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Barbie Costume

Fail

Demand is soft, at -49.5% this quarter, so Barbie Costume is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 1,322 of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · −8 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£15K/yr141K searches / yr
90-day growth
-49.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 42 sellers

Flapen Score

Barbie Costume against its category

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

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Barbie Costume market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Barbie Costume 141K times last year and spent an estimated £15K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 141K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -49.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £15K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
141K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-49.5%
Conversion, latest week
0.6%
Market size, estimated
£15Ka year
Peak month
October9.7× the quietest month
Top search term
barbie costume47K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £18.69.

Listings sell for £18.69 on average, from £10.53 to £31.00. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £18.69 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£18.69inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£10.53–£31.00
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
7.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

44% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,494 within Fancy Dress. It carries 102 reviews at 4.18 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
44%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
13.1%
Average rank
#1,494in Fancy Dress
Average rating
4.18 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
102per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are young.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Barbie Costume 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 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£753£2K£2K£3K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

42

Est. top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

10%

  • Atorcher39%
  • OPAEHJF22%
  • Amycute8%
  • Rubies8%
  • AYYOHON7%
  • TobWeaL5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 10%)

Demand

Barbie Costume search demand

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

23K18KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.7×

Search terms

Top Barbie Costume search terms shoppers use

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

  • barbie costume47K/yr
  • barbie costume adult21K/yr
  • barbie outfits for women8K/yr
  • barbie fancy dress5K/yr
  • barbie costume women6K/yr
  • barbie costume kids13K/yr
  • barbie dress up6K/yr
  • barbie adult costume4K/yr
  • adult barbie costume3K/yr
  • barbie dress for girls3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Barbie Costume

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

51%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
50%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
7.8%of orders come back
“Got a small”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”50% 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.

13 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Barbie Costume 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