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Nerf Basketball

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Nerf Basketball is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 6,827 of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · −11 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$132K/yr133K searches / yr
90-day growth
-31.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
80%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 52 sellers

Flapen Score

Nerf Basketball against its category

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

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Nerf Basketball market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Nerf Basketball 133K times last year and spent an estimated $132K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 133K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -31.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $132K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
133K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-31.7%
Conversion, latest week
5.1%
Market size, estimated
$132Ka year
Peak month
December5.5× the quietest month
Top search term
nerf basketball101K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $19.63.

Listings sell for $19.63 on average, from $13.93 to $31.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $19.63 that is $5K to $10K a year per listing.

Average price
$19.63inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$13.93–$31.47
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
$5K–$10K
Returns
2.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

82% 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 #91 within Basketball. It carries 1,236 reviews at 4.44 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#91in Basketball
Average rating
4.44 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,236per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Nerf Basketball 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 80% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

52

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 192%
  • Brand 24%
  • Brand 32%
  • Brand 42%

Demand

Nerf Basketball search demand

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

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

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.5×

Search terms

Top Nerf Basketball search terms shoppers use

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

  • nerf basketball101K/yr
  • nerf mini basketball6K/yr
  • nerf basketball ball7K/yr
  • nerf foam basketball6K/yr
  • nerf basketball indoor10K/yr
  • mini nerf basketball4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Nerf Basketball

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Noise Level”
26%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
2.9%of orders come back
“Quality is really low”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”26% 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 Nerf Basketball questions

Answered from the same tracked data.