KDP Niche Hunter provides Amazon KDP authors with a data‑driven keyword database that scores thousands of niche keywords using live Best Seller Rank, royalty estimates, competition density, and pricing trends. Users can browse, filter, and track these scores to identify low‑competition, high‑revenue niches and make publishing decisions backed by real market data.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Amazon KDP authors often rely on manual keyword research, which is time‑consuming, quickly becomes outdated, and provides little insight into actual buyer behavior on Amazon. This leads to publishing in low‑demand or overly competitive niches, resulting in wasted effort and poor sales.
Solution
KDP Niche Hunter offers a data‑driven keyword database that scores thousands of Amazon KDP keywords using live marketplace metrics such as Best Seller Rank, estimated royalties, competition density, and pricing trends. Users can browse, filter, and compare keywords instantly, with scores refreshed automatically to reflect current market conditions. The platform breaks each score into its component factors—demand, competition, royalty potential, and pricing health—so publishers can see why a niche is attractive or risky. Category intelligence shows only active Amazon categories, preventing selection of “ghost” slots that receive no discovery traffic. Weekly scoring trends reveal rising or declining niches, enabling authors to time their releases for optimal market windows. Higher‑tier plans add adjacent‑keyword discovery and full historical trend data for deeper market scouting.
Target Audience
Primary users are independent and small‑team Amazon KDP authors who need reliable market data to select profitable book niches, as well as professional self‑publishing businesses managing multiple titles.
Features
- Curated database of 12,900+ keywords, each scored with live Amazon BSR, royalty estimates, competition density, and pricing health
- Component breakdown of each score (demand, competition, royalties, pricing) for transparent decision‑making
- Category intelligence that filters out inactive Amazon categories and displays real aggregate data for each level
- Weekly scoring trends (8‑week snapshot in Pro, full history in Publisher) to track niche momentum
- Adjacent‑keyword engine (Publisher tier) that surfaces related niches automatically
- Search and filter tools with daily search limits per plan; results can be saved in multiple keyword lists
- Tiered pricing with a free 7‑day trial, Starter ($15/mo annual), Pro ($29/mo annual), and Publisher ($59/mo annual) plans