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Clothes

a small market ($34K/yr) — Clothes doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

35
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Market size 9Growth 12Conversion 9Competition 71Returns 22Price range 73Avg price 82Brand share 20Review moat 40Quality gap 60
This niche Category average

Is Clothes profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Clothes is a £34K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (285K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 35/100.

Clothes: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -25.1% over the last 90 days and 0.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£34K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-25.1%285K
Conversion rate0.7%
Avg price£17.77

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand, so 8% of the market is open.

8%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 49
Top-5 product click share43%
Open market8%
Avg brand age40 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 45 products

Sponsored placement53%
New entrants (1y)12· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews2,486

Top Clothes 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

The top 5 products take 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£1K£3K£4K£6K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

49

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 75%

Open market

6%

  • NIKE67%
  • adidas10%
  • JOYSPELS9%
  • JOCMIC4%
  • IUGA2%
  • Leafigure2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 6%)

Clothes demand & seasonality

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

Volume285KCVR0.7%Products45Brands12Top 5 Brands92%OOS Rate2.3%Rating4.4★Reviews2,486Avg BSR#118
45K35KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 8.3×

Top Clothes search terms shoppers use

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

  • nike leggings women61K/yr
  • nike pro leggings71K/yr
  • joyspels leggings30K/yr
  • nike pro leggings girls32K/yr
  • nike leggings girls15K/yr
  • cellulite leggings8K/yr
  • girls nike pro leggings15K/yr
  • anti cellulite leggings women7K/yr
  • running trousers womens7K/yr
  • fabletics7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Clothes

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

What buyers love

80% of reviews
Size-Overall22%

Fit well

Comfort-Overall20%

Feels comfortable

Quality-Overall10%

They're surprisingly well made

Value For Money8%

Good for the price

Pockets/Compartments6%

Good size pockets also

What buyers complain about

60% of reviews
Size-Overall14%

on the small side

Transparency11%

See through

Quality-Overall9%

Poor Quality

Material Quality7%

Strange feel to material

Thickness5%

They are probably a bit thick for summers days

Clothes return rate & reasons

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

5.8%

Return rate

61%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
43%
2Material Quality
10%
3Transparency
9%
4Thin
5%
5Length
4%

Common Clothes questions

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

Flapen scores Clothes 35/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £34K/yr across 45 tracked products. 4 of 12 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -25.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Clothes on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 8.3× the quietest.