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Shoulder Pads

Fail

Prices span $3.43–$11.60, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Shoulder Pads is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,383 of 2,461 Fashion niches · −2 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£87K/yr141K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
76%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 12 sellers

Flapen Score

Shoulder Pads against its category

The dotted line is the Fashion average. Past it, Shoulder Pads is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Shoulder Pads market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Shoulder Pads 141K times last year and spent an estimated £87K. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

8.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 141K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £87K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
141K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.6%
Conversion, latest week
8.8%
Market size, estimated
£87Ka year
Peak month
November1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
shoulder pads93K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.94.

Listings sell for £6.94 on average, from £3.43 to £11.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £6.94 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.94under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.43–£11.60
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£3K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #258 within Nightwear, Lingerie & Underwear. It carries 64 reviews at 3.78 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
9.9%
Average rank
#258in Nightwear, Lingerie & Underwear
Average rating
3.78 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
64per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 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 22 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
22 months

Products

Top Shoulder Pads 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 76% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£13K£26K£39K£52K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

12

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

19%

  • Wieysdoo42%
  • Vin Beauty14%
  • KUTKE8%
  • Nogotizam6%
  • CTYUEYUN6%
  • SUWIWKKOA5%

Demand

Shoulder Pads search demand

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

5K4KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Shoulder Pads search terms shoppers use

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

  • shoulder pads93K/yr
  • shoulder pads for women clothes28K/yr
  • shoulder pads for women9K/yr
  • shoulder pad6K/yr
  • shoulder pads men5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shoulder Pads

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

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness18%−0.23

Adhesive wears away too quickly

Do not stick

I found they stopped sticking very quickly for some reason so not sure if they have changed how they are manufactured

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%−0.09

Significantly not as described

Not as described absolute rubbish

Thickness9%

So, even those these are not the largest or the thickest of pads, things like these can be really useful

Very thin

So thin they are barely there

Design-Overall9%−0.03

Basic design and rather uncompromising

Size-Overall9%−0.03

Small and narrow

Love

Shape/Style13%+0.84

Good shape

Effective for Adding Shape

Hold shape well

Size-Overall11%−0.03

Fit well

Fit well and look good under a sweater

a good size and shape

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%−0.09

As advertised

As described

Just what I needed

Quality-Overall11%+0.36

Good quality

QUALITY/ DURABILITY:

Excellent quality, I highly recommend

Value For Money11%+0.81

These shoulder pads are excellent value

Good value item

Good value

Return

1.2% Return rate 57% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall28%▃▇▅▄█▄

Small and narrow

Quality-Overall9%▃█▄▁▁▃
Functionality-Overall9%▆▁▁█▁▄
Shoulder Fit9%█▁▁▅▇▆
Shape/Style8%▆▁██▁█

FAQ

Common Shoulder Pads questions

Answered from the same tracked data.