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Highway Rat Costume

Fail

Demand is soft, at -96.8% this quarter, so Highway Rat Costume is a Fail.

Flapen Score
34
34 / 100
Ranks 1,428 of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · −10 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£13K/yr53K searches / yr
90-day growth
-96.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
77%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 10 sellers

Flapen Score

Highway Rat Costume against its category

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

34Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Highway Rat Costume market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Highway Rat Costume 53K times last year and spent an estimated £13K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar. Flapen scores it 34 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 53K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -96.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £13K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
53K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-96.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.7%
Market size, estimated
£13Ka year
Peak month
March70.7× the quietest month
Top search term
highway rat costume42K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.38.

Listings sell for £15.38 on average, from £9.94 to £24.40. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £15.38 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.38inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.94–£24.40
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
2.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

58% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 58% ship with Prime. On an average day, 15.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #2,614 within Fancy Dress. It carries 43 reviews at 4.27 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
58%
Prime listings
58%
Out of stock, average day
15.4%
Average rank
#2,614in Fancy Dress
Average rating
4.27 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
43per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 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 23 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
23 months

Products

Top Highway Rat 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 77% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£1K£3K£4K£5K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

10

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • Gruffalo30%
  • iZoeL27%
  • Blues Group19%
  • Creerluces8%
  • Soireeparty7%
  • I LOVE FANCY DRESS4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Highway Rat Costume search demand

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

15K10KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 70.7×

Search terms

Top Highway Rat Costume search terms shoppers use

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

  • highway rat costume42K/yr
  • highway rat costume age 3-44K/yr
  • the highway rat costume6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Highway Rat Costume

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

Complain

Quality-Overall29%+0.50

Not great quality

not good quality

poor quality and not worth the money

Defective Material/Parts17%−0.26

Arrived damaged and poppers not working

Inflation/Deflation17%−0.26

but once inflated the bung keeps coming out and the sword deflates

Adhesion/Stickiness8%−0.12

Hat is already broken as the poppers wont stick

Size-Overall8%+1.56

didnt fit my five year old very well

Hats a bit small

Love

Quality-Overall29%+0.50

Good quality

Great quality

Really good quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product29%+1.64

Looks how it is advertised

Excalty how it was pictured

Just like the book

Value For Money21%+1.20

Good value for money

So quite a lot there for the money

Size-Overall14%+1.56

Fitted well

My 5 year old fit perfectly into the size 7-8

Return

2.2% Return rate 64% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall60%▁▅▅▁▁█

didnt fit my five year old very well

Hats a bit small

Quality-Overall18%▁▂▂█▁▅

Not great quality

not good quality

poor quality and not worth the money

Durability4%▁▁█▁▁▁
Defective Material/Parts3%▁█▁▁▁▁

Arrived damaged and poppers not working

Value For Money3%▁▁█▁▁▁

Definitely not worth £20

FAQ

Common Highway Rat Costume questions

Answered from the same tracked data.