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Thermal Labels

Fail

Demand is soft, at -14.6% this quarter, so Thermal Labels is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 447 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£165K/yr137K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Thermal Labels against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Thermal Labels market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Thermal Labels 137K times last year and spent an estimated £165K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

10.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 137K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £165K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
137K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.6%
Conversion, latest week
10.3%
Market size, estimated
£165Ka year
Peak month
June1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
thermal labels46K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.64.

Listings sell for £11.64 on average, from £4.08 to £57.09. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £11.64 that is £6K to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.64under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.08–£57.09
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£9K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #31 within Packaging & Shipping Supplies. It carries 2,086 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
96%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#31in Packaging & Shipping Supplies
Average rating
4.57 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,086per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Thermal Labels 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 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£16K£33K£49K£66K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

6%

  • MUNBYN47%
  • Double Dragon33%
  • iSOUL5%
  • Straame3%
  • eCompostable3%
  • QUASON3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 6%)

Demand

Thermal Labels search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Thermal Labels search terms shoppers use

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

  • thermal labels46K/yr
  • munbyn labels44K/yr
  • thermal printer labels32K/yr
  • thermal label7K/yr
  • munbyn thermal printer labels8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Thermal Labels

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

Complain

Quality-Overall16%+0.37

Cheapest price good quality

Average quality

Very thin low quality

Value For Money8%+0.57

Could be a little cheaper

Cheaper Available

hope it could be cheaper

Adhesion/Stickiness7%−0.04

Not very sticky

The adhesive feels quite tacky too-I stuck one onto a cardboard box

Very poor quality adhesive

Jamming/Clogging6%−0.06

so it gets jammed

Constantly jam in my printer

Keep jamming in printer

Size-Overall6%

Completely wrong size for what I wanted

Too big

Too small

Love

Quality-Overall20%+0.37

Reasonable price for a quality product

Excellent product

there is no loss of quality which is impressive

Value For Money13%+0.57

Excellent value for money

Cheap price

Excellent value

Ease Of Use10%+0.93

Quick and easy

and easy to work with, whether youre printing, packing, or general use

They are really useful to have around

Print Quality8%

The printing is very clear

Excellent print quality

Easy to print on

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+1.13

As advertised

Exactly what I needed

As described

Return

0.6% Return rate 32% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall25%██▆▆▇▆

Completely wrong size for what I wanted

Too big

Too small

Compatibility-Overall21%▅▄▇▇█▇

Not conpatible with mumbyn printer

Doesnt work on all printers

Couldnt be used with my printer

Functionality-Overall14%▇▅█▅▃▆
Connectivity-Overall7%▅▄▄▅▅█

Its not Bluetooth

Does not connect to Windows

Not able to use if app isnt connected

Print Quality5%▄▃▄█▇▄

FAQ

Common Thermal Labels questions

Answered from the same tracked data.