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Top Gun Costume

high returns (6.5%) — Top Gun Costume doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Market size 26Growth 32Conversion 24Competition 45Returns 20Price range 86Avg price 95Brand share 31Review moat 82Quality gap 85
This niche Category average

Is Top Gun Costume profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Top Gun Costume is a £105K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (232K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Top Gun Costume: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +6.0% over the last 90 days and 1.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£105K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr+6.0%232K
Conversion rate1.9%
Avg price£23.45

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 39
Top-5 product click share58%
Open market14%
Avg brand age49 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 24 products

Sponsored placement63%
New entrants (1y)8· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews352

Top Top Gun Costume products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 58% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£5K£11K£16K£21K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

9%

  • Smiffys53%
  • FIESTAS GUIRCA10%
  • Morph9%
  • EraSpooky9%
  • Orizizhic6%
  • SoWest5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 9%)

Top Gun Costume demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume232KCVR1.9%Products24Brands10Top 5 Brands86%OOS Rate5.1%Rating4.2★Reviews352Avg BSR#1,015
50K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 12.8×

Top Top Gun Costume search terms shoppers use

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

  • top gun costume men99K/yr
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  • top gun costume28K/yr
  • topgun costume men7K/yr
  • flight suit8K/yr
  • top gun fancy dress7K/yr
  • top gun outfit8K/yr
  • fighter pilot costume5K/yr
  • top gun maverick costume9K/yr
  • maverick outfit7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Top Gun Costume

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

93% of reviews
Quality-Overall52%

are well made

Value For Money19%

Good value

Portability7%

passable for a party

Stretchability/Expandability/Elasticity5%

has stretch to it which is great

Material Quality5%

Suit was made of decent material with multiple badges

What buyers complain about

87% of reviews
Quality-Overall50%

as the ones provided with the costume were of poor quality

Size-Overall21%

Poor size guide

Durability8%

It did rip though

Value For Money8%

Not really worth £35

Top Gun Costume return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

6.5%

Return rate

89%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
86%
2Quality-Overall
5%
3Material Quality
3%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
1%
5Stitch/Finish/Polish
1%

Common Top Gun Costume questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Top Gun Costume 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £105K/yr across 24 tracked products. 0 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +6.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Top Gun Costume on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Oct–Nov, where the busiest month runs 12.8× the quietest.