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Shin Pad Sleeves

Maybe

The top 5 products take only 26% of clicks. But shoppers spend only $47K a year here, so Shin Pad Sleeves is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 30% of 2,461 Fashion niches · +5 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£47K/yr172K searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
26%top-5 click share · 31 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

Shin Pad Sleeves against its category

The dotted line is the Fashion average. Past it, Shin Pad Sleeves is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Shin Pad Sleeves market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Shin Pad Sleeves 172K times last year and spent an estimated £47K. The top 5 brands take 52% of clicks. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 172K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £47K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
172K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.1%
Conversion, latest week
2.8%
Market size, estimated
£47Ka year
Top search term
shin pad sleeves53K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.89.

Listings sell for £9.89 on average, from £4.10 to £29.79. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £9.89 that is £989 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.89under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.10–£29.79
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£989–£2K
Returns
2.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #40 within Sport Specific Clothing. It carries 1,033 reviews at 4.31 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.0%
Average rank
#40in Sport Specific Clothing
Average rating
4.31 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,033per listing
Listings tracked
59

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 26 launches as successful.

26 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 27 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
26
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
27 months

Products

Top Shin Pad Sleeves 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 26% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£946£2K£3K£4K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

31 rising

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

52%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

26%

Top 20: 69%

Open market

43%

  • nnOuOnn15%
  • LION SPORTSWEAR13%
  • NIKE11%
  • YiZhou6%
  • BOSONER6%
  • JOGA5%

Demand

Shin Pad Sleeves search demand

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

6K4KNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7× · 9 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Shin Pad Sleeves search terms shoppers use

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

  • shin pad sleeves53K/yr
  • sock shin pads19K/yr
  • shin pad socks18K/yr
  • shin pad sleeves kids16K/yr
  • shin guard sleeves13K/yr
  • shin pad socks kids6K/yr
  • sleeve shin pads6K/yr
  • shin pads sleeves5K/yr
  • shin pad sleeve6K/yr
  • shin sleeves4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shin Pad Sleeves

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

Complain

Size-Overall25%+0.69

But tight

Ridiculously small

Far too big

Quality-Overall7%+2.01

Awful quality hole after one use

Bad quality

Only one and arrived and not great quality

Durability7%−0.07

Fell apart

Ripped after 2 months

Ripped when trying on

Ease Of Use5%

virtually impossible to get off

Bit really hard to get on

Hard to get off

Stitch/Finish/Polish4%−0.06

havent even hardly used these a the stitching at the back is coming away in exactly the same place on both shin pads- obviously a fault

one has already split at on the seam at the back so disappointing

unfortunately ours arrived stitched incorrectly

Love

Quality-Overall23%+2.01

Very well made item

High build quality

Excellent product

Size-Overall20%+0.69

Fit well

The fit is secure

true to size

Comfort-Overall18%+1.17

My son loves these comfy

Excellent & comfortable

Comfortable to wear

Value For Money6%

Good for the money

Fair value for money and worth considering

Excellent value for money

Cushion4%−0.03

Good pad

Strong shin pad / protection

Good shin pads

Return

2.1% Return rate 88% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall79%▇▇▇███

But tight

Ridiculously small

Far too big

Quality-Overall3%▅▂█▁▅▄

Awful quality hole after one use

Bad quality

Only one and arrived and not great quality

Drop/Impact Protection2%▇▄▂▇▄█

Don't protect

no longer provide protection

Comfort-Overall1%▆▅█▃▄▃

my son said they were really uncomfortable

Unfortunately, they were far too small when they arrived and couldnt be worn comfortably at all

become uncomfortable for wearer

Stitch/Finish/Polish1%█▅▃▃▃▃

havent even hardly used these a the stitching at the back is coming away in exactly the same place on both shin pads- obviously a fault

one has already split at on the seam at the back so disappointing

unfortunately ours arrived stitched incorrectly

FAQ

Common Shin Pad Sleeves questions

Answered from the same tracked data.