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Corset

Fail

Buyers convert on only 0.3% of searches, so Corset is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 1,282 of 2,461 Fashion niches · −1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£96K/yr2.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
29%top-5 click share · 30 brands · 41 sellers

Flapen Score

Corset against its category

The dotted line is the Fashion average. Past it, Corset is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Corset market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Corset 2.5M times last year and spent an estimated £96K. The top 5 brands take 49% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £96K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.3%
Conversion, latest week
0.3%
Market size, estimated
£96Ka year
Peak month
October12.5× the quietest month
Top search term
corset949K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.34.

Listings sell for £14.34 on average, from £6.83 to £25.19. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £14.34 that is £1K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.34under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.83–£25.19
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£4K
Returns
9.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

66% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #55 within Nightwear, Lingerie & Underwear. It carries 1,425 reviews at 4.07 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
66%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.7%
Average rank
#55in Nightwear, Lingerie & Underwear
Average rating
4.07 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,425per listing
Listings tracked
58

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 20 launches as successful.

20 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
20
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Corset products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 29% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£3K£6K£9K£12K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

30 falling

Sellers

41

Top-5 brand share

49%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

29%

Top 20: 67%

Open market

45%

  • Dreamburn13%
  • WERFORU11%
  • SCARLET DARKNESS10%
  • AUYAO8%
  • Acrawnni8%
  • Junlan6%

Demand

Corset search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

700K500KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 12.5×

Search terms

Top Corset search terms shoppers use

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

  • corset949K/yr
  • corset top507K/yr
  • black corset539K/yr
  • black corset top151K/yr
  • corset tops for women52K/yr
  • corsets56K/yr
  • corset tops25K/yr
  • plus size corset30K/yr
  • womens bustiers & corsets23K/yr
  • womens corset top17K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Corset

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Size-Overall24%

tight

Far to big

The fit is very tight

Zipper Quality20%−0.28

The zipper was broken

Very poor, zip fell off upon first use

Not sure if thats because the item was too tight for me and/or if the zip was not very good quality

Quality-Overall17%+2.27

Looks quite cheap

quality is cheap

Very poor quality

Durability8%−0.10

takes time to break in

snapped before i even put it on

awful, first time trying it on it broke, i was left with the zipper in my hand absolutely awful and the zipper was stretched out loads

Waist Fit5%−0.06

Waist trainer. too big for the size ordered

Love

Quality-Overall28%+2.27

Seems well made

no flaws

Best quality

Size-Overall21%

a good fit

It fits like a glove im size 10 to 12

My daughter is size 6 and fitted perfectly

Comfort-Overall13%+0.90

Comfort

Cinches comfortably and looks great, it is comfortable and it doesn't limit movement as much as you'd think

comfortable. when standing.

Value For Money5%+0.17

but good value for money

really valuable for the price

well worth the money

Adjustability/Rotatability/Reclining4%+0.37

It does the work and is adjustable

Once you have sized this to yourself with the fully adjustable ribbon ties

The spaghetti straps are adjustable

Return

9.3% Return rate 86% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall72%█▇████

tight

Far to big

The fit is very tight

Chest Fit4%▆▅▄▆▅█

with a small bust

I can really tighten the back to make the bust fit

Zipper Quality3%█▅▆▅▇▂

The zipper was broken

Very poor, zip fell off upon first use

Not sure if thats because the item was too tight for me and/or if the zip was not very good quality

Waist Fit3%█▄▂▄▂▃

Waist trainer. too big for the size ordered

Length2%▄█▃▃▇█

FAQ

Common Corset questions

Answered from the same tracked data.