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Gym Shorts

Gym Shorts shows a fragmented shelf (top 5 take 20% of clicks), but a small market ($13K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look

Top 31% of 2,560 Fashion niches · +5 vs the category median of 46

Market size 3Growth 77Conversion 6Competition 95Returns 20Price range 65Avg price 73Brand share 49Review moat 58Quality gap 72
This niche Category average · 2,560 niches

Is Gym Shorts profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Gym Shorts is a €13K/yr Amazon Germany market (172K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 76% of demand. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Gym Shorts: 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 +64.0% over the last 90 days and 0.5% of searches end in a purchase.

€13K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr1K
Search volume / yr+64.0%172K
Conversion rate0.5%
Avg price€14.70

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 76% of demand, so 24% of the market is open.

24%

open market share

Brands · sellers44 · 190
Top-5 product click share20%
Open market24%
Avg brand age36 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 113 products

Sponsored placement90%
New entrants (1y)31· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews1,167

Top Gym Shorts 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 (20% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

€0€257€514€772€1K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

44 falling

Sellers

190

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 91%

Top-5 click share

20%

Top 20: 51%

Open market

22%

  • TAYOEA28%
  • JOYSPELS27%
  • YEOREO10%
  • Vertvie8%
  • ZAAYO3%
  • HAWILAND2%

Gym Shorts demand & seasonality

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

Volume172KCVR0.5%Products113Brands44Top 5 Brands76%OOS Rate2.2%Rating4.3★Reviews1,167Avg BSR#228
8K6KPrime Day '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.8×

Top Gym Shorts search terms shoppers use

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

  • gym shorts50K/yr
  • scrunch shorts26K/yr
  • teveo shorts17K/yr
  • booty shorts21K/yr
  • seamless shorts damen5K/yr
  • scrunch shorts damen6K/yr
  • kurze gym hose damen5K/yr
  • teveo leggins kurz5K/yr
  • gym shorts damen booty scrunch6K/yr
  • workout shorts women5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gym Shorts

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

What buyers love

84% of reviews
Gesamtgröße29%

Passt

Komfort insgesamt15%

Sexy bequem

Qualität insgesamt13%

Solides Produkt

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis8%

Gut u d Günstig

Übung/Sporteignung6%

Super Sportleggins

What buyers complain about

63% of reviews
Gesamtgröße26%

Fällt klein aus

Qualität insgesamt5%

Leider labbrige Qualität

Form/Stil5%

Sieht wirklich seltsam aus

Dünn5%

Das Material ist sehr dünn und labberig

Oberschenkel fit4%

Sitzt super, allerdings rutscht es bei mir immer hoch an den Oberschenkeln

Gym Shorts return rate & reasons

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

6.5%

Return rate

4%

Fixable by listing

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

1Gesamtgröße
50%
2Länge
8%
3Materialqualität
5%
4Breite
5%
5Transparenz
5%

Common Gym Shorts questions

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

Flapen scores Gym Shorts 51/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €13K/yr across 113 tracked products. 2 of 31 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +64.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Gym Shorts on Amazon Germany peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug, where the busiest month runs 2.8× the quietest.