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Cooking Gloves

Fail

Prices span $3.42–$5.47, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Cooking Gloves is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 1,901 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −10 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£33K/yr43K searches / yr
90-day growth
+12.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
72%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

Cooking Gloves against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Cooking Gloves is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cooking Gloves market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cooking Gloves 43K times last year and spent an estimated £33K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

16.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 43K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 16.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +12.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £33K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
43K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+12.0%
Conversion, latest week
16.2%
Market size, estimated
£33Ka year
Peak month
January5.0× the quietest month
Top search term
black nitrile gloves medium11K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.74.

Listings sell for £4.74 on average, from £3.42 to £5.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £4.74 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.74under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.42–£5.47
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #78 within Safety & Security. It carries 7,783 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
6.6%
Average rank
#78in Safety & Security
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
7,783per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
46 months

Products

Top Cooking Gloves 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 72% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£3K£7K£10K£13K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • PRAIMA53%
  • UNIGLOVES19%
  • NT-ling7%
  • 1ABOVE4%
  • FleXcel4%
  • Hand-E Touch3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 10%)

Demand

Cooking Gloves search demand

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

5K3KSpike '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.0×

Search terms

Top Cooking Gloves search terms shoppers use

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

  • black nitrile gloves medium11K/yr
  • black gloves medium4K/yr
  • nail gloves6K/yr
  • hairdressing gloves5K/yr
  • black latex gloves medium9K/yr
  • nail tech gloves4K/yr
  • black latex free gloves3K/yr
  • black nitrile disposable65/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cooking Gloves

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

Complain

Size-Overall20%−0.09

Not true to size

Smaller than expected

Large

Thickness14%−0.09

The black too thick for my needs

Bit on the thin side

wanted them to be thicker

Quality-Overall14%+0.73

Garbage

Not great quality

Absolutely rubbish quality

Durability10%−0.04

breaks easily

they are not very durable

breaks in a minutes

Strength5%−0.01

Not so strong

Not very sturdy

Too fragile

Love

Quality-Overall22%+0.73

Excellent Product

Great seller and great product

Good price:quality ratio

Size-Overall16%−0.09

fits true to size

Fits like a glove

Fabulous fit

Value For Money12%+1.22

Excellent value for money

Good value for money

Good Value

Grip10%+1.12

Grip is good

so its easy to get a good grip on things

palms offer excellent grip

Durability5%−0.04

long lasting and comfy

durable if I use them for cleaning

Strong and durable

Return

0.1% Return rate 86% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall80%▇▆▇█▇█

Not true to size

Smaller than expected

Large

Quality-Overall4%██▂▄▄▂

Garbage

Not great quality

Absolutely rubbish quality

Thin2%▁▆██▄▅
Smell2%▅█▂▅▅▁

my last order disappointed me singe 2 boxes out of the 4 ordered smell strongly of sulphur

Strong sulphur smell for too much accelerator

Tear Resistance2%▇▁█▁▂▅

Tear easily

Rip easy

They tear when putting them on no good for use as a mechanic

FAQ

Common Cooking Gloves questions

Answered from the same tracked data.