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Pitching Machine

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $3.8M a year here. But prices span $32.08–$2614.23, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Pitching Machine is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 17% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +10 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$3.8M/yr1.9M searches / yr
90-day growth
+15.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 63 sellers

Flapen Score

Pitching Machine against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pitching Machine market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Pitching Machine 1.9M times last year and spent an estimated $3.8M. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +15.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $3.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.9M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+15.5%
Conversion, latest week
0.8%
Market size, estimated
$3.8Ma year
Peak month
April3.9× the quietest month
Top search term
pitching machine878K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $241.77.

Listings sell for $241.77 on average, from $32.08 to $2614.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $241.77 that is $60K to $121K a year per listing.

Average price
$241.77above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$32.08–$2614.23
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$60K–$121K
Returns
3.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #59 within Baseball. It carries 1,007 reviews at 4.19 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
3.1%
Average rank
#59in Baseball
Average rating
4.19 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,007per listing
Listings tracked
33

04 · Newcomers

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

4 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 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Pitching Machine 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 only 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

16 rising

Sellers

63

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

20%

  • Brand 126%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 316%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Pitching Machine search demand

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

60K40KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.9×

Search terms

Top Pitching Machine search terms shoppers use

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

  • pitching machine878K/yr
  • softball pitching machine209K/yr
  • baseball pitching machines206K/yr
  • pitching machine baseballs176K/yr
  • baseball pitching machine94K/yr
  • pitching machine softball61K/yr
  • baseball launcher32K/yr
  • kids pitching machine31K/yr
  • baseball machine25K/yr
  • baseball pitcher24K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pitching Machine

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

14%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
21%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
3.3%of orders come back
“Broke after 2 use”
A buyer, on “Durability”21% 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 Pitching Machine questions

Answered from the same tracked data.