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Rube Goldberg Kit

Fail

The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks, so Rube Goldberg Kit is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 1,954 of 3,143 Toys & Games niches · −4 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$227K/yr183K searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
56%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 59 sellers

Flapen Score

Rube Goldberg Kit against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Rube Goldberg Kit is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Rube Goldberg Kit market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Rube Goldberg Kit 183K times last year and spent an estimated $227K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 183K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $227K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
183K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.8%
Conversion, latest week
2.9%
Market size, estimated
$227Ka year
Peak month
December10.2× the quietest month
Top search term
keva planks53K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $43.26.

Listings sell for $43.26 on average, from $14.19 to $171.54. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $43.26 that is $11K to $22K a year per listing.

Average price
$43.26inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$14.19–$171.54
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$11K–$22K
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. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #841 within Stacking Blocks. It carries 803 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.4%
Average rank
#841in Stacking Blocks
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
803per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Rube Goldberg Kit 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

9 flat

Sellers

59

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

4%

  • Brand 150%
  • Brand 225%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 4%)

Demand

Rube Goldberg Kit search demand

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

25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 10.2×

Search terms

Top Rube Goldberg Kit search terms shoppers use

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

  • keva planks53K/yr
  • rube goldberg kit22K/yr
  • rube goldberg machine12K/yr
  • gecko run24K/yr
  • keva blocks10K/yr
  • gecko run marble run17K/yr
  • keva9K/yr
  • rube goldberg kit for kids8K/yr
  • rube goldberg machine kit6K/yr
  • chain reaction toys10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rube Goldberg Kit

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

37%of positive reviews mention “Fun/Entertainment Experience”
14%of negative reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
3.0%of orders come back
“Assembly is quite challenging”
A buyer, on “Assembly/Installation”14% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Rube Goldberg Kit questions

Answered from the same tracked data.