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Dad to Be

Maybe

Search demand grew +170.8% this quarter. But the products selling today already average 4.7★, so Dad to Be is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
61
61 / 100
Top 4% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +16 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$107K/yr414K searches / yr
90-day growth
+170.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 33 brands · 39 sellers

Flapen Score

Dad to Be against its category

The dotted line is the Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry average. Past it, Dad to Be is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

61Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Dad to Be market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Dad to Be 414K times last year and spent an estimated $107K. The top 5 brands take 51% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 414K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +170.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $107K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
414K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+170.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.8%
Market size, estimated
$107Ka year
Peak month
June9.1× the quietest month
Top search term
soon to be dad gifts45K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.68.

Listings sell for $14.68 on average, from $4.68 to $35.30. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $14.68 that is $1K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.68under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.68–$35.30
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
$1K–$4K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

95% 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 #6,883 within Baseball Caps. It carries 278 reviews at 4.74 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.6%
Average rank
#6,883in Baseball Caps
Average rating
4.74 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
278per listing
Listings tracked
39

04 · Newcomers

12 of last year's 12 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

12 products launched here in the last 12 months. 12 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 28 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Dad to Be 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 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

33 falling

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

51%

Top 20: 90%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

43%

  • Brand 114%
  • Brand 214%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Dad to Be search demand

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

60K40KPrime Day '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.1×

Search terms

Top Dad to Be search terms shoppers use

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

  • soon to be dad gifts45K/yr
  • father to be fathers day gift15K/yr
  • dad to be48K/yr
  • fathers day gifts for expecting father13K/yr
  • dad to be fathers day gift12K/yr
  • first fathers day gifts for expecting dad11K/yr
  • daddy to be gifts29K/yr
  • fathers day gift for expecting dad8K/yr
  • first time dad gift24K/yr
  • fathers day gifts for expecting dads6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dad to Be

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
26%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
1.6%of orders come back
“it is enormously huge”
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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Dad to Be questions

Answered from the same tracked data.