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Womens Athletic Shorts 5 Inch Inseam

Womens Athletic Shorts 5 Inch Inseam shows a fragmented shelf (top 5 take 13% of clicks), but a small market ($14K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

53
Worth a look

Top 19% of 16,930 Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry niches · +8 vs the category median of 45

Market size 3Growth 93Conversion 6Competition 97Returns 4Price range 81Avg price 94Brand share 68Review moat 25Quality gap 67
This niche Category average · 16,930 niches

Is Womens Athletic Shorts 5 Inch Inseam profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Womens Athletic Shorts 5 Inch Inseam is a $14K/yr Amazon United States market (139K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 64% of demand. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.

Womens Athletic Shorts 5 Inch Inseam: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +103.9% over the last 90 days and 0.4% of searches end in a purchase.

$14K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr1K
Search volume / yr+103.9%139K
Conversion rate0.4%
Avg price$22.74

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 64% of demand, so 36% of the market is open.

36%

open market share

Brands · sellers54 · 111
Top-5 product click share13%
Open market36%
Avg brand age33 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 215 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)53· 19 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews4,090

Top Womens Athletic Shorts 5 Inch Inseam products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (13% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$139$278$418$557101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

54 rising

Sellers

111

Top-5 brand share

64%

Top 20: 87%

Top-5 click share

13%

Top 20: 30%

Open market

35%

  • baleaf46%
  • G Gradual5%
  • MAGCOMSEN4%
  • Lee4%
  • luvamia3%
  • Willit2%

Womens Athletic Shorts 5 Inch Inseam demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume139KCVR0.4%Products215Brands54Top 5 Brands64%OOS Rate0.5%Rating4.3★Reviews4,090Avg BSR#656
15K10KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 12.9×

Top Womens Athletic Shorts 5 Inch Inseam search terms shoppers use

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

  • shorts for women over 6013K/yr
  • womens 7 inch athletic shorts14K/yr
  • womens pull on shorts 7 inch inseam11K/yr
  • womens shorts 7 inch9K/yr
  • baleaf bermuda shorts women8K/yr
  • best shorts for women over 607K/yr
  • baleaf shorts women 7 inch9K/yr
  • baleaf running shorts women10K/yr
  • womens 8 inch inseam shorts6K/yr
  • womens shorts 7 inch inseam loose fit7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Womens Athletic Shorts 5 Inch Inseam

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

75% of reviews
Size-Overall27%

not too tight

Comfort-Overall19%

is comfortable for me

Pockets/Compartments5%

Nice pockets

Quality-Overall5%

The quality feels really solid

Color4%

Colors are nice variety

What buyers complain about

51% of reviews
Size-Overall27%

Too short

Material Quality6%

Cheap material

Quality-Overall4%

cheap

Color2%

No navy blue

Thickness2%

They are a thinner

Womens Athletic Shorts 5 Inch Inseam return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

11.0%

Return rate

83%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
50%
2Waist Fit
11%
3Length
8%
4Material Quality
6%
5Thigh Fit
6%

Common Womens Athletic Shorts 5 Inch Inseam questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Womens Athletic Shorts 5 Inch Inseam 53/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $14K/yr across 215 tracked products. 19 of 53 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +103.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Womens Athletic Shorts 5 Inch Inseam on Amazon United States peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul–Aug, where the busiest month runs 12.9× the quietest.