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Dress Up

Fail

Demand is soft, at -67.8% this quarter, so Dress Up 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
£55K/yr376K searches / yr
90-day growth
-67.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 32 brands · 71 sellers

Flapen Score

Dress Up against its category

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

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

Market

The Dress Up market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Dress Up 376K times last year and spent an estimated £55K. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 376K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -67.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £55K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
376K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-67.8%
Conversion, latest week
0.9%
Market size, estimated
£55Ka year
Peak month
March6.5× the quietest month
Top search term
kids fancy dress46K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.99.

Listings sell for £15.99 on average, from £5.94 to £42.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £15.99 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.99inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.94–£42.47
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #192 within Dress-Up Accessories. It carries 512 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
11.1%
Average rank
#192in Dress-Up Accessories
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
512per listing
Listings tracked
63

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Dress Up 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 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£3K£5K£7K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

32 rising

Sellers

71

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 90%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 62%

Open market

36%

  • MELAND25%
  • Dreamon13%
  • WIKITOT10%
  • Aomig6%
  • LOYO6%
  • Cheerful Children Toys5%

Demand

Dress Up search demand

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

45K35KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.5×

Search terms

Top Dress Up search terms shoppers use

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

  • kids fancy dress46K/yr
  • kids costumes65K/yr
  • toddler dress up 2-3years21K/yr
  • toddler dress up29K/yr
  • kids costume46K/yr
  • costumes for kids53K/yr
  • toddler fancy dress23K/yr
  • childrens dressing up clothes16K/yr
  • dressing up15K/yr
  • fancy dress for kids11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dress Up

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

Complain

Size-Overall20%+0.35

Skirt is huge

Small

Tight fit

Quality-Overall17%+0.36

Terrible quality clothes are frayed

Bad quality

Not the best quality for the price paid

Smell11%−0.14

Horrific smell

Bad smell

Smells of smoke

Durability10%−0.07

Ripped

It breaks easily

Broken within minutes

Value For Money4%+1.97

Poor value

Definitely not worth money

Overpriced for what it is

Love

Value For Money23%+1.97

GOOD VALUE

Good value for money

Amazing value

Quality-Overall21%+0.36

Great product exactly what was advertised

Decent quality

Reasonable quality for the price

Size-Overall16%+0.35

Fits well

Grandson like it size was correct fits him great not to small not to big

Fit true to size

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

As described

Exactly as shown

Great product exactly what was advertised

Gifting Purpose4%+0.48

Gift

Great gift

Birthday present

Return

1.6% Return rate 72% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall65%▇███▇▇

Skirt is huge

Small

Tight fit

Quality-Overall10%█▃▄▄▄▄

Terrible quality clothes are frayed

Bad quality

Not the best quality for the price paid

Material Quality4%▅▇█▆▆▆

Cheap material

material is not good quality

The material is pretty cheap and thin

Defective Material/Parts4%█▄▅▅▄▅
Smell3%█▅▃▄▄▅

Horrific smell

Bad smell

Smells of smoke

FAQ

Common Dress Up questions

Answered from the same tracked data.