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Smiling Friends

Fail

Demand is soft, at -54.3% this quarter, so Smiling Friends 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
$67K/yr636K searches / yr
90-day growth
-54.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 8 sellers

Flapen Score

Smiling Friends against its category

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

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

Market

The Smiling Friends market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Smiling Friends 636K times last year and spent an estimated $67K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 34 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 636K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -54.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $67K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
636K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-54.3%
Conversion, latest week
0.5%
Market size, estimated
$67Ka year
Peak month
December16.0× the quietest month
Top search term
smiling friends499K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $19.87.

Listings sell for $19.87 on average, from $8.59 to $33.39. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $19.87 that is $2K to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$19.87inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.59–$33.39
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$5K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 59% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #34,780 within Sleep & Lounge. It carries 20 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
59%
Out of stock, average day
4.9%
Average rank
#34,780in Sleep & Lounge
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
20per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 10 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

10 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 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Smiling Friends 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 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

8 flat

Sellers

8

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • Brand 151%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 65%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Demand

Smiling Friends search demand

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

60K40KPrime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 16.0×

Search terms

Top Smiling Friends search terms shoppers use

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

  • smiling friends499K/yr
  • smiling friends merch100K/yr
  • smiling friend12K/yr
  • smiley friends6K/yr
  • pim smiling friends4K/yr
  • alan smiling friends4K/yr
  • smiling freinds3K/yr
  • smilling friends4K/yr
  • smiling friends alan4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Smiling Friends

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

25%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
25%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.6%of orders come back
“Washed shirt immediately after opening it because there was an off putting smell”
A buyer, on “Smell”25% 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 Smiling Friends questions

Answered from the same tracked data.