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Surf Wax

Maybe

An estimated 0.6% of orders come back. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Surf Wax is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 19% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +9 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$346K/yr201K searches / yr
90-day growth
+55.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 25 sellers

Flapen Score

Surf Wax against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Surf Wax market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Surf Wax 201K times last year and spent an estimated $346K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug–Dec. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 201K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +55.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $346K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
201K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+55.9%
Conversion, latest week
11.8%
Market size, estimated
$346Ka year
Peak month
June5.5× the quietest month
Top search term
surf wax90K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.54.

Listings sell for $14.54 on average, from $6.59 to $38.79. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At $14.54 that is $15K to $18K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.54under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.59–$38.79
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
$15K–$18K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

27% 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 #6 within Water Sports. It carries 672 reviews at 4.76 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
27%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#6in Water Sports
Average rating
4.76 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
672per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 63 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
63 months

Products

Top Surf Wax 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 152%
  • Brand 234%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 42%

Demand

Surf Wax search demand

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

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

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.5×

Search terms

Top Surf Wax search terms shoppers use

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

  • surf wax90K/yr
  • surfboard wax31K/yr
  • sex wax surfboard wax23K/yr
  • sticky bumps surf wax19K/yr
  • surf board wax8K/yr
  • sticky bumps8K/yr
  • fu wax6K/yr
  • skim board wax3K/yr
  • surf wax base coat4K/yr
  • fu wax surfboard wax4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Surf Wax

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Smell”
50%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.6%of orders come back
“virtually no smell”
A buyer, on “Smell”50% 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 Surf Wax questions

Answered from the same tracked data.