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Return deadline tracking

Windows that close before you decide.

Opportunity score

8,041 / 10k

Strong idea. Real demand, and the gap is still open.

Rank

#12

Gap

B

  • Demand

    89

    105,020 contestable searches a month across 25 related keywords, after removing 35,300 searches for named brands.

  • Momentum

    100

    Last three months ran up 85.6% against the three before, seasonality smoothed out.

  • Competition gap

    40

    21 real products rank on page one for this, ad competition 0.04.

  • Crowd

    n/a

    Only 4 rankings so far, not counted until 5.

  • Willingness to pay

    54

    Advertisers pay $2.62 a click for this search — some money moves here.

What this score is based on

evidence checked 9/26/2026

  • Search demand verified against Google Ads data
  • 12 months of search history
  • 25 related keywords clustered
  • No firsthand pain signals collected yet
  • 21 competitors analyzed from page-one results
  • 4 crowd rankings from builders

Search demand comes from Google Ads data via DataForSEO and refreshes daily. Competitors come from a live scan of page-one results. Crowd input comes from builders ranking ideas 1-2-3 on the market.

Keyword cluster

25 keywords · 140,320 searches a month combined

Demand counts the whole cluster: 140,320 searches a month across every relevant way people look for this problem. The intent label on each keyword tells you how close that searcher is to wanting software.

KeywordIntentSearchesCPCAd comp.
universal package trackerwants a tool49,500$0.740.00
federal express package trackerwants a specific brand27,100$0.390.04
after ship package trackerwants a tool9,900$1.380.00
package tracker worldwidewants a tool9,900$1.510.01
international package trackerwants a tool6,600$0.470.02
any package trackerwants a tool6,600$0.630.03
deliveries package trackerwants a tool3,600$1.250.10
package tracking appwants a tool2,900$1.540.04
app for package trackingwants a tool2,900$1.540.04
pandora order trackingwants a specific brand2,400$0.900.02
live package trackerwants a tool1,900$1.090.31
4px package trackerwants a specific brand1,900$0.030.04
parcel app trackingwants a tool1,600$0.960.01
map package trackerwants a tool1,600$0.910.16
17 package trackerwants a tool1,600$0.400.01
dhgate package trackerwants a specific brand1,600$0.810.04
post office package trackerwants a tool1,300$0.220.07
wish package trackerwants a specific brand1,300$1.280.00
circuit package trackerwants a specific brand1,000$2.160.11
parcel tracking appwants a tool880$1.360.11
free package trackingunclear880$0.670.29
chinese package trackerwants a tool880$0.450.01
parcel tracking applicationunclear880$1.360.11
postal package trackerwants a tool880$0.070.06
order tracking appwants a tool720$7.520.04

CPC is what an advertiser pays Google for one click on that phrase — a rough price tag on how valuable the visitor is. Ad comp. runs 0 to 1 and is how full the ad auction is: near 1 means advertisers are fighting over it (money is there, but ranking is hard), near 0 means almost nobody bids.

Who has the problem

People track deliveries using various tools, but none reliably consolidate return policies or deadlines. This forces them to manually search for return windows, risking missed opportunities if the window closes before they decide.

Who experiences it
Someone waiting for an item they ordered online
When it happens
They realize they might want to return an item they've received, but can't quickly find the return window deadline.
How often
Occurs whenever a new online order arrives and they are unsure about keeping it.
What they do today
They use search engines or dedicated 'package tracking app' (2,900/mo) like 'universal package tracker' (49,500/mo) or 'after ship package tracker' (9,900/mo) for delivery status, but these tools do not store or display return deadlines.

Read off 25 search phrases, 9/27/2026.

Why now

Demand is climbing and the field hasn't consolidated.

  • Searches are up 24% year over year

    3,071 a month twelve months ago → 3,813 now for "package tracking app".

  • Rising 86% over the last quarter

    Last three months of searches against the three before them.

  • Peaks in March

    Demand swings 1025% across the year, so ship roughly two months before March.

  • Advertisers pay $2.62 a click here

    Buying this intent instead of ranking for it would run roughly $110,292 a month — money is already chasing these searches.

  • 3 real products on page one

    Alongside 19 articles and reference pages, which is room a focused tool can take.

