Shoe Shine
FailPrices span $1.72–$7.90, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Shoe Shine is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 44 / 100Ranks 1,531 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −3 vs the category median of 4744
- Market size
- £445K/yr601K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -37.6%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 68%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 95 sellers
Flapen Score
Shoe Shine against its category
The dotted line is the Beauty average. Past it, Shoe Shine is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Shoe Shine market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Shoe Shine 601K times last year and spent an estimated £445K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 14.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 601K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 14.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -37.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £445K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 601K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -37.6%
- Conversion, latest week
- 14.3%
- Market size, estimated
- £445Ka year
- Peak month
- January2.2× the quietest month
- Top search term
- shoe polish203K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £5.18.
Listings sell for £5.18 on average, from £1.72 to £7.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £5.18 that is £16K to £21K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £5.18under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £1.72–£7.90
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 80K–100K
- Units per listing a year
- 3,000–4,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- £16K–£21K
- Returns
- 0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #61 within Manicure & Pedicure. It carries 2,154 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 50%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #61in Manicure & Pedicure
- Average rating
- 4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 2,154per listing
- Listings tracked
- 14
04 · Newcomers
Brands here are settling in.
The brands on the shelf have sold for 58 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
- 58 months
Products
Top Shoe Shine 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
10 flat
Sellers
95
Top-5 brand share
86%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
68%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
9%
- Brand 129%
- Brand 225%
- Brand 314%
- Brand 411%
- Brand 56%
- Brand 65%
- Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 9%)
Demand
Shoe Shine search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×
Search terms
Top Shoe Shine search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- shoe polish203K/yr
- black shoe polish168K/yr
- kiwi black shoe polish65K/yr
- boot polish31K/yr
- kiwi shoe polish23K/yr
- black boot polish20K/yr
- shoe polish black17K/yr
- black polish10K/yr
- black shoe polish liquid7K/yr
- kiwi polish8K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shoe Shine
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Cheaply made - avoid”
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
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FAQ
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