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Hydrofoil

Maybe

Search demand grew +96.9% this quarter. But prices span $20.00–$7064.46, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Hydrofoil is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 28% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +6 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$700K/yr102K searches / yr
90-day growth
+96.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 103 sellers

Flapen Score

Hydrofoil against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hydrofoil market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Hydrofoil 102K times last year and spent an estimated $700K. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 102K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +96.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $700K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
102K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+96.9%
Conversion, latest week
1.5%
Market size, estimated
$700Ka year
Peak month
July3.8× the quietest month
Top search term
hydrofoil33K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $461.58.

Listings sell for $461.58 on average, from $20.00 to $7064.46. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $461.58 that is $0 to $46K a year per listing.

Average price
$461.58above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$20.00–$7064.46
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$46K
Returns
5.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 83% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #997 within Boat Motors. It carries 601 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
83%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#997in Boat Motors
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
601per listing
Listings tracked
41

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Hydrofoil 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 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

20 rising

Sellers

103

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

24%

  • Brand 129%
  • Brand 211%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 59%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Hydrofoil search demand

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

4K3KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.8×

Search terms

Top Hydrofoil search terms shoppers use

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

  • hydrofoil33K/yr
  • hydrofoil for outboard motor20K/yr
  • cavitation plate for outboard motor8K/yr
  • whale tail for outboard motor8K/yr
  • hydrofoil for outboard8K/yr
  • hydro foil7K/yr
  • outboard hydrofoil6K/yr
  • cavitation plate6K/yr
  • boat hydrofoil4K/yr
  • hydrofoil stabilizer3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hydrofoil

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
14%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
5.6%of orders come back
“To small”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”14% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Hydrofoil questions

Answered from the same tracked data.