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Black Tie

Maybe

Buyers convert on 11.0% of searches. But an estimated 5.1% of orders come back, so Black Tie is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 17% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +9 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$1.4M/yr1.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
+27.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 22 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Tie against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Tie market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Black Tie 1.1M times last year and spent an estimated $1.4M. The top 5 brands take 72% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +27.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+27.6%
Conversion, latest week
11.0%
Market size, estimated
$1.4Ma year
Peak month
October4.0× the quietest month
Top search term
black tie993K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $11.48.

Listings sell for $11.48 on average, from $4.81 to $35.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At $11.48 that is $69K to $92K a year per listing.

Average price
$11.48under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.81–$35.60
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
$69K–$92K
Returns
5.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #31 within Ties, Cummerbunds & Pocket Squares. It carries 3,787 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.4%
Average rank
#31in Ties, Cummerbunds & Pocket Squares
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,787per listing
Listings tracked
21

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 49 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
49 months

Products

Top Black Tie 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 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

22%

  • Brand 123%
  • Brand 222%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Black Tie search demand

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

80K60KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.0×

Search terms

Top Black Tie search terms shoppers use

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

  • black tie993K/yr
  • black silk tie23K/yr
  • corbata negra13K/yr
  • black tir15K/yr
  • black silk ties for men12K/yr
  • solid black tie8K/yr
  • satin tie7K/yr
  • silk black tie6K/yr
  • solid black ties for men4K/yr
  • long black tie5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Tie

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
13%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
5.1%of orders come back
“To long”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”13% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Tie questions

Answered from the same tracked data.