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Paracord

Fail

The products selling today already average 4.7★, so Paracord is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 43% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +2 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$1.1M/yr3.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
+20.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

Paracord against its category

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

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Paracord market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Paracord 3.3M times last year and spent an estimated $1.1M. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +20.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+20.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.2%
Market size, estimated
$1.1Ma year
Peak month
June1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
paracord2.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $8.16.

Listings sell for $8.16 on average, from $5.26 to $18.34. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At $8.16 that is $49K to $65K a year per listing.

Average price
$8.16under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.26–$18.34
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
$49K–$65K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

87% 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 #30 within Tactical & Personal Defense. It carries 3,625 reviews at 4.69 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#30in Tactical & Personal Defense
Average rating
4.69 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,625per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

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

3 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 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Paracord 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 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • Brand 135%
  • Brand 213%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 510%
  • Brand 68%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 13%)

Demand

Paracord search demand

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

90K70KPrime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Paracord search terms shoppers use

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

  • paracord2.0M/yr
  • paracord 550348K/yr
  • 550 paracord275K/yr
  • paracord rope155K/yr
  • parachute cord96K/yr
  • 550 cord83K/yr
  • tactical paracord64K/yr
  • para cord56K/yr
  • camping rope29K/yr
  • 4mm paracord19K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Paracord

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
19%of negative reviews mention “Advertised Vs Actual Product”
1.0%of orders come back
“Misleading picture”
A buyer, on “Advertised Vs Actual Product”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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Paracord questions

Answered from the same tracked data.