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Nendoroid

Nendoroid shows a thin review moat (104 avg reviews), but weak search conversion (0.2%) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

53
Worth a look

Top 20% of 3,143 Toys & Games niches · +7 vs the category median of 46

Market size 44Growth 51Conversion 3Competition 94Returns 92Price range 37Avg price 88Brand share 21Review moat 95Quality gap 21
This niche Category average · 3,143 niches

Is Nendoroid profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Nendoroid is a $235K/yr Amazon United States market (1.7M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand. Demand peaks in Aug–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.

Nendoroid: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +21.9% over the last 90 days and 0.2% of searches end in a purchase.

$235K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr+21.9%1.7M
Conversion rate0.2%
Avg price$65.10

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand, so 8% of the market is open.

8%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 150
Top-5 product click share21%
Open market8%
Avg brand age38 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 113 products

Sponsored placement20%
New entrants (1y)21· 8 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews104

Top Nendoroid products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (21% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$5K$9K$14K$19K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

150

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

21%

Top 20: 51%

Open market

7%

  • Good Smile Company80%
  • SEGA5%
  • COSGOGO3%
  • YLQANONG2%
  • Orange Rouge2%
  • HOYOVERSE2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 7%)

Nendoroid demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume1.7MCVR0.2%Products113Brands15Top 5 Brands92%OOS Rate8.7%Rating4.7★Reviews104Avg BSR#10,766
60K40KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Nendoroid search terms shoppers use

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

  • nendoroid1.1M/yr
  • good smile company144K/yr
  • needy streamer overload111K/yr
  • nendoroid figure108K/yr
  • good smile39K/yr
  • nendroid33K/yr
  • nendoroids24K/yr
  • needy streamer overload figure29K/yr
  • nendroids15K/yr
  • good smile nendoroid20K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Nendoroid

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Quality-Overall28%

Great quality

Value For Money11%

Great Value

Collectibles10%

it is a collectible

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

As described

Size-Overall7%

the size is very accurate

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Size-Overall22%

This guy ended up bigger than I had expected

Value For Money17%

Def not worth 50$ or above

Quality-Overall9%

Very cheaply made

Assembly/Installation5%

This is my first nendroid so I wasnt so sure on how to assemble/disassemble him at first

Color5%

Red color appears just a bit more darker then on photo

Nendoroid return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

1.1%

Return rate

33%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Defective Material/Parts
26%
2Size-Overall
22%
3Value For Money
17%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
6%
5Product Condition
4%

Common Nendoroid questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Nendoroid 53/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $235K/yr across 113 tracked products. 8 of 21 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +21.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Nendoroid on Amazon United States peaks in Aug–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.