sliding shorts
Skip itSoft demand (-27.1% this quarter) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Avg price
Great$19.30avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Competition
Great30%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Price range
Great$9.09–$54.22cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Review moat
Good1,243.27avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Market size
Okay$165K$165K/yr · 359K searches
Brand share
Okay86%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Conversion
Okay2.4%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Quality gap
Bad4.6★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Returns
Bad5.5%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Growth
Bad-27.1%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, sliding shorts is a $165K/yr Amazon United States market (359K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.
Data updated Jul 25, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
sliding shorts market data
- Units sold / yr
- 10K–13K
- avg 100–250/product
- Revenue / yr
- $193K–$241K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 2.4%
- Avg BSR
- #552
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 88%
- Out of stock
- 1.0%
- Avg brand age
- 47 months
- Avg seller age
- 143 days
Competition & brand share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (30% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
16 rising
Sellers
50
Top-5 brand share
86%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
30%
Top 20: 66%
Open market
10%
- Youper53%
- COOLOMG13%
- KOOPOW11%
- Franklin Sports5%
- Marucci4%
- Under Armour4%
- Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 10%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -27.1% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.9×
Top sliding shorts search terms
- sliding shorts57K/yr
- baseball sliding shorts58K/yr
- sliding shorts baseball youth32K/yr
- youth sliding shorts29K/yr
- sliding shorts baseball adult19K/yr
- mens sliding shorts baseball16K/yr
- baseball sliding pants15K/yr
- youth sliding shorts with cup14K/yr
- boys sliding shorts13K/yr
- mens baseball sliding shorts14K/yr
Top sliding shorts products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Youper Adult Elite Compression Padded Sliding Shorts w/Cup Pocket for Baseball Football (White Medium)
Youper$19.684.6★2,292 rev
Youper Adult Elite Compression Padded Sliding Shorts w/Cup Pocket for Baseball Football (White Small)
Youper$19.614.6★2,292 rev
Youper Boys Youth Padded Sliding Shorts with Soft Protective Athletic Cup for Baseball Football Lacrosse (White Grey Medium)
Youper$19.354.7★4,547 rev
Youper Youth Elite Compression Padded Sliding Shorts w/Cup Pocket for Baseball Football (White Small)
Youper$17.724.7★1,892 rev
Youper Youth Elite Padded Baseball Sliding Shorts w/Soft Cup (Small) White
Youper$19.714.7★1,526 rev
Newest
by launch date
COOLOMG Youth Boys Baseball Sliding Shorts with Soft Athletic Cup White M
COOLOMG$19.17171 rev
Under Armour Boys Utility Slider Shorts (100) White / / Mod Gray Youth Medium
Under Armour$19.5121 rev
COOLOMG Men Adult Padded Baseball Sliding Shorts with Cup Pocket for Softball Football Hockey Black
COOLOMG$19.68110 rev
KOOPOW Men Adult Compression Padded Sliding Shorts Pants Baseball Slider
KOOPOW$16.16304 rev
KOOPOW Adult Padded Sliding Shorts Men Slider Shorts Sliding Pads with Cup Pocket for Baseball Football Lacrosse Hockey
KOOPOW$19.04304 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
Youth Boys Padded Compression Sliding Shorts Pants With Soft Cup & Pocket
KOOPOW$13.514.7★
Youper Boys Youth Padded Sliding Shorts with Cup Pocket for Baseball Football Lacrosse (White Yellow (No Cup) Small)
Youper$14.304.7★
Youper Boys Youth Padded Sliding Shorts with Soft Protective Athletic Cup for Baseball Football Lacrosse (White Grey Medium)
Youper$19.354.7★
Youper Boys Youth Padded Sliding Shorts with Cup Pocket for Baseball Football Lacrosse (White Grey Medium)
Youper$14.224.7★
KOOPOW Men Adult Compression Padded Sliding Shorts Pants Baseball Slider
KOOPOW$16.164.6★
What buyers say about sliding shorts
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“True to size”
“Comfortable and Sizing pretty accurate”
“Great product well made”
“Very nice product for the price point”
“Comfortable and good side padding”
“Very comfortable material”
“Greater slider”
“So far they have been durable”
“Great for sports”
“Exactly what we needed”
What buyers complain about
“they are way too big”
“Worn once and washed once and the waistband came detached”
“Not even close to fitting athletic thighs”
“Runs big, very thin”
“Overall not good quality”
“one with a nasty yellow tint to it”
“They shrunk a little as I expected so I bought them a little big”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is sliding shorts profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $165K/yr across 64 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -27.1%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (42/100).
- How competitive is the sliding shorts niche?
- 16 brands and 50 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 30% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 86% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in sliding shorts?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Size-Overall, Washability, Thigh Fit. The return rate is 5.5% — above our launch gate.
- When does demand for sliding shorts peak?
- Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May; the busiest month runs 5.9× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the sliding shorts niche?
- Listings span $9.09–$54.22; the average listing price is $19.30 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,243 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.