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Rubber Gloves

Fail

Prices span $0.82–$9.45, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Rubber Gloves is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 1,445 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£558K/yr857K searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 179 sellers

Flapen Score

Rubber Gloves against its category

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

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Rubber Gloves market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Rubber Gloves 857K times last year and spent an estimated £558K. The top 5 brands take 94% of clicks. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 18.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 857K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 18.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £558K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
857K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.2%
Conversion, latest week
18.6%
Market size, estimated
£558Ka year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
rubber gloves409K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.49.

Listings sell for £3.49 on average, from £0.82 to £9.45. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £3.49 that is £21K to £28K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.49under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.82–£9.45
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£21K–£28K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

80% 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 #51 within Safety & Security. It carries 3,666 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#51in Safety & Security
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,666per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Rubber Gloves products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 22, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£56K£112K£167K£223K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

179

Est. top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • Elbow Grease45%
  • Marigold19%
  • PRAIMA16%
  • SOL9%
  • by Amazon6%
  • airpure4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Demand

Rubber Gloves search demand

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

18K13KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Rubber Gloves search terms shoppers use

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

  • rubber gloves409K/yr
  • washing up gloves112K/yr
  • cleaning gloves91K/yr
  • kitchen gloves57K/yr
  • rubber gloves large34K/yr
  • rubber gloves medium34K/yr
  • washing gloves21K/yr
  • washing up gloves medium17K/yr
  • large rubber gloves10K/yr
  • kitchen gloves for washing dishes12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rubber Gloves

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

22%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
23%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.1%of orders come back
“Not true to size”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”23% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Rubber Gloves questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data