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Gems

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.70–$11.79) — Gems doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

49
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Top 39% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +2 vs the category median of 47

Market size 11Growth 49Conversion 45Competition 68Returns 98Price range 0Avg price 17Brand share 74Review moat 71Quality gap 42
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Gems profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Gems is a £43K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (189K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 61% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Gems: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +18.9% over the last 90 days and 3.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£43K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr+18.9%189K
Conversion rate3.6%
Avg price£6.27

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 61% of demand, so 39% of the market is open.

39%

open market share

Brands · sellers26 · 32
Top-5 product click share44%
Open market39%
Avg brand age28 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 35 products

Sponsored placement91%
New entrants (1y)7· 5 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews677

Top Gems 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 44% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£9K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

61%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

36%

  • CANVALITE27%
  • JOLCEEY13%
  • Bolosa8%
  • sularpek7%
  • BEADSLAND5%
  • a2bsales4%

Gems demand & seasonality

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

Volume189KCVR3.6%Products35Brands26Top 5 Brands61%OOS Rate5.1%Rating4.5★Reviews677Avg BSR#39
15K10KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Top Gems search terms shoppers use

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

  • rhinestones for clothes38K/yr
  • gems for crafting49K/yr
  • diamante gems27K/yr
  • gems for clothes12K/yr
  • jems9K/yr
  • swarovski crystals11K/yr
  • fabric gems4K/yr
  • glass rhinestones5K/yr
  • diamante8K/yr
  • flat back gems5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gems

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Quality-Overall21%

Amazing quality

Color18%

lots of colours

Value For Money16%

Good value

Adhesion/Stickiness12%

Good adhesion

Brightness/Shine/Glow6%

they sparkle like crazy

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness41%

Does not stick very well

Size-Overall6%

though I think the largest ones are a little too big for my personal taste. I do still use them sometimes

Durability5%

Tool broke straight away

Quality-Overall4%

These strips are really bad quality

Smell4%

The smells a bit chemical though

Gems return rate & reasons

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

0.4%

Return rate

55%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
36%
2Adhesion/Stickiness
27%
3Color
8%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
6%
5Quality-Overall
4%

Common Gems questions

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

Flapen scores Gems 49/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £43K/yr across 35 tracked products. 5 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +18.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Gems on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov, where the busiest month runs 2.2× the quietest.