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Doilies

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But prices span $2.24–$14.54, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Doilies is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 44% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£74K/yr128K searches / yr
90-day growth
-21.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 32 brands · 49 sellers

Flapen Score

Doilies against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Doilies market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Doilies 128K times last year and spent an estimated £74K. The top 5 brands take 51% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 128K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -21.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £74K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
128K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-21.2%
Conversion, latest week
10.7%
Market size, estimated
£74Ka year
Peak month
December2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
doilies36K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.40.

Listings sell for £5.40 on average, from £2.24 to £14.54. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £5.40 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.40under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.24–£14.54
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #102 within Food Service Equipment & Supplies. It carries 99 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.1%
Average rank
#102in Food Service Equipment & Supplies
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
99per listing
Listings tracked
36

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 20 launches as successful.

20 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
20
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Doilies 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 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£6K£9K£12K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

32 rising

Sellers

49

Top-5 brand share

51%

Top 20: 87%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

45%

  • Party & Paper Solutions15%
  • Lumivra11%
  • Sliverdew11%
  • HUXILI9%
  • Tweruna5%
  • Happium4%

Demand

Doilies search demand

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

5K3KHoliday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Doilies search terms shoppers use

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

  • doilies36K/yr
  • paper doilies38K/yr
  • doilies lace paper16K/yr
  • lace doilies12K/yr
  • paper doilies white9K/yr
  • doily5K/yr
  • doyleys5K/yr
  • doyleys lace paper round4K/yr
  • paper doilies round3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Doilies

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

Complain

Color19%−0.13

Not Pink as per picture

Not so white as some I have had

Quality-Overall14%+0.31

theyre only a single ply to them which makes you question if theres actual food grade quality to them

Thickness10%−0.06

in spite of their being quite thin. compared to some I have had in the past

they are not made made of thick paper

Size-Overall7%−0.02

some are a little smaller than the stated sizes 3.5inch,6.5inch,8.5inch

The smallest sized ones have not been cut well

These are 4.5 inches, 6.25 inches, 7.25 inches and 8.25 inches in diameter and so apart from the smallest these are a quarter of an inch smaller in diameter than that stated in the listing

Design-Overall5%−0.02

I would have liked the design to have been the same for all of these

Love

Quality-Overall33%+0.31

I highly recommend these as they are well made

Good quality doilies

Excellent product

Value For Money17%+1.55

Reasonable value

Good value for money

Good price

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+1.21

Just what I wanted

Exactly as advertised

As described

Size-Overall8%−0.02

fit for purpose

I use all the sizes

just the right size Cynthia

Ease Of Use6%+0.71

Handy, easy to use Doilies

Easy to separate

Simple

Return

0.4% Return rate 78% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall74%▆█▇▇▅▆

some are a little smaller than the stated sizes 3.5inch,6.5inch,8.5inch

The smallest sized ones have not been cut well

These are 4.5 inches, 6.25 inches, 7.25 inches and 8.25 inches in diameter and so apart from the smallest these are a quarter of an inch smaller in diameter than that stated in the listing

Quality-Overall11%█▁▁▆▅▆

theyre only a single ply to them which makes you question if theres actual food grade quality to them

Thin8%▁▁▁▁█▆
Shape/Style3%▁▁▁▁█▁
Compatibility-Overall3%

FAQ

Common Doilies questions

Answered from the same tracked data.