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Mario

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.9% of orders. But buyers convert on only 1.4% of searches, so Mario is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 21% of 2,461 Fashion niches · +8 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£387K/yr2.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+34.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 179 sellers

Flapen Score

Mario against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mario market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mario 2.0M times last year and spent an estimated £387K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–Dec. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +34.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £387K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+34.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.4%
Market size, estimated
£387Ka year
Peak month
December2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
mario1.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.24.

Listings sell for £14.24 on average, from £4.39 to £28.93. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £14.24 that is £4K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.24under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.39–£28.93
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£7K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #129 within Boys. It carries 1,813 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
4.4%
Average rank
#129in Boys
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,813per listing
Listings tracked
43

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 21 launches as successful.

21 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 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
21
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Mario 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 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£19K£39K£58K£77K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

179

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 74%

Open market

20%

  • Super Mario38%
  • Get Trend23%
  • EPOCH Games7%
  • THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE5%
  • LEGO3%
  • Nintendo3%

Demand

Mario search demand

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

80K60KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Mario search terms shoppers use

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

  • mario1.0M/yr
  • mario toys275K/yr
  • super mario294K/yr
  • super mario toys148K/yr
  • mario hat47K/yr
  • mario toy23K/yr
  • mario games27K/yr
  • supermario15K/yr
  • mario gifts21K/yr
  • super mario gifts16K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mario

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

Complain

Size-Overall17%+0.65

Much bigger than expected

Characters are very small

Tiny toy

Quality-Overall14%−0.05

Really poor quality components

Rubbish

appears to be very poor quality, very disappointed

Functionality-Overall9%−0.09

One car has no brushes and wont move

Doesnt work

Battery Inclusion9%−0.06

No batteries included

Doesnt contain batteries as stated

No batteries were included

Value For Money9%+0.22

Not worth the money at all

Rip off for the amount of money spent

Not value for money

Love

Fun/Entertainment Experience28%+2.61

Fun game

Fun for kids

Fun family game

Quality-Overall14%−0.05

excellent build quality

The cards are decent quality

Good quality

Value For Money14%+0.22

reasonable price

Good value for money

Good price

Size-Overall10%+0.65

decent size

True to size, fit nicely

Good size toy

Gifting Purpose9%−0.03

Great gift, good quality

Great Gift

Great gift idea

Return

0.9% Return rate 26% Fixable by listing

Gifting Purpose25%▇▆▆▆██

However, this game is just about impossible for adults to play never mind the 5 year olds as The hats will not stack - so very disappointed as this was a Christmas present

Unfortunately I have bought 2, and they were for a gift

Size-Overall23%▁▄▄▆█▆

Much bigger than expected

Characters are very small

Tiny toy

Functionality-Overall12%██▇█▂▃

One car has no brushes and wont move

Doesnt work

Defective Material/Parts8%█▄▆▇▃▄
Value For Money6%▃▆▁▁▂█

Not worth the money at all

Rip off for the amount of money spent

Not value for money

FAQ

Common Mario questions

Answered from the same tracked data.