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Permanent Match

Maybe

The products selling today average only 3.7★. But demand is soft, at -16.4% this quarter, so Permanent Match is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 12% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +12 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$280K/yr849K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
41%top-5 click share · 24 brands · 43 sellers

Flapen Score

Permanent Match against its category

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

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Permanent Match market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Permanent Match 849K times last year and spent an estimated $280K. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 849K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $280K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
849K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.4%
Conversion, latest week
2.0%
Market size, estimated
$280Ka year
Peak month
December2.8× the quietest month
Top search term
permanent match145K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $16.27.

Listings sell for $16.27 on average, from $6.92 to $27.12. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $16.27 that is $8K to $12K a year per listing.

Average price
$16.27inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.92–$27.12
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$8K–$12K
Returns
2.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #184 within Safety & Survival. It carries 549 reviews at 3.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
2.8%
Average rank
#184in Safety & Survival
Average rating
3.67 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
549per listing
Listings tracked
36

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 17 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

17 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 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
17
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Permanent Match 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 41% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

24 falling

Sellers

43

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

41%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

41%

  • Brand 123%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Permanent Match search demand

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

30K20KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.8×

Search terms

Top Permanent Match search terms shoppers use

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

  • permanent match145K/yr
  • keychain lighter91K/yr
  • permanent match lighter68K/yr
  • metal match56K/yr
  • permanent match infinity lighter89K/yr
  • forever match60K/yr
  • lighter keychain48K/yr
  • match lighter34K/yr
  • infinity lighter53K/yr
  • metal match lighter32K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Permanent Match

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

13%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
26%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
2.0%of orders come back
“not functional”
A buyer, on “Functionality-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 Permanent Match questions

Answered from the same tracked data.