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California Hat

Maybe

The top 5 products take only 18% of clicks. But buyers convert on only 1.4% of searches, so California Hat 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
$297K/yr766K searches / yr
90-day growth
+15.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
18%top-5 click share · 31 brands · 119 sellers

Flapen Score

California Hat against its category

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

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

Market

The California Hat market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for California Hat 766K times last year and spent an estimated $297K. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

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

Shoppers searched for this 766K 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 +15.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $297K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
766K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+15.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.4%
Market size, estimated
$297Ka year
Peak month
June2.8× the quietest month
Top search term
brixton hats for men140K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $27.66.

Listings sell for $27.66 on average, from $9.87 to $134.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $27.66 that is $3K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$27.66inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.87–$134.62
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
$3K–$7K
Returns
4.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

55% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,706 within Baseball Caps. It carries 1,819 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
55%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
11.4%
Average rank
#1,706in Baseball Caps
Average rating
4.56 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,819per listing
Listings tracked
100

04 · Newcomers

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

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 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
9
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top California Hat 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 18% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

31 rising

Sellers

119

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

18%

Top 20: 47%

Open market

21%

  • Brand 136%
  • Brand 230%
  • Brand 35%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%

Demand

California Hat search demand

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

18K13KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.8×

Search terms

Top California Hat search terms shoppers use

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

  • brixton hats for men140K/yr
  • rvca hat86K/yr
  • rvca hats for men116K/yr
  • vans hat74K/yr
  • flat brim hat53K/yr
  • brixton hat47K/yr
  • brixton45K/yr
  • gorras planas31K/yr
  • gorras planas para hombres originales28K/yr
  • rvca hats17K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about California Hat

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
41%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
4.1%of orders come back
“Kinda small”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”41% 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 California Hat questions

Answered from the same tracked data.