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Nicky Defend Paper Hand Towels

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But demand is soft, at -35.5% this quarter, so Nicky Defend Paper Hand Towels is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 27% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£114K/yr38K searches / yr
90-day growth
-35.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 138 sellers

Flapen Score

Nicky Defend Paper Hand Towels against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Nicky Defend Paper Hand Towels is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Nicky Defend Paper Hand Towels market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Nicky Defend Paper Hand Towels 38K times last year and spent an estimated £114K. The top 5 brands take 90% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

11.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 38K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -35.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £114K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
38K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-35.5%
Conversion, latest week
11.2%
Market size, estimated
£114Ka year
Peak month
March2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
tork hand towels17K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £26.81.

Listings sell for £26.81 on average, from £8.25 to £61.99. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £26.81 that is £0 to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£26.81inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.25–£61.99
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£3K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 82% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #163 within Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies. It carries 1,257 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
82%
Out of stock, average day
1.5%
Average rank
#163in Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,257per listing
Listings tracked
39

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
63 months

Products

Top Nicky Defend Paper Hand Towels 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 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£9K£14K£18K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

138

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

8%

  • Tork65%
  • AmazonCommercial13%
  • Scott5%
  • SUZZYVINE4%
  • Kimberly-Clark4%
  • Tropical Pro Prime1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 8%)

Demand

Nicky Defend Paper Hand Towels search demand

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

1K750Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26JunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Feb, Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Nicky Defend Paper Hand Towels search terms shoppers use

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

  • tork hand towels17K/yr
  • tork10K/yr
  • disposable hand towels for bathroom6K/yr
  • v fold paper hand towels4K/yr
  • nicky hand towels956/yr
  • nicky defend paper hand towels781/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Nicky Defend Paper Hand Towels

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

Complain

Thickness21%−0.14

As thin as tissue paper

Not very thick

The paper is so thin

Value For Money17%−0.09

Not value for money

Expensive paper towels

not cost effective for me

Quality-Overall14%+2.07

Probably buy better quality towels in the future

Poor quality

This batch was not of the same quality as before

Size-Overall11%−0.05

now it can not fit in the towel dispenser

Smaller than I thought

they are much smaller than previous cloths I've purchased

Hard Feel7%−0.07

wasn't soft at all

Rough as sandpaper

They feel rough

Love

Quality-Overall37%+2.07

Highly recommend if you want premium quality

Excellent quality and perfect for sustainable use

Excellent product

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.13

GOOD AS EXPLAINED

just what I needed

As described

Value For Money8%−0.09

Best price

Excellent value for money

good value

Ease Of Cleaning6%+0.56

they are beautiful clean fresh

so much better than a towel cleaner more hygieneic

Nice disposable towels

Ease Of Use5%+0.27

Easy to use

Lovely product for my wife to use, easily disposed of & have purchased several boxes since & will again

Easy to place into our dispencers

Return

0.1% Return rate 57% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall48%▇▆▅█▆▅

now it can not fit in the towel dispenser

Smaller than I thought

they are much smaller than previous cloths I've purchased

Quality-Overall19%▁▅▃▁▄█

Probably buy better quality towels in the future

Poor quality

This batch was not of the same quality as before

Dispensing Mechanism7%▄▂▂▁█▃
Advertised Vs Actual Product4%█▁▁▆▆▅

Misleading and terrible

Value For Money2%█▁▇▆▁▁

Not value for money

Expensive paper towels

not cost effective for me

FAQ

Common Nicky Defend Paper Hand Towels questions

Answered from the same tracked data.