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Dustin

soft demand (-59.7% this quarter) — Dustin doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

44
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Ranks 1,703 of 3,143 Toys & Games niches · −2 vs the category median of 46

Market size 50Growth 0Conversion 31Competition 49Returns 91Price range 88Avg price 93Brand share 21Review moat 74Quality gap 17
This niche Category average · 3,143 niches

Is Dustin profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Dustin is a $279K/yr Amazon United States market (508K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

Dustin: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -59.7% over the last 90 days and 2.5% of searches end in a purchase.

$279K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-59.7%508K
Conversion rate2.5%
Avg price$22.23

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand, so 9% of the market is open.

9%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 207
Top-5 product click share55%
Open market9%
Avg brand age33 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 24 products

Sponsored placement46%
New entrants (1y)16· 16 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews538

Top Dustin products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 55% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$14K$28K$42K$56K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

207

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

7%

  • Care Bears58%
  • Funko16%
  • Basic Fun11%
  • Jazwares4%
  • POP2%
  • Bioworld2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 7%)

Dustin demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume508KCVR2.5%Products24Brands11Top 5 Brands91%OOS Rate8.1%Rating4.7★Reviews538Avg BSR#10,897
4K3KSpike '26Mar '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26

Top Dustin search terms shoppers use

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

  • dustin32K/yr
  • stranger things care bears134K/yr
  • stranger things dustin45K/yr
  • dustin stranger things32K/yr
  • care bears stranger things43K/yr
  • dustin funko pop29K/yr
  • dustin henderson13K/yr
  • care bear stranger things26K/yr
  • stranger things care bear35K/yr
  • stranger things funko pop dustin19K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dustin

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

86% of reviews
Quality-Overall18%

Good quality

Collectibles14%

Awesome collector item

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%

exactly as pictured

Gifting Purpose11%

My son loved getting this as a gift

Size-Overall10%

Perfect size

What buyers complain about

79% of reviews
Size-Overall47%

It's kinda short

Quality-Overall18%

the quality control on this particular plush was disappointing

Product Condition6%

I think this item was used

Stitch/Finish/Polish4%

The stitching seemed uneven

Print Quality3%

the print is low quality

Dustin return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

1.2%

Return rate

47%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Value For Money
33%
2Size-Overall
32%
3Color
5%
4Defective Material/Parts
5%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
4%

Common Dustin questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Dustin 44/100 on Amazon United States — Skip it. The niche generates $279K/yr across 24 tracked products. 16 of 16 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -59.7% over the last 90 days.
Dustin buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Size-Overall, Quality-Overall, Product Condition, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 1.2%.