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Bloc

Bloc shows a sweet-spot price point ($27.57 avg), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

56
Worth a look
Market size 9Growth 84Conversion 27Competition 84Returns 90Price range 30Avg price 95Brand share 36Review moat 42Quality gap 60
This niche Category average

Is Bloc profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Bloc is a £36K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (60K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.

Bloc: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +81.3% over the last 90 days and 2.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£36K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr1K
Search volume / yr+81.3%60K
Conversion rate2.1%
Avg price£27.57

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand, so 16% of the market is open.

16%

open market share

Brands · sellers17 · 33
Top-5 product click share31%
Open market16%
Avg brand age58 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 55 products

Sponsored placement58%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews2,318

Top Bloc 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (31% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£2K£3K£4K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 rising

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

31%

Top 20: 67%

Open market

12%

  • Bloc51%
  • ICECUBE15%
  • Perfectmiaoxuan8%
  • RIVBOS5%
  • PUKCLAR5%
  • Rayruling4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (11 brands, 12%)

Top Bloc search terms shoppers use

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

  • bloc sunglasses mens21K/yr
  • bloc sunglasses13K/yr
  • bloc17K/yr
  • bloc sunglasses uk3K/yr
  • bloc sunglasses womens5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bloc

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

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Value For Money28%

not expensive

Quality-Overall19%

Excellent product

Comfort-Overall14%

He said they make everything clear and comfortable

Size-Overall11%

Fit perfectly

Shape/Style5%

nice style

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews
Quality-Overall26%

Read the feedback these are poor cheap crap

Durability17%

Bad durability

Strength10%

flimsy

Size-Overall5%

they suddenly felt loose

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

Misleading

Bloc return rate & reasons

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

1.2%

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
55%
2Quality-Overall
9%
3Shape/Style
9%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
4%
5Color
4%

Common Bloc questions

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

Flapen scores Bloc 56/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £36K/yr across 55 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +81.3% over the last 90 days.
Bloc buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Quality-Overall, Durability, Strength, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 1.2%.