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Butterfly

soft demand (-13.7% this quarter) — Butterfly doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

41
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Market size 29Growth 18Conversion 38Competition 32Returns 98Price range 26Avg price 25Brand share 62Review moat 44Quality gap 43
This niche Category average

Is Butterfly profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Butterfly is a £125K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (455K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 68% of demand. Demand peaks in Aug–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.

Butterfly: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -13.7% over the last 90 days and 3.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£125K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-13.7%455K
Conversion rate3.0%
Avg price£9.01

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 68% of demand, so 32% of the market is open.

32%

open market share

Brands · sellers19 · 25
Top-5 product click share66%
Open market32%
Avg brand age26 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 · 21 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)3· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews2,126

Top Butterfly 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 66% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£12K£25K£37K£50K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

29%

  • Insect Lore44%
  • KARLOR11%
  • World of Shawls4%
  • Realjoy4%
  • Mtbricey4%
  • OneGift4%

Butterfly demand & seasonality

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

Volume455KCVR3.0%Products21Brands19Top 5 Brands68%OOS Rate6.0%Rating4.5★Reviews2,126Avg BSR#128
45K35KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.4×

Top Butterfly search terms shoppers use

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

  • butterfly280K/yr
  • butterflies35K/yr
  • butterfly gifts for women49K/yr
  • butterfly decorations22K/yr
  • butterfly gifts32K/yr
  • butterfly gift11K/yr
  • butterfly ornaments11K/yr
  • 3d butterflies7K/yr
  • butterflys4K/yr
  • butterflies decorations4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Butterfly

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

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Value For Money22%

Great value for money

Quality-Overall18%

This card is very well made

Fun/Entertainment Experience11%

Fun to open

Color9%

The colours were beautiful too

Gifting Purpose7%

have bought others as gifts

What buyers complain about

84% of reviews
Size-Overall20%

Quite small

Quality-Overall14%

looks very cheap

Durability13%

But light died after 6 months

Value For Money11%

ABIT expensive

Strength7%

very flimsy

Butterfly return rate & reasons

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

0.4%

Return rate

37%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
17%
2Value For Money
11%
3Functionality-Overall
9%
4Defective Material/Parts
8%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%

Common Butterfly questions

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

Flapen scores Butterfly 41/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £125K/yr across 21 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -13.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Butterfly on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Aug–Dec, where the busiest month runs 4.4× the quietest.