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Surefire Scout

Fail

The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Surefire Scout is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 4,037 of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · on the category median
Market size
$2.0M/yr1.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
27%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 133 sellers

Flapen Score

Surefire Scout against its category

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

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

Market

The Surefire Scout market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Surefire Scout 1.1M times last year and spent an estimated $2.0M. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.2% 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 1.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.0%
Conversion, latest week
1.2%
Market size, estimated
$2.0Ma year
Peak month
January2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
surefire252K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $158.32.

Listings sell for $158.32 on average, from $25.42 to $447.36. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $158.32 that is $16K to $40K a year per listing.

Average price
$158.32above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$25.42–$447.36
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$16K–$40K
Returns
2.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

65% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #499 within Tactical & Personal Defense. It carries 1,637 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
65%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
16.0%
Average rank
#499in Tactical & Personal Defense
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,637per listing
Listings tracked
66

04 · Newcomers

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

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Surefire Scout 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 27% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

133

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

27%

Top 20: 68%

Open market

1%

  • Brand 155%
  • Brand 235%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 41%
  • Brand 51%
  • Brand 61%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 1%)

Demand

Surefire Scout search demand

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

30K20KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Surefire Scout search terms shoppers use

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

  • surefire252K/yr
  • surefire flashlight279K/yr
  • streamlight protac193K/yr
  • streamlight protac hl-x51K/yr
  • surefire scout light36K/yr
  • surefire scout51K/yr
  • surefire weapon light64K/yr
  • surefire light23K/yr
  • streamlight hlx22K/yr
  • surefire rifle light19K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Surefire Scout

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

41%of positive reviews mention “Brightness/Shine/Glow”
9%of negative reviews mention “Brightness/Shine/Glow”
2.4%of orders come back
“light isnt bright”
A buyer, on “Brightness/Shine/Glow”9% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Surefire Scout questions

Answered from the same tracked data.