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Maternity Knickers

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.9% of orders. But shoppers spend only $62K a year here, so Maternity Knickers is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 34% of 2,461 Fashion niches · +4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£62K/yr256K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
36%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 37 sellers

Flapen Score

Maternity Knickers against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Maternity Knickers market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Maternity Knickers 256K times last year and spent an estimated £62K. The top 5 brands take 52% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 256K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £62K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
256K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.5%
Market size, estimated
£62Ka year
Peak month
January1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
maternity pants92K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £16.05.

Listings sell for £16.05 on average, from £7.48 to £28.43. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £16.05 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£16.05inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.48–£28.43
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #26 within Maternity. It carries 3,177 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
3.3%
Average rank
#26in Maternity
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,177per listing
Listings tracked
57

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 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 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Maternity Knickers 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 36% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£4K£6K£7K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 rising

Sellers

37

Top-5 brand share

52%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 68%

Open market

41%

  • HBselect21%
  • INNERSY9%
  • momcozy8%
  • Intimate Portal8%
  • Diawsome7%
  • SUNNYBUY7%

Demand

Maternity Knickers search demand

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

6K4KSpike '26JunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Maternity Knickers search terms shoppers use

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

  • maternity pants92K/yr
  • maternity underwear45K/yr
  • maternity knickers51K/yr
  • maternity knickers over bump12K/yr
  • maternity underwear for pregnancy9K/yr
  • pregnancy pants9K/yr
  • pregnancy underwear7K/yr
  • cotton maternity knickers5K/yr
  • pregnancy underwear women6K/yr
  • pregnancy knickers4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Maternity Knickers

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

Complain

Size-Overall12%+0.54

small

the fit is loose

Size down

Smell11%−0.12

Strange scent

Awful smell

stink of burnt plastic

Quality-Overall8%+0.31

Poor quality

Average

Poor quality, brought for mother bit they are nasty

Material Quality5%−0.05

Wish they were more like athletic wear material as they feel quite thin

They are sadly a cheap see through fabric not at all what I was expecting either

Bad material

Thickness4%−0.02

Thin

They are very thin material

A little on the thin side material wise to what I prefer

Love

Comfort-Overall36%+2.02

So comfortable

Very comfortable and easy to put on

Comfortable to wear

Size-Overall10%+0.54

Fits just right

Perfect fit around my pregnant belly

fits your giant maternity pads well

Quality-Overall9%+0.31

Decent leggings

Pants are great quality

Excellent product

Value For Money8%+1.07

Worth the money

Great value for money

Good value for money

Soft Feel7%

Comfy and soft

Material is so soft

buttery soft

Return

0.9% Return rate 42% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall29%▇█▇▇▇█

small

the fit is loose

Size down

Material Quality16%▆▅▆█▆▇

Wish they were more like athletic wear material as they feel quite thin

They are sadly a cheap see through fabric not at all what I was expecting either

Bad material

Thin10%▅▂▃▅█▆
Transparency9%▃▅███▅
Smell6%▁▇█▇▃▆

Strange scent

Awful smell

stink of burnt plastic

FAQ

Common Maternity Knickers questions

Answered from the same tracked data.