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Dresses

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $10.5M a year here. But an estimated 17.2% of orders come back, so Dresses 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
$10.5M/yr239.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
+16.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
7%top-5 click share · 89 brands · 100 sellers

Flapen Score

Dresses against its category

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

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

Market

The Dresses market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Dresses 239.7M times last year and spent an estimated $10.5M. The top 5 brands take 40% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 239.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +16.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $10.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
239.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+16.3%
Conversion, latest week
0.1%
Market size, estimated
$10.5Ma year
Peak month
June2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
dresses for women28.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $36.38.

Listings sell for $36.38 on average, from $8.21 to $888.55. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $36.38 that is $18K to $27K a year per listing.

Average price
$36.38inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.21–$888.55
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$18K–$27K
Returns
17.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

98% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #2,507 within Dresses. It carries 1,924 reviews at 4.29 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
98%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#2,507in Dresses
Average rating
4.29 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,924per listing
Listings tracked
372

04 · Newcomers

149 of last year's 168 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

168 products launched here in the last 12 months. 149 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
168
Successful launches
149Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Dresses 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 7% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

89 falling

Sellers

100

Top-5 brand share

40%

Top 20: 77%

Top-5 click share

7%

Top 20: 18%

Open market

66%

  • Brand 18%
  • Brand 27%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Dresses search demand

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

9.0M7.0MSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Dresses search terms shoppers use

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

  • dresses for women28.0M/yr
  • wedding guest dresses for women16.5M/yr
  • womens clothing32.6M/yr
  • dress17.9M/yr
  • womens dresses16.6M/yr
  • summer dresses for women9.8M/yr
  • white dress11.9M/yr
  • dresses12.1M/yr
  • wedding guest dress18.1M/yr
  • black dress10.9M/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dresses

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

25%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
21%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
17.2%of orders come back
“Awkward Fit”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”21% 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 Dresses questions

Answered from the same tracked data.