Blackville
Shopping
Distribution Intelligence
Niche: supporting Black-owned brands
📊 Market Size○ MICRO MARKET
MicroSmallMediumLarge
top app has 4969K iOS ratings · 91K monthly searches. Warning: an established app already leads this space. Real demand exists but this space is dominated — look for an underserved sub-niche.
5.0M
top app ratings
91K
monthly searches
424K
YT views
✓
top charts
📱 Top App Store Competitors
BlackGentry: Black Dating App
★ 25,513
Black People Meet
★ 18,759
eBay online shopping & selling
★ 4,968,817
🏁 Competitive Landscape
What everyone does
- •Supports Black-owned businesses
- •Provides a directory of businesses
- •Allows users to filter by category
- •Enables sharing of products and services
- •Facilitates purchasing or booking services
Gaps nobody covers
- •No dating features or community-driven matchmaking
- •Lacks a member review process for quality control
- •Does not offer a waitlist system for new users
- •No profile-based interaction or swiping features
- •Absence of real-time alerts for deals or updates
Interesting edges
- •Focus on supporting and promoting Black-owned businesses specifically
- •Unique event ticket purchasing and vendor application features
- •Emphasis on community engagement and support for local vendors
- •Potential integration of food ordering from local businesses
💬 User Pain Points8 unmet · 0 resolved
🗺 Pain Point Coverage Matrix✓ addressed · ✗ problem · ? unclear
| Pain point | Blapp | BlackGentry: Black | Black People | eBay online | Black On |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaccurate Listings of Black-Owned Businesses | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Limited Free Features and Paywalls | ? | ✓ | ✗ | ? | ? |
| Inaccurate User Preferences Filtering | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ? |
| Difficulties in Adding New Businesses | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| App Crashes and Technical Issues | ✗ | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Technical Issues with Profile Management | ? | ? | ✗ | ? | ? |
| Repetitive and Low-Quality Matches | ? | ✗ | ✗ | ? | ? |
| Apple Pay Issues for Ticket Purchases | ? | ? | ? | ? | ✗ |
Green ✓ = competitor has solved it · Red ✗ = gap you can exploit
🍎 App StoreMEDIUM
4 relevant apps · avg 4.6★ ↗| Keyword | Pop | Diff | Opp |
|---|---|---|---|
| community commerce | 54 | 36 | +18 |
| Black marketplace | 58 | 41 | +17 |
| Black-owned | 48 | 32 | +16 |
| local Black shops | 47 | 32 | +15 |
| inclusive shopping | 52 | 37 | +15 |
| ethical shopping | 42 | 32 | +10 |
| shopping app | 78 | 69 | +9 |
| Black entrepreneurs | 45 | 36 | +9 |
0 of 8 keywords show strong opportunity
▶ YouTubeHARD
search videos ↗~424K views across top videos · consider reaching out:
KM
Kemoy Martin
“A Historic FIRST: Inside Fayetteville’s Black Owned Shopping Center” · 311K views
AM
Angela Mashelle
“Black Owned Brands to Shop for the Holidays” · 61K views
BS
Beauty Supply Insider
“Why Asian owned businesses in black communities take moneyout & not keep wealth within the community” · 34K views
💬 RedditHARD
search posts ↗r/Ultar/blackladiesr/MUAontheCheapr/MakeupAddiction
10 posts found · 4 subreddits📈 Trends↗
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No trend data
🔍 Google Search↗
monthly searches91K
Google Ads CPC$0.70
search trendStable →
Top keyword: “community commerce”
🤖 Android↗
Hard
7 relevant apps · avg 4.4★
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