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Fancy Dress

Fail

Prices span $6.13–$14.72, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Fancy Dress is a Fail.

Flapen Score
33
33 / 100
Ranks 1,488 of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · −11 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£145K/yr2.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
-21.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
84%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 37 sellers

Flapen Score

Fancy Dress against its category

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

33Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Fancy Dress market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Fancy Dress 2.6M times last year and spent an estimated £145K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 33 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -21.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £145K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-21.7%
Conversion, latest week
0.5%
Market size, estimated
£145Ka year
Peak month
October7.0× the quietest month
Top search term
fancy dress for adults723K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.19.

Listings sell for £11.19 on average, from £6.13 to £14.72. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £11.19 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.19under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.13–£14.72
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£6K
Returns
2.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #124 within Fancy Dress. It carries 647 reviews at 4.14 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.4%
Average rank
#124in Fancy Dress
Average rating
4.14 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
647per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Fancy Dress 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 84% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£22K£44K£65K£87K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

37

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • BSBUY52%
  • FASHIONISM14%
  • RSLOVE8%
  • Star and Stripes7%
  • Smiffys6%
  • EYWILYWI4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 10%)

Demand

Fancy Dress search demand

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

400K300KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.0×

Search terms

Top Fancy Dress search terms shoppers use

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

  • fancy dress for adults723K/yr
  • fancy dress441K/yr
  • fancy dress for adults women267K/yr
  • fancy dress men168K/yr
  • mens fancy dress costume193K/yr
  • mens fancy dress144K/yr
  • adult fancy dress107K/yr
  • costumes for men110K/yr
  • fancy dress costumes54K/yr
  • costume adult73K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fancy Dress

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

Complain

Size-Overall33%−0.24

was a little on the big side and baggy

Shoddy made and very small

Very small sizing

Durability17%−0.16

poor, dont think it will last more than five minutes once on so overall not very happy with the quality and cost

Stitch/Finish/Polish17%−0.16

Looks cheap and stitching shoddy

Material Quality8%−0.08

Really cheap thin papery fabric

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.34

Nothing like the picture at all

Love

Quality-Overall44%+2.01

Decent enough

Good quality

reasonable quality

Value For Money26%+2.28

Great value for money

Good value

value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+0.34

Exactly what it shows in the picture, cant complain

Size-Overall9%−0.24

fitted well

It fits my 10 year old perfect

Design-Overall4%+0.28

Design was good as the costume was to be worn whilst playing football

Return

2.6% Return rate 80% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall75%▅▇█▇▇▇

was a little on the big side and baggy

Shoddy made and very small

Very small sizing

Quality-Overall13%▇▇▄█▇▅
Thin3%█▄▁▁▂▇
Material Quality2%█▁▂▁▁▁

Really cheap thin papery fabric

Advertised Vs Actual Product1%▁▁▄▁▁█

Nothing like the picture at all

FAQ

Common Fancy Dress questions

Answered from the same tracked data.