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Heelys

Fail

Buyers convert on only 0.2% of searches, so Heelys is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 10,652 of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · −3 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$286K/yr3.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
14%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

Heelys against its category

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

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Heelys market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Heelys 3.2M times last year and spent an estimated $286K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $286K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.0%
Conversion, latest week
0.2%
Market size, estimated
$286Ka year
Peak month
December3.9× the quietest month
Top search term
heelys1.2M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $47.37.

Listings sell for $47.37 on average, from $17.93 to $88.86. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $47.37 that is $0 to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$47.37inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$17.93–$88.86
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$5K
Returns
9.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 15.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #4,434 within Shoes. It carries 2,799 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
15.7%
Average rank
#4,434in Shoes
Average rating
4.56 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,799per listing
Listings tracked
151

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 16 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

16 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
16
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Heelys 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 14% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

17 rising

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

14%

Top 20: 36%

Open market

6%

  • Brand 166%
  • Brand 29%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (11 brands, 6%)

Demand

Heelys search demand

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

200K150KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.9×

Search terms

Top Heelys search terms shoppers use

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

  • heelys1.2M/yr
  • heelys girls409K/yr
  • heelys adult164K/yr
  • heelys boys281K/yr
  • heelys kids104K/yr
  • heelies101K/yr
  • heelys for girls133K/yr
  • heelys for boys96K/yr
  • healeys59K/yr
  • heelys shoes for girls90K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Heelys

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
21%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
9.3%of orders come back
“Too small”
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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Heelys questions

Answered from the same tracked data.