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Ptex

Fail

Demand is soft, at -87.5% this quarter, so Ptex is a Fail.

Flapen Score
32
32 / 100
Ranks 7,441 of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · −15 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$26K/yr35K searches / yr
90-day growth
-87.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
87%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 16 sellers

Flapen Score

Ptex against its category

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

32Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ptex market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Ptex 35K times last year and spent an estimated $26K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar–Dec. Flapen scores it 32 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 35K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -87.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $26K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
35K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-87.5%
Conversion, latest week
4.8%
Market size, estimated
$26Ka year
Peak month
January17.2× the quietest month
Top search term
ptex12K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $15.82.

Listings sell for $15.82 on average, from $6.69 to $25.95. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $15.82 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$15.82inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.69–$25.95
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$4K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 23.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #64 within Winter Sports. It carries 295 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
23.1%
Average rank
#64in Winter Sports
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
295per listing
Listings tracked
9

04 · Newcomers

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

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 65 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
65 months

Products

Top Ptex 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 87% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

16

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 156%
  • Brand 226%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 54%

Demand

Ptex search demand

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

2K2KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 17.2×

Search terms

Top Ptex search terms shoppers use

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

  • ptex12K/yr
  • ptex ski repair12K/yr
  • p-tex2K/yr
  • p tex ski repair3K/yr
  • p tex3K/yr
  • ptex snowboard repair3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ptex

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

28%of positive reviews mention “Maintenance And Repair”
33%of negative reviews mention “Hard Feel”
1.1%of orders come back
“are far to soft as normal”
A buyer, on “Hard Feel”33% 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 Ptex questions

Answered from the same tracked data.