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Whistle

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $2.1M a year here. But prices span $2.98–$14.71, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Whistle is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 11% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +13 vs the category median of 47
Market size
$2.1M/yr2.9M searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 28 brands · 36 sellers

Flapen Score

Whistle against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Whistle market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Whistle 2.9M times last year and spent an estimated $2.1M. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 10.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 10.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.9M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.3%
Conversion, latest week
10.0%
Market size, estimated
$2.1Ma year
Peak month
January2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
whistle1.4M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $7.15.

Listings sell for $7.15 on average, from $2.98 to $14.71. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At $7.15 that is $43K to $57K a year per listing.

Average price
$7.15under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$2.98–$14.71
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
$43K–$57K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% 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 #17 within Safety & Survival. It carries 2,380 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#17in Safety & Survival
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,380per listing
Listings tracked
39

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 49 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
49 months

Products

Top Whistle 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

28 rising

Sellers

36

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

33%

  • Brand 130%
  • Brand 210%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Whistle search demand

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

150K100KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Whistle search terms shoppers use

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

  • whistle1.4M/yr
  • whistles279K/yr
  • whistle for coaches323K/yr
  • emergency whistle120K/yr
  • whistl46K/yr
  • whistle for teachers141K/yr
  • whistle emergency154K/yr
  • coach whistle85K/yr
  • referee whistle76K/yr
  • whistles for adults emergency23K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Whistle

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Noise Level”
48%of negative reviews mention “Noise Level”
1.1%of orders come back
“VERY LOUD”
A buyer, on “Noise Level”48% 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 Whistle questions

Answered from the same tracked data.