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Athletic Headbands

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $44K a year here, so Athletic Headbands is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 11,351 of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · −4 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$44K/yr130K searches / yr
90-day growth
-28.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
56%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 41 sellers

Flapen Score

Athletic Headbands against its category

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

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Athletic Headbands market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Athletic Headbands 130K times last year and spent an estimated $44K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 130K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -28.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $44K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
130K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-28.3%
Conversion, latest week
2.7%
Market size, estimated
$44Ka year
Peak month
December1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
running headband for women76K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $12.64.

Listings sell for $12.64 on average, from $7.14 to $20.05. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $12.64 that is $1K to $3K a year per listing.

Average price
$12.64under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.14–$20.05
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$1K–$3K
Returns
1.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

64% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #116 within Sport Headbands. It carries 2,039 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
64%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.1%
Average rank
#116in Sport Headbands
Average rating
4.40 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,039per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

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

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 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
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Athletic Headbands 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

41

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

23%

  • Brand 123%
  • Brand 217%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 68%

Demand

Athletic Headbands search demand

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

5K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Athletic Headbands search terms shoppers use

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

  • running headband for women76K/yr
  • running headband women12K/yr
  • running headbands for women11K/yr
  • womens running headband10K/yr
  • headband for running women6K/yr
  • headbands for women running4K/yr
  • headbands for running women4K/yr
  • running head bands for women4K/yr
  • womens running headbands3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Athletic Headbands

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

14%of positive reviews mention “Color”
17%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
1.8%of orders come back
“Fit tight”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”17% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Athletic Headbands questions

Answered from the same tracked data.