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Boys Shorts

Maybe

The top 5 products take only 21% of clicks. But buyers convert on only 1.4% of searches, so Boys Shorts is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 2% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +19 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$1.5M/yr4.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
+66.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
21%top-5 click share · 35 brands · 79 sellers

Flapen Score

Boys Shorts against its category

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

64Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Boys Shorts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Boys Shorts 4.8M times last year and spent an estimated $1.5M. The top 5 brands take 48% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 4.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +66.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
4.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+66.7%
Conversion, latest week
1.4%
Market size, estimated
$1.5Ma year
Peak month
June4.1× the quietest month
Top search term
boys shorts1.4M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $22.65.

Listings sell for $22.65 on average, from $8.90 to $43.41. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $22.65 that is $17K to $23K a year per listing.

Average price
$22.65inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.90–$43.41
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$17K–$23K
Returns
5.6%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, 2.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #326 within Clothing. It carries 3,784 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.6%
Average rank
#326in Clothing
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,784per listing
Listings tracked
120

04 · Newcomers

22 of last year's 34 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

34 products launched here in the last 12 months. 22 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
34
Successful launches
22Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Boys 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 21% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

35 rising

Sellers

79

Top-5 brand share

48%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

21%

Top 20: 46%

Open market

46%

  • Brand 119%
  • Brand 29%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Boys Shorts search demand

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

175K125KPrime Day '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.1×

Search terms

Top Boys Shorts search terms shoppers use

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

  • boys shorts1.4M/yr
  • shorts for boys406K/yr
  • boys athletic shorts398K/yr
  • boy shorts281K/yr
  • boys shorts size 10-12239K/yr
  • boys shorts size 14-16215K/yr
  • boys basketball shorts289K/yr
  • boys shorts size 8151K/yr
  • kids shorts131K/yr
  • boys khaki shorts154K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Boys Shorts

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

22%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
34%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
5.6%of orders come back
“Too long”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”34% 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 Boys Shorts questions

Answered from the same tracked data.