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Blue Gloves

Fail

Shoppers spend only $39K a year here, so Blue Gloves is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 422 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£39K/yr33K searches / yr
90-day growth
+10.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Blue Gloves against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Blue Gloves is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Blue Gloves market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Blue Gloves 33K times last year and spent an estimated £39K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

18.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 33K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 18.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +10.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £39K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
33K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+10.2%
Conversion, latest week
18.2%
Market size, estimated
£39Ka year
Peak month
October2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
clear vinyl gloves9K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.46.

Listings sell for £6.46 on average, from £2.60 to £22.45. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £6.46 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.46under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.60–£22.45
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£3K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

57% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 75% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #60 within Professional Medical Supplies. It carries 3,830 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
57%
Prime listings
75%
Out of stock, average day
1.9%
Average rank
#60in Professional Medical Supplies
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,830per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
54 months

Products

Top Blue Gloves products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£8K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

12%

  • GLOVEMAN34%
  • PRAIMA22%
  • PRIMEONE9%
  • Farla Medical9%
  • Gloveman8%
  • 1ABOVE7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 12%)

Demand

Blue Gloves search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

4K3KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Blue Gloves search terms shoppers use

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

  • clear vinyl gloves9K/yr
  • gloveman8K/yr
  • clear gloves7K/yr
  • gloveman medium gloves7K/yr
  • clear gloves disposable3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Blue Gloves

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Size-Overall45%−0.25

Come up very small

Very tight

Medium is far too tight

Quality-Overall15%−0.03

Absolute rubbish

Cheap good quality

Awful quality

Smell4%−0.04

Bad odour

Smells terrible

they stink

Thickness4%−0.02

not so thick that I can't feel what I'm doing

These gloves are thinner than other brands I've used

Too thin

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%+0.32

Product different to description

Your description is very confusing

These are not as advertised GLOVEMAN

Love

Quality-Overall23%−0.03

Reliable quality

EXCELLENT QUALITY PRODUCT

Good quality, delivered on time

Value For Money20%+2.01

great value

Good price

Excellent value for money

Size-Overall15%−0.25

Fits well

Fit XL Great

Perfect fit true to size

Grip7%+0.62

Theres no problem with grip

Perfect for my hands

Strong gloves

Ease Of Use6%+0.34

Easy to use

Easy to put on

Very Handy to have

Return

0.1% Return rate 75% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall59%▆▇█▇▇█

Come up very small

Very tight

Medium is far too tight

Quality-Overall7%█▃▄▃▂▇

Absolute rubbish

Cheap good quality

Awful quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▄▃▅▅█▂

Product different to description

Your description is very confusing

These are not as advertised GLOVEMAN

Smell4%█▃▁▃▂▁

Bad odour

Smells terrible

they stink

Durability3%▁▃▁▃█▆

a bit easy to tear though

one had torn

easy to rip they had become

FAQ

Common Blue Gloves questions

Answered from the same tracked data.