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Purple Socks

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 29% of clicks. But demand is soft, at -4.2% this quarter, so Purple Socks is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 12% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +11 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$149K/yr300K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
27%top-5 click share · 54 brands · 83 sellers

Flapen Score

Purple Socks against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Purple Socks market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Purple Socks 300K times last year and spent an estimated $149K. The top 5 brands take 29% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 300K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $149K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
300K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.2%
Conversion, latest week
3.9%
Market size, estimated
$149Ka year
Peak month
December2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
purple socks135K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $12.87.

Listings sell for $12.87 on average, from $5.73 to $36.31. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $12.87 that is $1K to $3K a year per listing.

Average price
$12.87under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.73–$36.31
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$1K–$3K
Returns
1.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #4,433 within Socks & Hosiery. It carries 1,957 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.4%
Average rank
#4,433in Socks & Hosiery
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,957per listing
Listings tracked
76

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 11 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

11 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
11
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Purple Socks 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 27% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

54 falling

Sellers

83

Top-5 brand share

29%

Top 20: 69%

Top-5 click share

27%

Top 20: 59%

Open market

67%

  • Brand 19%
  • Brand 27%
  • Brand 35%
  • Brand 44%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Purple Socks search demand

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

10K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Purple Socks search terms shoppers use

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

  • purple socks135K/yr
  • purple socks women48K/yr
  • purple socks men24K/yr
  • lavender socks14K/yr
  • purple nike socks13K/yr
  • mens purple socks11K/yr
  • purple ankle socks8K/yr
  • purple crew socks7K/yr
  • light purple socks7K/yr
  • lavender socks for women7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Purple Socks

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Soft Feel”
11%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
1.8%of orders come back
“they're too short”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”11% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Purple Socks questions

Answered from the same tracked data.