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Gloves

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But prices span $1.08–$9.92, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Gloves is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 12% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +9 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£3.4M/yr4.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 131 sellers

Flapen Score

Gloves against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Gloves market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Gloves 4.8M times last year and spent an estimated £3.4M. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

15.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 4.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
4.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.5%
Conversion, latest week
15.8%
Market size, estimated
£3.4Ma year
Peak month
November2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
disposable gloves948K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.44.

Listings sell for £4.44 on average, from £1.08 to £9.92. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 600K to 800K a year. The average listing sells 12,500 to 15,000 of them. At £4.44 that is £56K to £67K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.44under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.08–£9.92
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
600K–800K
Units per listing a year
12,500–15,000
Revenue per listing a year
£56K–£67K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 73% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #20 within Safety & Security. It carries 6,978 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
73%
Out of stock, average day
2.4%
Average rank
#20in Safety & Security
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,978per listing
Listings tracked
41

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 56 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
56 months

Products

Top 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£135K£269K£404K£539K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

131

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 80%

Open market

11%

  • PRAIMA40%
  • by Amazon22%
  • Farla Medical11%
  • UNIGLOVES9%
  • Elbow Grease5%
  • 1ABOVE3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 11%)

Demand

Gloves search demand

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

400K300KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Gloves search terms shoppers use

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

  • disposable gloves948K/yr
  • gloves1.3M/yr
  • rubber gloves409K/yr
  • nitrile gloves341K/yr
  • latex gloves310K/yr
  • gloves disposable medium217K/yr
  • gloves disposable large122K/yr
  • black gloves199K/yr
  • nitrile gloves medium100K/yr
  • latex free gloves99K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gloves

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

Complain

Size-Overall25%−0.14

Not true to size

Bit small

Don't fit

Quality-Overall14%+0.75

Lack of quality control

Cheap quality

Awful quality

Thickness8%−0.06

Cheap thin

The black too thick for my needs

wanted them to be thicker

Durability8%−0.03

breaks easily

they are not very durable

breaks in a minutes

Strength5%

Not strong

A bit flimsy

Too fragile

Love

Quality-Overall22%+0.75

The quality is reasonable

Decent quality at a sensible price

Decent quality

Size-Overall15%−0.14

Fits like a glove

fits true to size

Fabulous fit

Value For Money15%+1.81

Best price

Good value for money

Excellent value for money

Grip9%+0.97

Easy to put on the hand dont get stuck

Good grip

so its easy to get a good grip on things

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.27

As advertised

As described

Exactly what I needed

Return

0.1% Return rate 88% Fixable by listing

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Not true to size

Bit small

Don't fit

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Lack of quality control

Cheap quality

Awful quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%▃▅▅█▄▄

Not as advertised

Not as described

the image is perhaps a little misleading

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Bad odour

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

Sulfur stench

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FAQ

Common Gloves questions

Answered from the same tracked data.