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Water Shoes

Pass

Water Shoes scores 66 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $5.2M a year here, search demand grew +119.2% this quarter, and an estimated 5.8% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
66
66 / 100
Top 1% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +21 vs the category median of 45
Market size
$5.2M/yr22.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
+119.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
32%top-5 click share · 28 brands · 38 sellers

Flapen Score

Water Shoes against its category

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

66Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Water Shoes market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Water Shoes 22.8M times last year and spent an estimated $5.2M. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 66 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 22.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +119.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $5.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
22.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+119.2%
Conversion, latest week
1.3%
Market size, estimated
$5.2Ma year
Peak month
July6.0× the quietest month
Top search term
water shoes6.6M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $17.61.

Listings sell for $17.61 on average, from $5.38 to $36.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At $17.61 that is $88K to $106K a year per listing.

Average price
$17.61inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.38–$36.60
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
$88K–$106K
Returns
5.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

97% 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 #222 within Shoes. It carries 14,270 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
97%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#222in Shoes
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
14,270per listing
Listings tracked
71

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 8 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Water Shoes 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 32% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

28 rising

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

32%

Top 20: 65%

Open market

38%

  • Brand 119%
  • Brand 211%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Water Shoes search demand

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

1.2M800KSpike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.0×

Search terms

Top Water Shoes search terms shoppers use

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

  • water shoes6.6M/yr
  • water shoes for women4.4M/yr
  • water shoes men2.2M/yr
  • mens water shoes1.8M/yr
  • womens water shoes1.6M/yr
  • barefoot shoes1.4M/yr
  • beach shoes611K/yr
  • swim shoes568K/yr
  • water shoes women447K/yr
  • water shoes for men394K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Water Shoes

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

25%of positive reviews mention “Comfort-Overall”
26%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
5.8%of orders come back
“Size down”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”26% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Water Shoes questions

Answered from the same tracked data.