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title: "Reviews — padded shorts"
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# **Padded Shorts**

**Skip it**

Soft demand (-70.8% this quarter) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 7Growth 0Conversion 4Competition 63Returns 0Price range 95Avg price 95Brand share 49Review moat 35Quality gap 62

**Avg price**

**Incredible****$29.63**

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

**Price range**

**Incredible****$15.01–$48.31**

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

**Competition**

**Good****47%**

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

**Quality gap**

**Good****4.4★**

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

**Brand share**

**Okay****76%**

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

**Review moat**

**Okay****2,974.24**

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

**Market size**

**Bad****$27K**

$27K/yr · 285K searches

**Conversion**

**Bad****0.3%**

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

**Growth**

**Bad****-70.8%**

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

**Returns**

**Bad****12.4%**

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

**Signals**[** High Returns**](https://flapen.com/research/niches?market=us&signal=high_returns "Return rate > 5%")

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