Baby Elf on the Shelf
FailThe top 5 brands take 91% of clicks, so Baby Elf on the Shelf is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 47 / 100Top 42% of 3,143 Toys & Games niches · +1 vs the category median of 4647
- Market size
- $231K/yr759K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +39.1%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 66%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 41 sellers
Flapen Score
Baby Elf on the Shelf against its category
The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Baby Elf on the Shelf is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Baby Elf on the Shelf market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Baby Elf on the Shelf 759K times last year and spent an estimated $231K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 759K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +39.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $231K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 759K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +39.1%
- Conversion, latest week
- 2.0%
- Market size, estimated
- $231Ka year
- Peak month
- December165.2× the quietest month
- Top search term
- baby elf on the shelf228K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $14.99.
Listings sell for $14.99 on average, from $6.55 to $33.71. 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 $14.99 that is $37K to $45K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $14.99under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $6.55–$33.71
- 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
- $37K–$45K
- Returns
- 1.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
61% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 83% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #3,008 within Dolls. It carries 723 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 61%
- Prime listings
- 83%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.9%
- Average rank
- #3,008in Dolls
- Average rating
- 4.60 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 723per listing
- Listings tracked
- 18
04 · Newcomers
Brands here are young.
The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 0
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 33 months
Products
Top Baby 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 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
9 rising
Sellers
41
Top-5 brand share
91%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
66%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
6%
- Brand 162%
- Brand 214%
- Brand 37%
- Brand 44%
- Brand 54%
- Brand 63%
- Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 6%)
Demand
Baby Elf on the Shelf search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 165.2×
Search terms
Top Baby Elf on the Shelf search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- baby elf on the shelf228K/yr
- baby elf152K/yr
- elf on the shelf baby94K/yr
- elf baby56K/yr
- baby elves32K/yr
- elf baby doll6K/yr
- baby elfs19K/yr
- elf babies25K/yr
- elf on the shelf babies19K/yr
- frost pips24K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Baby Elf on the Shelf
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“the diaper that comes with it is huge”
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
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FAQ
Common Baby Elf on the Shelf questions
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