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Paddlesmash

Fail

Demand is soft, at -26.1% this quarter, so Paddlesmash is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 4,936 of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · −3 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$84K/yr56K searches / yr
90-day growth
-26.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
73%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Paddlesmash against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Paddlesmash market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Paddlesmash 56K times last year and spent an estimated $84K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 56K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -26.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $84K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
56K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-26.1%
Conversion, latest week
5.5%
Market size, estimated
$84Ka year
Peak month
December8.1× the quietest month
Top search term
pickleball game12K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $27.15.

Listings sell for $27.15 on average, from $7.41 to $94.78. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $27.15 that is $20K to $27K a year per listing.

Average price
$27.15inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.41–$94.78
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$20K–$27K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

69% 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 #862 within Tennis & Racquet Sports. It carries 4,278 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
69%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#862in Tennis & Racquet Sports
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
4,278per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 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 28 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
28 months

Products

Top Paddlesmash 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 73% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

12%

  • Brand 145%
  • Brand 210%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 66%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 12%)

Demand

Paddlesmash search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 8.1×

Search terms

Top Paddlesmash search terms shoppers use

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

  • pickleball game12K/yr
  • deal and dink pickleball card game17K/yr
  • pickleball card game8K/yr
  • pickle ball game3K/yr
  • deal and dink5K/yr
  • pickleball board game4K/yr
  • pickleball blast4K/yr
  • pickleball blast game4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Paddlesmash

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

22%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
15%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
1.2%of orders come back
“Horrible quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”15% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Paddlesmash questions

Answered from the same tracked data.