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Skimboard

Maybe

Search demand grew +137.8% this quarter. But buyers convert on only 0.8% of searches, so Skimboard is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 6% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +16 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$316K/yr404K searches / yr
90-day growth
+137.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
18%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 30 sellers

Flapen Score

Skimboard against its category

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

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Skimboard market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Skimboard 404K times last year and spent an estimated $316K. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

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

Shoppers searched for this 404K 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 +137.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $316K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
404K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+137.8%
Conversion, latest week
0.8%
Market size, estimated
$316Ka year
Peak month
July6.4× the quietest month
Top search term
skimboard144K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $95.41.

Listings sell for $95.41 on average, from $13.46 to $636.92. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $95.41 that is $0 to $10K a year per listing.

Average price
$95.41inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$13.46–$636.92
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$10K
Returns
3.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 17.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #23 within Water Sports. It carries 166 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
92%
Out of stock, average day
17.3%
Average rank
#23in Water Sports
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
166per listing
Listings tracked
118

04 · Newcomers

5 of last year's 37 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

37 products launched here in the last 12 months. 5 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
37
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Skimboard 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 18% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

23 falling

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

18%

Top 20: 45%

Open market

36%

  • Brand 126%
  • Brand 210%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Skimboard search demand

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

20K15KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.4×

Search terms

Top Skimboard search terms shoppers use

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

  • skimboard144K/yr
  • skim board80K/yr
  • skim boards for beach57K/yr
  • skimboards26K/yr
  • skim boards for beach adult14K/yr
  • skim boards for beach kids 6-1217K/yr
  • skim boards14K/yr
  • fiberglass skimboard13K/yr
  • zap skimboard13K/yr
  • skimboard fiberglass5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Skimboard

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

30%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
29%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
3.0%of orders come back
“Broke quickly”
A buyer, on “Durability”29% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Skimboard questions

Answered from the same tracked data.