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Tattoo Needles

soft demand (-2.4% this quarter) — Tattoo Needles doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

43
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Ranks 1,655 of 2,481 Beauty niches · −4 vs the category median of 47

Market size 28Growth 24Conversion 55Competition 28Returns 99Price range 50Avg price 64Brand share 24Review moat 62Quality gap 43
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Tattoo Needles profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Tattoo Needles is a £120K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (191K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.

Tattoo Needles: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -2.4% over the last 90 days and 4.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£120K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-2.4%191K
Conversion rate4.6%
Avg price£13.69

Who owns the niche?

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

9%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 10
Top-5 product click share68%
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 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 17 products

Sponsored placement6%
New entrants (1y)5· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,019

Top Tattoo Needles 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 68% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£12K£24K£36K£48K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

10

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • POSEIDON49%
  • UPTATSUPPLY16%
  • Tatooine13%
  • STIGMA9%
  • GBK5%
  • nuoshen5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 5%)

Tattoo Needles demand & seasonality

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

Volume191KCVR4.6%Products17Brands9Top 5 Brands91%OOS Rate3.3%Rating4.5★Reviews1,019Avg BSR#53
5K4KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Tattoo Needles search terms shoppers use

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

  • tattoo needles105K/yr
  • tattoo cartridge needles30K/yr
  • tattoo needles cartridge22K/yr
  • tattoo cartridges9K/yr
  • stigma tattoo cartridge needles7K/yr
  • tattoo needle6K/yr
  • tattoo needle cartridges5K/yr
  • tattoo needles cartridge mixed box4K/yr
  • tattoo gun needles3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tattoo Needles

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

What buyers love

98% of reviews
Quality-Overall46%

Best quality

Value For Money16%

Good value

Size-Overall13%

Fits my tattoo machine well

Design-Overall5%

The fountain pen-inspired tip design seems to do a good job of reducing splatter

Ease Of Use5%

Very useful

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Quality-Overall40%

not the best quality

Strength33%

the strength didn't really look good beforehand compared to others

Tattoo Needles return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

25%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
20%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
15%
3Compatibility-Overall
15%
4Jamming/Clogging
10%
5Size-Overall
10%

Common Tattoo Needles questions

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

Flapen scores Tattoo Needles 43/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £120K/yr across 17 tracked products. 2 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -2.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Tattoo Needles on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.