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Army Costume

Fail

Demand is soft, at -57.9% this quarter, so Army Costume is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Top 34% of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · +4 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£52K/yr264K searches / yr
90-day growth
-57.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 73 sellers

Flapen Score

Army Costume against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Army Costume is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Army Costume market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Army Costume 264K times last year and spent an estimated £52K. The top 5 brands take 50% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 264K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -57.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £52K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
264K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-57.9%
Conversion, latest week
1.0%
Market size, estimated
£52Ka year
Peak month
October6.9× the quietest month
Top search term
army costume60K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £20.25.

Listings sell for £20.25 on average, from £5.07 to £71.84. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £20.25 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£20.25inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.07–£71.84
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
3.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 85% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,020 within Fancy Dress. It carries 616 reviews at 4.27 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
85%
Out of stock, average day
5.1%
Average rank
#1,020in Fancy Dress
Average rating
4.27 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
616per listing
Listings tracked
47

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 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Army Costume 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 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£3K£5K£6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

29 rising

Sellers

73

Top-5 brand share

50%

Top 20: 92%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 73%

Open market

45%

  • G5 APPAREL15%
  • HENBRANDT15%
  • deAO7%
  • Smiffys7%
  • MERCIYD6%
  • OUTBOUND5%

Demand

Army Costume search demand

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

23K18KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.9×

Search terms

Top Army Costume search terms shoppers use

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

  • army costume60K/yr
  • kids army costume34K/yr
  • army costume for kids31K/yr
  • army fancy dress9K/yr
  • army costume men15K/yr
  • army dress up for boys9K/yr
  • soldier costume12K/yr
  • army outfit9K/yr
  • military costume9K/yr
  • boys army costume10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Army Costume

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

Complain

Quality-Overall33%−0.29

Cheap and useless

The individual toys were mostly pretty low quality and flimsy

Poor quality

Size-Overall21%+3.18

on the large side

tiny bit small

I ordered 7-8 size thinking the 5-6 will be too small

Material Quality16%0.00

Cheap synthetic material

Material is thiny

plastic that he doesn't even bother playing with them

Value For Money8%−0.20

Not worth the price

it is absolutely not worth the £34 price tag on Amazon

Waste of money

Durability3%

They broke just before going to comic con

Love

Size-Overall24%+3.18

Good fit

True to size, as described

Was just right for my son not short or long perfect fit

Advertised Vs Actual Product20%+0.88

As described

True to size, as described

As youd expect

Quality-Overall15%−0.29

The quality feels reasonable for the price

Good quality

Excellent quality T shirt

Value For Money12%−0.20

Money well spent

Value for money for what we needed it for

Item was as described - good value

Durability6%

the material felt durable enough for energetic play

still feels durable enough to handle proper play

its held up really well

Return

3.3% Return rate 88% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall82%████▇█

on the large side

tiny bit small

I ordered 7-8 size thinking the 5-6 will be too small

Quality-Overall6%▄▃▅█▇▅

Cheap and useless

The individual toys were mostly pretty low quality and flimsy

Poor quality

Material Quality2%█▅▄▁▄▆

Cheap synthetic material

Material is thiny

plastic that he doesn't even bother playing with them

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%▁▅▇█▁▅
Thin1%▁▃▄▁█▄

FAQ

Common Army Costume questions

Answered from the same tracked data.