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Red and Black Tie

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $33K a year here, so Red and Black Tie is a Fail.

Flapen Score
34
34 / 100
Ranks 14,892 of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · −11 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$33K/yr78K searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 14 sellers

Flapen Score

Red and Black Tie against its category

The dotted line is the Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry average. Past it, Red and Black Tie is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

34Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Red and Black Tie market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Red and Black Tie 78K times last year and spent an estimated $33K. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Flapen scores it 34 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 78K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $33K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
78K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.4%
Conversion, latest week
3.1%
Market size, estimated
$33Ka year
Top search term
red and black tie30K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $13.66.

Listings sell for $13.66 on average, from $7.87 to $29.11. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $13.66 that is $0 to $1K a year per listing.

Average price
$13.66under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.87–$29.11
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$1K
Returns
7.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #106 within Ties, Cummerbunds & Pocket Squares. It carries 2,969 reviews at 4.70 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#106in Ties, Cummerbunds & Pocket Squares
Average rating
4.70 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,969per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 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 53 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
53 months

Products

Top Red and Black Tie 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 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

14

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

17%

  • Brand 129%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 411%
  • Brand 59%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 17%)

Demand

Red and Black Tie search demand

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

2K2KSpike '26NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1× · 8 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Red and Black Tie search terms shoppers use

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

  • red and black tie30K/yr
  • black and red tie24K/yr
  • red and black ties for men9K/yr
  • black and red ties for men6K/yr
  • red and black ties4K/yr
  • red black tie4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Red and Black Tie

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
40%of negative reviews mention “Length”
7.0%of orders come back
“definitely a little lacking in length if you prefer a Windsor knot”
A buyer, on “Length”40% 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.

14 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Red and Black Tie questions

Answered from the same tracked data.