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Dirndl

Fail

Returns run at 22.9% of orders, so Dirndl is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 2,040 of 2,461 Fashion niches · −10 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£12K/yr127K searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 18 sellers

Flapen Score

Dirndl against its category

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

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Dirndl market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Dirndl 127K times last year and spent an estimated £12K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 127K 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 -8.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £12K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
127K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.9%
Conversion, latest week
0.3%
Market size, estimated
£12Ka year
Peak month
September21.0× the quietest month
Top search term
dirndl dress women55K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £36.37.

Listings sell for £36.37 on average, from £10.74 to £96.14. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £36.37 that is £0 to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£36.37inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£10.74–£96.14
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£4K
Returns
22.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

4% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 77% ship with Prime. On an average day, 28.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #4,428 within Novelty & Special Use Clothing. It carries 225 reviews at 4.15 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
4%
Prime listings
77%
Out of stock, average day
28.2%
Average rank
#4,428in Novelty & Special Use Clothing
Average rating
4.15 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
225per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 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 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Dirndl 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£1K£2K£4K£5K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)3 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

18

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

9%

  • NUWIND27%
  • Stockerpoint22%
  • Generic17%
  • Velcoxplay8%
  • Snakell8%
  • maxToonrain8%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 9%)

Demand

Dirndl search demand

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

15K10KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Prime Day '26NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Aug, Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 21.0×

Search terms

Top Dirndl search terms shoppers use

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

  • dirndl dress women55K/yr
  • dirndl56K/yr
  • dirndl dress17K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dirndl

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

Complain

Value For Money100%+4.90

looks so expensive

Return

22.9% Return rate 80% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall67%▁█▁▇▆▃
Chest Fit10%▁▁▁▁▁█
Quality-Overall10%▁▁█▁▁▃
Defective Material/Parts7%▁▁▁▁█▁
Length4%▁▁▁█▁▁

FAQ

Common Dirndl questions

Answered from the same tracked data.