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Rubber Gloves

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($0.82–$9.45) — Rubber Gloves doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Market size 62Growth 21Conversion 99Competition 35Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 10Brand share 14Review moat 28Quality gap 43
This niche Category average

Is Rubber Gloves profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Rubber Gloves is a £558K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (857K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Rubber Gloves: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -7.2% over the last 90 days and 18.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£558K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr200K
Search volume / yr-7.2%857K
Conversion rate18.6%
Avg price£3.49

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

6%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 179
Top-5 product click share64%
Open market6%
Avg brand age49 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 · 20 products

Sponsored placement80%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews3,666

Top Rubber Gloves 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 64% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

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

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

179

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

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%)

Rubber Gloves demand & seasonality

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

Volume857KCVR18.6%Products20Brands7Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews3,666Avg BSR#51
18K13KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Rubber Gloves search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rubber Gloves

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

What buyers love

84% of reviews
Quality-Overall22%

The quality is reasonable

Value For Money16%

Great value

Size-Overall15%

Great size for me

Grip7%

Useful gloves

Durability5%

Very Durable

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Size-Overall23%

Not true to size

Quality-Overall11%

Cheap quality

Durability11%

breaks easily

Thickness10%

Bit thin

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%

Not as advertised

Rubber Gloves return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

79%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
72%
2Thin
5%
3Quality-Overall
4%
4Durability
3%
5Material Quality
3%

Common Rubber Gloves questions

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

Flapen scores Rubber Gloves 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £558K/yr across 20 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -7.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Rubber Gloves on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.