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Mini Shin Pads

Maybe

The products selling today average only 4.1★. But demand is soft, at -14.3% this quarter, so Mini Shin Pads is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 30% of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · +5 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£88K/yr145K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
39%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 44 sellers

Flapen Score

Mini Shin Pads against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Mini Shin Pads is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Mini Shin Pads market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mini Shin Pads 145K times last year and spent an estimated £88K. The top 5 brands take 71% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 145K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £88K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
145K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.3%
Conversion, latest week
6.7%
Market size, estimated
£88Ka year
Top search term
mini shin pads67K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.11.

Listings sell for £9.11 on average, from £3.12 to £29.78. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £9.11 that is £911 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.11under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.12–£29.78
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£911–£2K
Returns
1.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #93 within Football. It carries 420 reviews at 4.10 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
10.6%
Average rank
#93in Football
Average rating
4.10 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
420per listing
Listings tracked
47

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 25 launches as successful.

25 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 10 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
25
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
10 months

Products

Top Mini Shin 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 only 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£3K£5K£8K£11K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 rising

Sellers

44

Top-5 brand share

71%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

26%

  • Bbtcxjs23%
  • Fitness Store UK21%
  • JOGA13%
  • NQEUEPN8%
  • Hy-Pro5%
  • Okeno Select3%

Demand

Mini Shin Pads search demand

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

4K3KOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2× · 10 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Mini Shin Pads search terms shoppers use

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

  • mini shin pads67K/yr
  • small shin pads36K/yr
  • mini shin pads football13K/yr
  • mini shinpads8K/yr
  • shin pads small7K/yr
  • gain the edge shin pads6K/yr
  • small shin pads men5K/yr
  • micro shin pads4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mini Shin Pads

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

Complain

Size-Overall39%−0.18

a tight fit

A little bigger than expected

Ridiculously small

Durability9%−0.07

Broke after a few months as the plastic got tired. guessing through the harsh chemicals

Ripped when trying on

Fell apart

Stitch/Finish/Polish6%−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

Quality-Overall5%+2.15

Not great quality

Poor quality

These are no good at all

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%−0.01

Misleading images

not advertised appropriately

Love

Quality-Overall25%+2.15

Very well made item

Good quality

Build quality: Well-shaped with smooth edges

Size-Overall16%−0.18

Fit well

The fit is secure

not too big

Comfort-Overall13%+0.89

really comfortable to wear

Comfortable and light

My grandson says they are super comfy

Value For Money6%+0.41

Perfect for the price

Fair value for money and worth considering

Good value for money

Weight Light5%+0.15

Lightweight and Comfortable for Football

Great lightweight for kids

These shin pads are pleasantly lightweight

Return

1.9% Return rate 90% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall82%▇▇████

a tight fit

A little bigger than expected

Ridiculously small

Quality-Overall3%▁▁█▂▇▂

Not great quality

Poor quality

These are no good at all

Advertised Vs Actual Product1%▅█▅▅▂▆

Misleading images

not advertised appropriately

Drop/Impact Protection1%█▁▂▄▂▅

Don't protect

Comfort-Overall1%▃█▄▅▂▃

FAQ

Common Mini Shin Pads questions

Answered from the same tracked data.