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Shade Sail

Maybe

Search demand grew +115.9% this quarter. But buyers convert on only 1.1% of searches, so Shade Sail is a Maybe.

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Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 39% of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · +2 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$1.3M/yr3.9M searches / yr
90-day growth
+115.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

Shade Sail against its category

The dotted line is the Patio, Lawn & Garden average. Past it, Shade Sail is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Shade Sail market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Shade Sail 3.9M times last year and spent an estimated $1.3M. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +115.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.9M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+115.9%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
$1.3Ma year
Peak month
June9.0× the quietest month
Top search term
sun shades outdoor patio620K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $29.27.

Listings sell for $29.27 on average, from $10.18 to $58.00. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At $29.27 that is $73K to $88K a year per listing.

Average price
$29.27inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$10.18–$58.00
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
$73K–$88K
Returns
4.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #29 within Umbrellas & Shade. It carries 4,563 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.4%
Average rank
#29in Umbrellas & Shade
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
4,563per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

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

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 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
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Shade Sail 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 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

19%

  • Brand 135%
  • Brand 217%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Shade Sail search demand

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

225K175KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.0×

Search terms

Top Shade Sail search terms shoppers use

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

  • sun shades outdoor patio620K/yr
  • shade sail521K/yr
  • patio shade321K/yr
  • shade canopy323K/yr
  • sun shade sail258K/yr
  • shade281K/yr
  • sail shade191K/yr
  • sunshades for patio199K/yr
  • outdoor shade184K/yr
  • pool shade115K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shade Sail

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Sun Shade/Wind Shield”
20%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
4.1%of orders come back
“Product very low quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”20% 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 Shade Sail questions

Answered from the same tracked data.