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5.11 Shorts

Maybe

Search demand grew +114.3% this quarter. But buyers convert on only 0.5% of searches, so 5.11 Shorts is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 19% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +8 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$44K/yr188K searches / yr
90-day growth
+114.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
20%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 38 sellers

Flapen Score

5.11 Shorts against its category

The dotted line is the Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry average. Past it, 5.11 Shorts is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 5.11 Shorts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for 5.11 Shorts 188K times last year and spent an estimated $44K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 188K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +114.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $44K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
188K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+114.3%
Conversion, latest week
0.5%
Market size, estimated
$44Ka year
Peak month
July6.6× the quietest month
Top search term
5.11 shorts31K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $44.56.

Listings sell for $44.56 on average, from $15.80 to $80.85. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 750 to 1K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $44.56 that is $0 to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$44.56inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$15.80–$80.85
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
750–1K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$4K
Returns
5.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #188 within Hiking & Outdoor Recreation. It carries 981 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#188in Hiking & Outdoor Recreation
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
981per listing
Listings tracked
100

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top 5.11 Shorts 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 only 20% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

20 flat

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

20%

Top 20: 47%

Open market

9%

  • Brand 149%
  • Brand 230%
  • Brand 34%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (14 brands, 9%)

Demand

5.11 Shorts search demand

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

8K6KBlack Friday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.6×

Search terms

Top 5.11 Shorts search terms shoppers use

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

  • 5.11 shorts31K/yr
  • 511 tactical shorts for men15K/yr
  • cqr shorts for men14K/yr
  • 5.11 shorts for men15K/yr
  • cqr shorts16K/yr
  • cqr mens tactical shorts8K/yr
  • 511 shorts for men12K/yr
  • bdu shorts9K/yr
  • 5.11 tactical shorts9K/yr
  • conceal carry shorts10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 5.11 Shorts

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Comfort-Overall”
28%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
5.9%of orders come back
“They fit smaller”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”28% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common 5.11 Shorts questions

Answered from the same tracked data.