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Red Cap

Fail

Demand is soft, at -33.9% this quarter, so Red Cap is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 1,282 of 2,461 Fashion niches · −1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£49K/yr134K searches / yr
90-day growth
-33.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 36 brands · 103 sellers

Flapen Score

Red Cap against its category

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

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Red Cap market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Red Cap 134K times last year and spent an estimated £49K. The top 5 brands take 53% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 134K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -33.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £49K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
134K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-33.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.9%
Market size, estimated
£49Ka year
Peak month
October8.9× the quietest month
Top search term
red cap58K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.53.

Listings sell for £7.53 on average, from £3.34 to £17.35. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £7.53 that is £753 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.53under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.34–£17.35
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£753–£2K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

69% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 86% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #190 within Boys. It carries 3,824 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
69%
Prime listings
86%
Out of stock, average day
1.4%
Average rank
#190in Boys
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,824per listing
Listings tracked
51

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 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 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Red Cap 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£1K£3K£4K£6K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

36 rising

Sellers

103

Top-5 brand share

53%

Top 20: 91%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 78%

Open market

40%

  • Boolavard16%
  • Amazon Essentials11%
  • New Era11%
  • Integriti UK8%
  • GADIEMKENSD7%
  • Beechfield7%

Demand

Red Cap search demand

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

18K13KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Mar, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 8.9×

Search terms

Top Red Cap search terms shoppers use

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

  • red cap58K/yr
  • red hat52K/yr
  • red baseball cap21K/yr
  • red cap kids3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Red Cap

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

Complain

Size-Overall31%

They sent me a child size which was a bit too small

Small hat

Very small couldn't use

Strength13%−0.07

Flimsy

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%−0.04

Misleading description

Quality-Overall13%−0.21

Poor quality

Poor quality, came with a mark in the middle

Suitability Humid Weather6%−0.04

hence no use in the rain

Love

Quality-Overall33%−0.21

The cap itself is decent quality

Amazing quality

well made it is

Size-Overall21%

Fits great

Fits snuggly and good quality

True to size

Color16%+2.27

vibrant in colour

Nice colour

Colour is as picture

Value For Money9%+1.43

Good value for money

Great value for money

Good value

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%−0.04

Does the job

Exactly what I needed

does the job

Return

1.6% Return rate 86% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall56%▇█▇▆▅▇

They sent me a child size which was a bit too small

Small hat

Very small couldn't use

Color14%▃▅▅█▅▅
Quality-Overall9%▂▂▂▁█▁

Poor quality

Poor quality, came with a mark in the middle

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%█▃▂▄▄▆

Misleading description

Shape/Style4%▆▃▇▆██

cannot mould to head shape or size

FAQ

Common Red Cap questions

Answered from the same tracked data.