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Cape

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 35% of clicks. But buyers convert on only 1.3% of searches, so Cape is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 11% of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · +14 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£76K/yr547K searches / yr
90-day growth
+20.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 51 brands · 78 sellers

Flapen Score

Cape against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cape 547K times last year and spent an estimated £76K. The top 5 brands take 35% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 547K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +20.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £76K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
547K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+20.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.3%
Market size, estimated
£76Ka year
Peak month
October11.9× the quietest month
Top search term
cape141K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.16.

Listings sell for £11.16 on average, from £4.88 to £29.79. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £11.16 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.16under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.88–£29.79
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
2.4%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. 99% ship with Prime. On an average day, 18.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #533 within Dress-Up Accessories. It carries 882 reviews at 4.08 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
99%
Out of stock, average day
18.2%
Average rank
#533in Dress-Up Accessories
Average rating
4.08 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
882per listing
Listings tracked
75

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 31 launches as successful.

31 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
31
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Cape 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 30% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£5K£7K£9K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

51 rising

Sellers

78

Top-5 brand share

35%

Top 20: 74%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 60%

Open market

61%

  • Aomig13%
  • ZUIMEIHQH10%
  • Gothden4%
  • GegXcn4%
  • Smiffys4%
  • AOOWU4%

Demand

Cape search demand

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

125K75KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 11.9×

Search terms

Top Cape search terms shoppers use

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

  • cape141K/yr
  • cloak93K/yr
  • black cape82K/yr
  • black cloak70K/yr
  • capes11K/yr
  • hooded cloak13K/yr
  • hooded cape12K/yr
  • black cloak with hood22K/yr
  • black cape women9K/yr
  • cloaks4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cape

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

Complain

Material Quality17%−0.23

cheap material

As others have commented material is thin

Mystery material

Quality-Overall13%+1.28

Rubbish

Cheap looking

awful quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%−0.06

Photos are misleading

Not quite as in photo

not velvet as stated its silky

Value For Money7%+0.47

it looks far more expensive than it is once on

It looks far more expensive than it is

Not worth it

Thickness5%−0.07

It's a thin

Its quite thin material

Being so thin

Love

Quality-Overall23%+1.28

Beautifully made

Great quality and fun costume, excellent value

Excellent quality

Size-Overall12%+0.81

the length and size was perfect

perfect fit

Length is good

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.06

Description is accurate

exactly like the picture

As described

Value For Money8%+0.47

Great value

Good for the price

Worth the money

Weight Light6%−0.01

Its light and floaty

Fabric is quite light

This is a lovely lightweight

Return

2.4% Return rate 51% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall30%▃██▇▇▇
Quality-Overall16%▅▅█▅▄▅

Rubbish

Cheap looking

awful quality

Color10%▅▃▃█▇█
Material Quality9%▅█▅▄▄▅

cheap material

As others have commented material is thin

Mystery material

Thin8%█▂▄▂▂▂

FAQ

Common Cape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.