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Badminton Shoes

Badminton Shoes shows a fragmented shelf (top 5 take 10% of clicks), but weak search conversion (0.4%) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look
Market size 20Growth 24Conversion 5Competition 97Returns 55Price range 76Avg price 95Brand share 53Review moat 40Quality gap 76
This niche Category average

Is Badminton Shoes profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Badminton Shoes is a £81K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (496K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Badminton Shoes: 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 -1.3% over the last 90 days and 0.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£81K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr2K
Search volume / yr-1.3%496K
Conversion rate0.4%
Avg price£37.82

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand, so 27% of the market is open.

27%

open market share

Brands · sellers38 · 109
Top-5 product click share10%
Open market27%
Avg brand age42 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 · 217 products

Sponsored placement68%
New entrants (1y)69· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews2,472

Top Badminton Shoes 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 (10% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£806£2K£2K£3K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

38 rising

Sellers

109

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

10%

Top 20: 29%

Open market

24%

  • adidas38%
  • FitVille15%
  • 4 WITH QUIVE8%
  • YONEX7%
  • ASICS5%
  • PUMA3%

Badminton Shoes demand & seasonality

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

Volume496KCVR0.4%Products217Brands38Top 5 Brands73%OOS Rate12.6%Rating4.3★Reviews2,472Avg BSR#301
10K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Badminton Shoes search terms shoppers use

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

  • tennis shoes60K/yr
  • tennis shoes men60K/yr
  • badminton shoes71K/yr
  • padel shoes43K/yr
  • padel shoes men45K/yr
  • mens tennis shoes30K/yr
  • badminton shoes men42K/yr
  • yonex badminton shoes32K/yr
  • squash shoes men21K/yr
  • squash shoes16K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Badminton Shoes

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Comfort-Overall29%

Nice and comfy

Size-Overall18%

Fit well

Quality-Overall15%

Ideal quality socks

Value For Money13%

Good for the price

Soft Feel3%

Quality and soft

What buyers complain about

58% of reviews
Size-Overall19%

Too big

Quality-Overall10%

Absolutely rubbish quality

Durability7%

Broke

Color4%

Received wrong colour

Gap/Hole4%

already the holes are appearing - such a shame

Badminton Shoes return rate & reasons

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

2.8%

Return rate

76%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
45%
2Feet Fit
16%
3Width
9%
4Comfort-Overall
5%
5Color
4%

Common Badminton Shoes questions

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

Flapen scores Badminton Shoes 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £81K/yr across 217 tracked products. 2 of 69 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -1.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Badminton Shoes on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.