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Iron Sights

Fail

Demand is soft, at -22.0% this quarter, so Iron Sights is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 4,037 of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · on the category median
Market size
$474K/yr692K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 63 sellers

Flapen Score

Iron Sights against its category

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

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Iron Sights market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Iron Sights 692K times last year and spent an estimated $474K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 692K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $474K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
692K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.0%
Conversion, latest week
1.9%
Market size, estimated
$474Ka year
Peak month
January1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
iron sights124K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $36.41.

Listings sell for $36.41 on average, from $14.44 to $87.11. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $36.41 that is $18K to $27K a year per listing.

Average price
$36.41inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$14.44–$87.11
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$18K–$27K
Returns
2.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #787 within Airsoft. It carries 1,826 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.1%
Average rank
#787in Airsoft
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,826per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

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

2 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 74 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Iron Sights 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

63

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

14%

  • Brand 139%
  • Brand 226%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 14%)

Demand

Iron Sights search demand

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

20K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Iron Sights search terms shoppers use

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

  • iron sights124K/yr
  • iron sights for ar r-1593K/yr
  • flip up sights96K/yr
  • flip up sights for ar r-1524K/yr
  • iron sites54K/yr
  • ar iron sights36K/yr
  • ar15 iron sights35K/yr
  • mbus rear sight22K/yr
  • flip up iron sights25K/yr
  • iron sights for picatinny rail21K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Iron Sights

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

24%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
19%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
2.5%of orders come back
“Bad 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Iron Sights questions

Answered from the same tracked data.