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Shoe Sole Repair

Maybe

An estimated 0.5% of orders come back. But the average product has 8,667 reviews to catch up to, so Shoe Sole Repair is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 7% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +14 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$1.6M/yr1.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+14.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 124 sellers

Flapen Score

Shoe Sole Repair against its category

The dotted line is the Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry average. Past it, Shoe Sole Repair is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Shoe Sole Repair market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Shoe Sole Repair 1.0M times last year and spent an estimated $1.6M. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 14.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 14.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +14.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+14.3%
Conversion, latest week
14.8%
Market size, estimated
$1.6Ma year
Peak month
June1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
shoe goo553K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $10.63.

Listings sell for $10.63 on average, from $4.89 to $22.85. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At $10.63 that is $106K to $133K a year per listing.

Average price
$10.63under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.89–$22.85
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
10,000–12,500
Revenue per listing a year
$106K–$133K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

74% 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 #77 within Shoe, Jewelry & Watch Accessories. It carries 8,667 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#77in Shoe, Jewelry & Watch Accessories
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
8,667per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

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

3 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 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Shoe Sole Repair 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

124

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

8%

  • Brand 149%
  • Brand 226%
  • Brand 35%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 8%)

Demand

Shoe Sole Repair search demand

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

23K18KPrime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Shoe Sole Repair search terms shoppers use

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

  • shoe goo553K/yr
  • shoe goo sole repair131K/yr
  • shoe repair kit53K/yr
  • shoe goo adhesive for shoe repair14K/yr
  • shoe goo clear30K/yr
  • shoe repair32K/yr
  • shoegoo19K/yr
  • shoe sole repair25K/yr
  • shoe goo black20K/yr
  • shoo goo11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shoe Sole Repair

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

25%of positive reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
18%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.5%of orders come back
“Doesn't hold”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”18% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Shoe Sole Repair questions

Answered from the same tracked data.