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Lobster Costume

Fail

An estimated 11.8% of orders come back, so Lobster Costume is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 8,414 of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · on the category median
Market size
$98K/yr126K searches / yr
90-day growth
+3.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
56%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Lobster Costume against its category

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

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lobster Costume market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Lobster Costume 126K times last year and spent an estimated $98K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 126K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +3.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $98K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
126K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+3.3%
Conversion, latest week
3.0%
Market size, estimated
$98Ka year
Peak month
October14.2× the quietest month
Top search term
lobster costume78K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $26.00.

Listings sell for $26.00 on average, from $11.64 to $40.48. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $26.00 that is $3K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$26.00inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$11.64–$40.48
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$7K
Returns
11.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #13,144 within Sleep & Lounge. It carries 291 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.9%
Average rank
#13,144in Sleep & Lounge
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
291per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 8 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Lobster Costume 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

21 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

27%

  • Brand 138%
  • Brand 214%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Lobster Costume search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 14.2×

Search terms

Top Lobster Costume search terms shoppers use

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

  • lobster costume78K/yr
  • crawfish costume12K/yr
  • lobster costume adult21K/yr
  • larry the lobster costume9K/yr
  • adult lobster costume6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lobster Costume

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Fun/Entertainment Experience”
16%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
11.8%of orders come back
“they need to have order sizes available because this was a bit tight for me”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”16% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Lobster Costume questions

Answered from the same tracked data.