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Gator Clips

Fail

Prices span $5.05–$11.77, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Gator Clips is a Fail.

Flapen Score
33
33 / 100
Ranks 10,341 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −15 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$38K/yr76K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 9 sellers

Flapen Score

Gator Clips against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Gator Clips is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Gator Clips market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Gator Clips 76K times last year and spent an estimated $38K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 33 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 76K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $38K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
76K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.2%
Conversion, latest week
5.6%
Market size, estimated
$38Ka year
Peak month
November1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
framar clips45K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $8.91.

Listings sell for $8.91 on average, from $5.05 to $11.77. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $8.91 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$8.91under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.05–$11.77
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$4K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #247 within Clips & Barrettes. It carries 17,143 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#247in Clips & Barrettes
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
17,143per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 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
43 months

Products

Top Gator Clips products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

9

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

1%

  • Brand 179%
  • Brand 27%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 61%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Demand

Gator Clips search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Gator Clips search terms shoppers use

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

  • framar clips45K/yr
  • framar hair clips11K/yr
  • croc clips9K/yr
  • croc clips for hair7K/yr
  • framar alligator clips4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gator Clips

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

19%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
12%of negative reviews mention “Hair Related”
1.1%of orders come back
“Pulls hair”
A buyer, on “Hair Related”12% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Gator Clips questions

Answered from the same tracked data.