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Black Shades

Maybe

The top 5 products take only 28% of clicks. But prices span $6.09–$430.54, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Black Shades is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 26% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +6 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$107K/yr222K searches / yr
90-day growth
+30.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
28%top-5 click share · 38 brands · 50 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Shades against its category

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

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Shades market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Black Shades 222K times last year and spent an estimated $107K. The top 5 brands take 49% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 222K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +30.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $107K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
222K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+30.6%
Conversion, latest week
2.5%
Market size, estimated
$107Ka year
Peak month
June1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
big black sunglasses34K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $19.39.

Listings sell for $19.39 on average, from $6.09 to $430.54. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $19.39 that is $0 to $2K a year per listing.

Average price
$19.39inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.09–$430.54
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$2K
Returns
5.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

93% 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 #532 within Sunglasses & Eyewear Accessories. It carries 3,981 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#532in Sunglasses & Eyewear Accessories
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,981per listing
Listings tracked
69

04 · Newcomers

5 of last year's 9 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. 5 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Black Shades 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 28% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

38 falling

Sellers

50

Top-5 brand share

49%

Top 20: 90%

Top-5 click share

28%

Top 20: 66%

Open market

42%

  • Brand 112%
  • Brand 210%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 59%
  • Brand 68%

Demand

Black Shades search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Black Shades search terms shoppers use

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

  • big black sunglasses34K/yr
  • black oversized sunglasses23K/yr
  • oversized black sunglasses14K/yr
  • oversized black sunglasses for women16K/yr
  • big square sunglasses for women11K/yr
  • huge sunglasses11K/yr
  • square oversized sunglasses for women11K/yr
  • large black sunglasses for women10K/yr
  • oversized retro sunglasses8K/yr
  • large square sunglasses for women8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Shades

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
26%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
5.3%of orders come back
“Really big”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”26% 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 Black Shades questions

Answered from the same tracked data.