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Sole Protector

Maybe

The products selling today average only 4.1★. But demand is soft, at -3.8% this quarter, so Sole Protector is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 36% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$208K/yr340K searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

Sole Protector against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Sole Protector is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sole Protector market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Sole Protector 340K times last year and spent an estimated $208K. The top 5 brands take 63% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 340K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $208K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
340K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.8%
Conversion, latest week
5.0%
Market size, estimated
$208Ka year
Peak month
December1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
sole protector92K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $12.25.

Listings sell for $12.25 on average, from $5.37 to $19.93. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $12.25 that is $3K to $6K a year per listing.

Average price
$12.25under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.37–$19.93
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$6K
Returns
2.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #228 within Foot Health. It carries 1,010 reviews at 4.11 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.2%
Average rank
#228in Foot Health
Average rating
4.11 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,010per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

7 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 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Sole Protector 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

32%

  • Brand 125%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Sole Protector search demand

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

10K6KHoliday '24Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Sole Protector search terms shoppers use

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

  • sole protector92K/yr
  • shoe sole protector64K/yr
  • sole protector for heels27K/yr
  • shoe bottom protector21K/yr
  • sole protector for sneakers35K/yr
  • sneaker sole protector15K/yr
  • heel sole protector9K/yr
  • sole protectors for designer shoes4K/yr
  • bottom shoe protector10K/yr
  • sole protectors8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sole Protector

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
30%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
2.8%of orders come back
“Poor adhesion”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”30% 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 Sole Protector questions

Answered from the same tracked data.