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Waterproof

Maybe

The top 5 products take only 14% of clicks. But buyers convert on only 0.8% of searches, so Waterproof is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 24% of 2,461 Fashion niches · +7 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£222K/yr1.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
+6.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
14%top-5 click share · 44 brands · 139 sellers

Flapen Score

Waterproof against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Waterproof market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Waterproof 1.2M times last year and spent an estimated £222K. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +6.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £222K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+6.6%
Conversion, latest week
0.8%
Market size, estimated
£222Ka year
Peak month
September3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
lightweight waterproof jacket135K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £24.08.

Listings sell for £24.08 on average, from £5.85 to £83.25. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £24.08 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£24.08inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.85–£83.25
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
4.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #78 within Sport Specific Clothing. It carries 2,013 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
1.4%
Average rank
#78in Sport Specific Clothing
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,013per listing
Listings tracked
180

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 31 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

31 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
31
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Waterproof 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 14% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£4K£7K£9K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

44 rising

Sellers

139

Est. top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 91%

Est. top-5 click share

14%

Top 20: 39%

Open market

33%

  • Regatta19%
  • Trespass13%
  • 33,000ft12%
  • Outdoor Ventures12%
  • Columbia6%
  • Mountain Warehouse5%

Demand

Waterproof search demand

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

60K40KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top Waterproof search terms shoppers use

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

  • lightweight waterproof jacket135K/yr
  • waterproof jacket men169K/yr
  • rain jacket95K/yr
  • rain jacket men78K/yr
  • regatta waterproof jacket mens90K/yr
  • waterproof coat90K/yr
  • waterproof78K/yr
  • mens rain jacket waterproof55K/yr
  • mens lightweight waterproof jacket41K/yr
  • softshell jackets mens58K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Waterproof

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

14%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
17%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
4.6%of orders come back
“Unfortunately not a great fit for me”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”17% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Waterproof 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