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Mens Pleated Shorts

Maybe

Search demand grew +151.6% this quarter. But shoppers spend an estimated $26K a year here, so Mens Pleated Shorts 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
$26K/yr133K searches / yr
90-day growth
+151.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
20%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 73 sellers

Flapen Score

Mens Pleated Shorts against its category

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

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

Market

The Mens Pleated Shorts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Mens Pleated Shorts 133K times last year and spent an estimated $26K. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 133K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +151.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $26K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
133K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+151.6%
Conversion, latest week
0.7%
Market size, estimated
$26Ka year
Top search term
mens pleated shorts36K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $26.73.

Listings sell for $26.73 on average, from $12.86 to $58.33. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $26.73 that is $0 to $3K a year per listing.

Average price
$26.73inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$12.86–$58.33
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
1K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$3K
Returns
9.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

99% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #194 within Hiking & Outdoor Recreation. It carries 2,971 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
99%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
3.2%
Average rank
#194in Hiking & Outdoor Recreation
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,971per listing
Listings tracked
97

04 · Newcomers

20 of last year's 53 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

53 products launched here in the last 12 months. 20 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
53
Successful launches
20Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Mens Pleated Shorts 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 20% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

18 rising

Sellers

73

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

20%

Top 20: 50%

Open market

18%

  • Brand 147%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%
  • Open — no brand owns it (12 brands, 18%)

Search terms

Top Mens Pleated Shorts search terms shoppers use

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

  • mens pleated shorts36K/yr
  • pleated shorts men20K/yr
  • haggar cool 18 pro shorts16K/yr
  • haggar shorts for men10K/yr
  • cool 18 pro mens shorts6K/yr
  • haggar mens shorts9K/yr
  • haggar mens shorts expandable waist8K/yr
  • haggar shorts7K/yr
  • mens expandable waist shorts6K/yr
  • mens haggar shorts5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mens Pleated Shorts

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

25%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
9.4%of orders come back
“Terrible baggy fit”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”17% 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 Mens Pleated Shorts questions

Answered from the same tracked data.