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Doilies

Doilies shows low returns (0.4%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.24–$14.54) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look
Market size 19Growth 14Conversion 90Competition 57Returns 98Price range 0Avg price 15Brand share 84Review moat 95Quality gap 38
This niche Category average

Is Doilies profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Doilies is a £74K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (128K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 51% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Doilies: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -21.2% over the last 90 days and 10.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£74K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr-21.2%128K
Conversion rate10.7%
Avg price£5.40

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 51% of demand, so 49% of the market is open.

49%

open market share

Brands · sellers32 · 49
Top-5 product click share51%
Open market49%
Avg brand age29 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 · 36 products

Sponsored placement78%
New entrants (1y)20· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews99

Top Doilies 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 51% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond 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%

Doilies demand & seasonality

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

Volume128KCVR10.7%Products36Brands32Top 5 Brands51%OOS Rate4.1%Rating4.5★Reviews99Avg BSR#102
5K3KHoliday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Top Doilies search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Doilies

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

What buyers love

93% of reviews
Quality-Overall33%

I highly recommend these as they are well made

Value For Money17%

Reasonable value

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%

Just what I wanted

Size-Overall8%

fit for purpose

Ease Of Use6%

Handy, easy to use Doilies

What buyers complain about

65% of reviews
Color19%

Not Pink as per picture

Quality-Overall14%

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

Thickness10%

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

Size-Overall7%

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

Design-Overall5%

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

Doilies return rate & reasons

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

0.4%

Return rate

78%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
74%
2Quality-Overall
11%
3Thin
8%
4Shape/Style
3%
5Compatibility-Overall
3%

Common Doilies questions

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

Flapen scores Doilies 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £74K/yr across 36 tracked products. 0 of 20 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -21.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Doilies on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.1× the quietest.