Rent the Runway
FailBuyers convert on only 0.0% of searches, so Rent the Runway is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 46 / 100Top 46% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +1 vs the category median of 4546
- Market size
- $11K/yr440K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -20.8%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 10%top-5 click share · 97 brands · 44 sellers
Flapen Score
Rent the Runway against its category
The dotted line is the Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry average. Past it, Rent the Runway is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Rent the Runway market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Rent the Runway 440K times last year and spent an estimated $11K. The top 5 brands take 28% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 0.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 440K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $11K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 440K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -20.8%
- Conversion, latest week
- 0.0%
- Market size, estimated
- $11Ka year
- Peak month
- October2.1× the quietest month
- Top search term
- rent the runway220K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $61.96.
Listings sell for $61.96 on average, from $4.03 to $6477.29. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $61.96 that is $0 to $6K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $61.96inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $4.03–$6477.29
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 2K–3K
- Units per listing a year
- 0–100
- Revenue per listing a year
- $0–$6K
- Returns
- 10.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
16% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #44,861 within Dresses. It carries 585 reviews at 3.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 16%
- Prime listings
- 96%
- Out of stock, average day
- 8.1%
- Average rank
- #44,861in Dresses
- Average rating
- 3.63 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 585per listing
- Listings tracked
- 268
04 · Newcomers
3 of last year's 15 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
15 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 30 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 15
- Successful launches
- 3Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 30 months
Products
Top Rent the Runway 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 10% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
97 rising
Sellers
44
Top-5 brand share
28%
Top 20: 66%
Top-5 click share
10%
Top 20: 28%
Open market
70%
- Brand 19%
- Brand 25%
- Brand 35%
- Brand 44%
- Brand 54%
- Brand 64%
Demand
Rent the Runway search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×
Search terms
Top Rent the Runway search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- rent the runway220K/yr
- rent the runway pre-loved clothing129K/yr
- pre loved30K/yr
- preloved14K/yr
- rent the runway dress15K/yr
- rent the runway dresses8K/yr
- rent the runway pre-loved dress6K/yr
- pre-loved10K/yr
- rent the runway pre-loved7K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rent the Runway
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Just too long”
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
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FAQ
Common Rent the Runway questions
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