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Mermaid Costume Kids

soft demand (-27.0% this quarter) — Mermaid Costume Kids doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Market size 16Growth 12Conversion 22Competition 67Returns 51Price range 65Avg price 49Brand share 66Review moat 85Quality gap 70
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Is Mermaid Costume Kids profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Mermaid Costume Kids is a £64K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (311K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 65% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Oct. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Mermaid Costume Kids: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -27.0% over the last 90 days and 1.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£64K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr-27.0%311K
Conversion rate1.7%
Avg price£11.88

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 65% of demand, so 35% of the market is open.

35%

open market share

Brands · sellers22 · 28
Top-5 product click share45%
Open market35%
Avg brand age33 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 42 products

Sponsored placement90%
New entrants (1y)9· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews306

Top Mermaid Costume Kids products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 45% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£3K£5K£8K£10K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 rising

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 78%

Open market

28%

  • AOOWU16%
  • KumSoomliy16%
  • MELAND15%
  • BSBUY10%
  • Kids4ever8%
  • AYBUY6%

Mermaid Costume Kids demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume311KCVR1.7%Products42Brands22Top 5 Brands65%OOS Rate10.1%Rating4.3★Reviews306Avg BSR#429
23K18KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.3×

Top Mermaid Costume Kids search terms shoppers use

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

  • mermaid costume kids127K/yr
  • mermaid costume31K/yr
  • mermaid dress20K/yr
  • mermaid dress for girls9K/yr
  • little mermaid costume kids23K/yr
  • ariel costume kids22K/yr
  • kids mermaid costume10K/yr
  • mermaid outfit7K/yr
  • mermaid costumes6K/yr
  • ariel costume11K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mermaid Costume Kids

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Size-Overall20%

Fited brilliant

Value For Money20%

she loved it lots of accessories too included good value for money

Quality-Overall16%

Really good quality

Color7%

colour

Soft Feel6%

Really soft and good quality

What buyers complain about

86% of reviews
Quality-Overall52%

Awful quality

Size-Overall13%

Tail is quite long though

Durability8%

The crown and wand have already snapped after only a few times using them

Material Quality7%

Cheap material

Adhesion/Stickiness2%

Only downside is some of the jewellery needs glueing back together i. e the earrings

Mermaid Costume Kids return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

3.0%

Return rate

85%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
82%
2Quality-Overall
7%
3Material Quality
3%
4Defective Material/Parts
3%
5Thin
1%

Common Mermaid Costume Kids questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Mermaid Costume Kids 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £64K/yr across 42 tracked products. 0 of 9 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -27.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Mermaid Costume Kids on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Mar–Oct, where the busiest month runs 3.3× the quietest.