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Blue Apron

Maybe

The top 5 products take only 29% of clicks. But the average product has 4,825 reviews to catch up to, so Blue Apron is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 22% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +7 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$122K/yr176K searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
29%top-5 click share · 38 brands · 45 sellers

Flapen Score

Blue Apron against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Blue Apron market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Blue Apron 176K times last year and spent an estimated $122K. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 176K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $122K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
176K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.5%
Conversion, latest week
4.2%
Market size, estimated
$122Ka year
Peak month
October8.8× the quietest month
Top search term
blue apron79K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $16.53.

Listings sell for $16.53 on average, from $5.94 to $36.13. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $16.53 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$16.53inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.94–$36.13
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$4K
Returns
3.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #745 within Uniforms, Work & Safety. It carries 4,825 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.0%
Average rank
#745in Uniforms, Work & Safety
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
4,825per listing
Listings tracked
68

04 · Newcomers

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

5 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 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Blue Apron 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 29% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

38 rising

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 90%

Top-5 click share

29%

Top 20: 64%

Open market

34%

  • Brand 119%
  • Brand 219%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Blue Apron search demand

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

35K25KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 8.8×

Search terms

Top Blue Apron search terms shoppers use

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

  • blue apron79K/yr
  • navy blue apron14K/yr
  • light blue apron16K/yr
  • blue aprons for women11K/yr
  • blue aprons8K/yr
  • blue aprons for adults15K/yr
  • navy apron7K/yr
  • royal blue apron5K/yr
  • apron blue6K/yr
  • dark blue apron4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Blue Apron

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
15%of negative reviews mention “Water Resistance”
3.2%of orders come back
“NOT waterproof”
A buyer, on “Water Resistance”15% 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 Blue Apron questions

Answered from the same tracked data.