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Mens Briefs

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But buyers convert on only 1.1% of searches, so Mens Briefs is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 19% of 2,461 Fashion niches · +9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£133K/yr822K searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
22%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 40 sellers

Flapen Score

Mens Briefs against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mens Briefs market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mens Briefs 822K times last year and spent an estimated £133K. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 822K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.1% 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 £133K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
822K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.9%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
£133Ka year
Peak month
December1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
mens briefs315K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.07.

Listings sell for £15.07 on average, from £6.95 to £27.50. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £15.07 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.07inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.95–£27.50
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #56 within Underwear. It carries 7,872 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
1.1%
Average rank
#56in Underwear
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
7,872per listing
Listings tracked
95

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 18 launches as successful.

18 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
18
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Mens Briefs 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 22% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£3K£5K£8K£11K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 falling

Sellers

40

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

22%

Top 20: 55%

Open market

38%

  • wirarpa16%
  • Calvin Klein14%
  • FALARY12%
  • FM London8%
  • INNERSY7%
  • HAGOT6%

Demand

Mens Briefs search demand

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

25K15KSpike '24Black Friday '24Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Mens Briefs search terms shoppers use

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

  • mens briefs315K/yr
  • mens underwear briefs159K/yr
  • mens briefs multipack63K/yr
  • briefs men53K/yr
  • jockey underwear for men41K/yr
  • briefs39K/yr
  • mens briefs underwear34K/yr
  • men briefs20K/yr
  • mens cotton briefs12K/yr
  • men underwear briefs10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mens Briefs

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

Complain

Size-Overall32%−0.18

Too big

Not a good fit

Far too small

Quality-Overall12%−0.01

Not well made

Cheap quality not good

Poor Quality

Material Quality6%−0.05

Material quite flimsy

cheap material

Horrible quality material

Stretchability/Expandability/Elasticity4%−0.03

some of the elastic came out

the elastic is beginning to fail

not enough elastic

Comfort-Overall3%+2.93

Waistband is not comfortable

so not comfortable

very uncomfortable to wear

Love

Comfort-Overall26%+2.93

Really comfortable

Comfortable to wear

Super comfortable as advertised

Size-Overall20%−0.18

Brilliant fit

Good snug fit, look great

They fit as expected

Quality-Overall15%−0.01

Good quality, delivered on time and informed through all stages

These underwear item are good quality

Excellent Product

Value For Money10%+0.90

Great value

Good Value

Excellent value

Material Quality5%−0.05

smooth material

material is soft

Good material quality

FAQ

Common Mens Briefs questions

Answered from the same tracked data.