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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

An estimated 4.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 134K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 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

0 of last year's 10 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. 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

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 23, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 37% of clicks, no more. 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

Est. top-5 brand share

53%

Top 20: 91%

Est. 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 estimated 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

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

33%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
31%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
1.6%of orders come back
“They sent me a child size which was a bit too small”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”31% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Red Cap questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data