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Balaclava

Fail

Demand is soft, at -31.7% this quarter, so Balaclava is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 1,282 of 2,461 Fashion niches · −1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£493K/yr1.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-31.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 48 sellers

Flapen Score

Balaclava against its category

The dotted line is the Fashion average. Past it, Balaclava is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Balaclava market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Balaclava 1.2M times last year and spent an estimated £493K. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -31.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £493K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-31.7%
Conversion, latest week
5.0%
Market size, estimated
£493Ka year
Peak month
November3.7× the quietest month
Top search term
balaclava597K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.31.

Listings sell for £8.31 on average, from £2.61 to £26.92. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £8.31 that is £21K to £25K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.31under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.61–£26.92
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£21K–£25K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #84 within Accessories. It carries 6,761 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
4.3%
Average rank
#84in Accessories
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,761per listing
Listings tracked
18

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 43 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
43 months

Products

Top Balaclava 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 23, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 70% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£49K£99K£148K£197K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 flat

Sellers

48

Est. top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

21%

  • Achiou21%
  • LONGKING19%
  • fuinloth17%
  • NIKE9%
  • Trespass8%
  • ROCKBROS5%

Demand

Balaclava search demand

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

80K60KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.7×

Search terms

Top Balaclava search terms shoppers use

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

  • balaclava597K/yr
  • ski mask156K/yr
  • balaclavas for men100K/yr
  • nike ski mask40K/yr
  • motorbike balaclava27K/yr
  • motorcycle balaclava26K/yr
  • nike ski19K/yr
  • balaclava motorcycle17K/yr
  • nike balaclava30K/yr
  • face covering20K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Balaclava

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
24%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
1.0%of orders come back
“too tight”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”24% 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 Balaclava 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