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River Tube

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so River Tube is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 4,037 of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · on the category median
Market size
$3.3M/yr1.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
+427.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
85%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 11 sellers

Flapen Score

River Tube against its category

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

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The River Tube market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for River Tube 1.1M times last year and spent an estimated $3.3M. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +427.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $3.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+427.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.7%
Market size, estimated
$3.3Ma year
Peak month
July34.0× the quietest month
Top search term
tubes for boating185K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $174.17.

Listings sell for $174.17 on average, from $103.22 to $350.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At $174.17 that is $174K to $218K a year per listing.

Average price
$174.17above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$103.22–$350.23
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
$174K–$218K
Returns
4.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% 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 #9 within Water Sports. It carries 2,073 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#9in Water Sports
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,073per listing
Listings tracked
9

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 61 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top River Tube 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 85% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

11

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 181%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 44%

Demand

River Tube search demand

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

150K100KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 34.0×

Search terms

Top River Tube search terms shoppers use

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

  • tubes for boating185K/yr
  • boat tube196K/yr
  • towable tubes for boating160K/yr
  • boat tubes for tubing89K/yr
  • towable tube92K/yr
  • boating tube50K/yr
  • tube for boating53K/yr
  • water tubes for boats45K/yr
  • boat tubes37K/yr
  • airhead tube37K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about River Tube

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

30%of positive reviews mention “Fun/Entertainment Experience”
13%of negative reviews mention “Leak-Proof”
4.3%of orders come back
“it leaks already”
A buyer, on “Leak-Proof”13% 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 River Tube questions

Answered from the same tracked data.