Search data

verified · dataforseo:us · refreshed 9/26/2026

Lead keyword
package tracking app
Cluster volume
140,320 / mo
across 25 related keywords; lead phrase is 2,900 / mo
CPC
$2.62
what an advertiser pays for one click here
Ad competition
0.04
0-1 scale: barely any advertisers bidding

Opportunity score 8,041 = 40% contestable search demand (105,020 a month across 25 keywords, after removing 35,300 brand searches) + 25% how open the competition still is (21 products on page one) + 15% momentum (last three months vs the three before, capped so one bucketed month can't swing it) + 10% willingness to pay ($2.62 a click) + 10% crowd rankings (Elo 1484, 4 head-to-heads, weighted by how many votes exist). Anything we can't measure is dropped and the rest re-weighted, so a blank signal never counts as an average one. Search data refreshes daily from Google Ads via DataForSEO.

Monthly searches for "package tracking app"

4 votes · demand from dataforseo:us, updated 9/26/2026

3,071
Sep 25
3,071
Oct 25
1,377
Nov 25
2,012
Dec 25
932
Jan 26
10,484
Feb 26
2,542
Mar 26
932
Apr 26
1,377
May 26
1,377
Jun 26
3,813
Jul 26
3,813
Aug 26

Peak 10,484 · latest 3,813 · low 932 searches a month

Google reports monthly volume in fixed buckets (…27,100 · 33,100 · 40,500 · 49,500), so steady months land on the exact same number. Weekly data isn't published.

This chart tracks the single lead phrase. The demand score uses the whole cluster of 25 related phrases (140,320 searches a month), listed below.

Revenue potential

estimate, not a promise

Priced and converted as a freemium consumer app — the funnel below changes with that model, because a freemium consumer app and a B2B tool convert nothing alike.

MRR by month 12

$705 – $4,245

44–265 paying users · +5–32 new a month at 7% churn

Year-one run rate

$8,455 – $50,938

the month-12 number annualised — you earn less than this during the ramp

Price

$16/mo

same price as the business model below

24-month projection

log scale

Month 24 · hover to scrub

Slow build $802Good execution $5,209Breakout $78,953

The two solid lines are the range above: a slow build and good execution on a slice of this demand. The dashed line is the breakout — you become the default answer for this problem, take roughly a quarter of the intent, convert far better because people arrive already sold, and churn halves. That's the outcome worth chasing, and it's about $78,953 a month by month 24 (9,622 paying users). Most ideas land on the bottom line; the point of the chart is that the ceiling isn't the estimate.

How we got there

  • 140,320 cluster searches a month, 1.6x for app stores and word of mouth.
  • You reach 1.0-5.9% of that, scaled by ad competition 0.04.
  • 12% of visitors sign up, 2% of those pay. Freemium consumer: roughly 1-3% of free users ever pay, so this needs volume.
  • That wins 5-32 new subscribers a month. Stack 12 months of that against 7% monthly churn and you're holding 44-265 paying users by month 12.
  • Price $16/mo, taken from the business model below.

Who already builds this

3 real products · 19 articles, explainers and store pages · scanned daily on Google for "package tracking app"

3 real products own this search. Everything else on page one is a roundup, review post or explainer, listed separately below.

  • #3Posttrack

    Ranks #3 on Google for "universal package tracker".

    posttrack.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

  • #9Deliveries

    Ranks #9 on Google for "package tracking app".

    deliveries.app · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

  • #10Track123

    Ranks #10 on Google for "universal package tracker".

    track123.com · from live Google results · verified Aug 18

Also ranking, but not products (19)

Roundups, review posts, explainers and store pages. They compete for the search, not for the job — they don't count against the competition gap.

Likely business model

willingness to pay 30/100

Freemium consumer app

Broad consumer intent: get them using it free, charge for volume and polish.

Price to test · from ad click value

$6–$26/mo

No competitor pricing page was readable, so this band comes from what a click on this intent costs advertisers ($2.62) — a starting price to test, not a proven one.

What to charge for

Free core, paid depth. Gate history, exports and power features rather than the first-run experience — the exact free limit is something you tune after launch, not something this data can tell you.

What this data can't tell you

  • · Nobody's published price backs this band yet — treat the number as a test, and put a price up in week one to find out.

Willingness-to-pay evidence

  • Advertisers pay $2.62 a click for this intent — real money already chases it.
  • 24% of the 25-keyword cluster is commercial-intent wording (best, app, pricing, alternative).
  • Ad competition 0.04 — few advertisers fighting for it.

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