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Black Elf on the Shelf

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $11K a year here, so Black Elf on the Shelf is a Fail.

Flapen Score
27
27 / 100
Ranks 10,897 of 11,240 Home & Kitchen niches · −22 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$11K/yr187K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 46 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Elf on the Shelf against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Kitchen average. Past it, Black Elf on the Shelf is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

27Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Elf on the Shelf market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Black Elf on the Shelf 187K times last year and spent an estimated $11K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 27 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 187K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $11K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
187K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.0%
Conversion, latest week
0.3%
Market size, estimated
$11Ka year
Peak month
December295.3× the quietest month
Top search term
black elf on the shelf74K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $16.66.

Listings sell for $16.66 on average, from $9.53 to $32.26. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $16.66 that is $8K to $12K a year per listing.

Average price
$16.66inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.53–$32.26
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$8K–$12K
Returns
2.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

42% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 75% ship with Prime. On an average day, 15.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #2,976 within Collectible Figurines. It carries 3,867 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
42%
Prime listings
75%
Out of stock, average day
15.8%
Average rank
#2,976in Collectible Figurines
Average rating
4.57 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,867per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Black Elf on the Shelf 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 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

46

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 144%
  • Brand 233%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Black Elf on the Shelf search demand

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

90K70KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 295.3×

Search terms

Top Black Elf on the Shelf search terms shoppers use

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

  • black elf on the shelf74K/yr
  • black elf15K/yr
  • elf on the shelf black17K/yr
  • brown elf on the shelf12K/yr
  • black elves3K/yr
  • brown elf3K/yr
  • african american elf on the shelf4K/yr
  • black girl elf on the shelf8K/yr
  • elf on the shelf brown6K/yr
  • black elf on a shelf3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Elf on the Shelf

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

31%of positive reviews mention “Fun/Entertainment Experience”
33%of negative reviews mention “Strength”
2.2%of orders come back
“Flimsy”
A buyer, on “Strength”33% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Elf on the Shelf questions

Answered from the same tracked data.