Self Defense Weapon
MaybeAn estimated 0.7% of orders come back. But buyers convert on only 0.3% of searches, so Self Defense Weapon is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 54 / 100Top 25% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +7 vs the category median of 4754
- Market size
- $2.5M/yr9.3M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -7.5%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 33%top-5 click share · 24 brands · 101 sellers
Flapen Score
Self Defense Weapon against its category
The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Self Defense Weapon is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Self Defense Weapon market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Self Defense Weapon 9.3M times last year and spent an estimated $2.5M. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 0.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 9.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.5M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 9.3M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -7.5%
- Conversion, latest week
- 0.3%
- Market size, estimated
- $2.5Ma year
- Peak month
- October1.9× the quietest month
- Top search term
- weapons5.0M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $83.41.
Listings sell for $83.41 on average, from $6.24 to $562.30. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $83.41 that is $21K to $42K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $83.41inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $6.24–$562.30
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 25K–30K
- Units per listing a year
- 250–500
- Revenue per listing a year
- $21K–$42K
- Returns
- 0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #339 within Tactical & Personal Defense. It carries 16,279 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 90%
- Prime listings
- 98%
- Out of stock, average day
- 1.7%
- Average rank
- #339in Tactical & Personal Defense
- Average rating
- 4.52 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 16,279per listing
- Listings tracked
- 49
04 · Newcomers
1 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 53 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 2
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 53 months
Products
Top Self Defense Weapon 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 33% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
24 falling
Sellers
101
Top-5 brand share
76%
Top 20: 98%
Top-5 click share
33%
Top 20: 76%
Open market
20%
- Brand 143%
- Brand 212%
- Brand 38%
- Brand 46%
- Brand 56%
- Brand 63%
Demand
Self Defense Weapon search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×
Search terms
Top Self Defense Weapon search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- weapons5.0M/yr
- self defense weapons1.8M/yr
- self defense1.1M/yr
- weapon507K/yr
- non lethal self defense111K/yr
- home defense weapon98K/yr
- self defense tools83K/yr
- defensa personal74K/yr
- wepons69K/yr
- weapons for men57K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Self Defense Weapon
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Does not last”
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
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FAQ
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