.3Ma year
Peak month
December1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
compass1.5M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $20.45.

Listings sell for $20.45 on average, from $3.92 to $107.84. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At $20.45 that is $102K to $123K a year per listing.

Average price
$20.45inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.92–$107.84
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
$102K–$123K
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 #12 within Electronics & Gadgets. It carries 2,452 reviews at 4.44 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
#12in Electronics & Gadgets
Average rating
4.44 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,452per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

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

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Compass 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 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

24%

  • Brand 124%
  • Brand 220%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Compass search demand

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

70K50KHoliday '24Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Compass search terms shoppers use

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

  • compass1.5M/yr
  • compass hiking survival226K/yr
  • compass for kids107K/yr
  • compas71K/yr
  • compass keychain58K/yr
  • compasses59K/yr
  • kids compass47K/yr
  • pocket compass40K/yr
  • brass compass35K/yr
  • brujula33K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Compass

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
20%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
1.8%of orders come back
“I do not understand how this product is so cheap compared to others of the same quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Compass questions

Answered from the same tracked data.