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Cycling Gloves

Maybe

The top 5 products take only 35% of clicks. But buyers convert on only 1.5% of searches, so Cycling Gloves is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 21% of 2,461 Fashion niches · +8 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£120K/yr728K searches / yr
90-day growth
+30.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Cycling Gloves against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cycling Gloves market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cycling Gloves 728K times last year and spent an estimated £120K. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 728K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +30.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £120K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
728K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+30.3%
Conversion, latest week
1.5%
Market size, estimated
£120Ka year
Peak month
December4.9× the quietest month
Top search term
cycling gloves216K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.68.

Listings sell for £10.68 on average, from £4.18 to £32.38. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £10.68 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.68under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.18–£32.38
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
2.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #21 within Sport Specific Clothing. It carries 2,718 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.1%
Average rank
#21in Sport Specific Clothing
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,718per listing
Listings tracked
56

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 53 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
53 months

Products

Top Cycling 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 only 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£5K£10K£14K£19K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

23 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 66%

Open market

39%

  • WESTWOOD FOX20%
  • Lamicall14%
  • toptrek9%
  • BEAST RAGE7%
  • WFX6%
  • FDX5%

Demand

Cycling Gloves search demand

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

90K70KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.9×

Search terms

Top Cycling Gloves search terms shoppers use

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

  • cycling gloves216K/yr
  • mtb gloves94K/yr
  • bike gloves85K/yr
  • cycling gloves for men84K/yr
  • mountain bike gloves47K/yr
  • fingerless cycling gloves13K/yr
  • bike gloves mens26K/yr
  • mtb gloves for men16K/yr
  • mens cycling gloves23K/yr
  • biking gloves19K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cycling Gloves

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

Complain

Size-Overall30%−0.18

They are very short

Too big

Very small

Quality-Overall10%−0.02

Poor quality

Utter rubbish

the finish quality is average at best

Durability8%−0.11

Broke in few uses

frayed would last no time so am returning

Not durable

Comfort-Overall8%0.00

I always end up with discomfort

Very uncomfortable rubbish

Very tight fit to the point of being uncomfortable

Stitch/Finish/Polish2%−0.04

the stitching finish around the fingers is shoddy

unfortunately the stitching is very bulky and uncomfortable

ripping at the seams within about 3 wears

Love

Size-Overall16%−0.18

sizes are as expected

True to size

Fit perfectly

Grip15%+1.47

Good grip

Good pair of grip gloves

Comfortable and Secure Grip

Quality-Overall13%−0.02

appear well made

Excellent product

Really nice quality gloves

Comfort-Overall12%0.00

And comfortable

Comfortable and Secure Grip

for everyday use these are perfectly adequate and still provide a good level of comfort and grip

Value For Money11%+0.15

Good value for money

Great buy

Good for the money

Return

2.0% Return rate 92% Fixable by listing

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They are very short

Too big

Very small

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Poor quality

Utter rubbish

the finish quality is average at best

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I always end up with discomfort

Very uncomfortable rubbish

Very tight fit to the point of being uncomfortable

Stitch/Finish/Polish1%▁▃▆█▁▄

the stitching finish around the fingers is shoddy

unfortunately the stitching is very bulky and uncomfortable

ripping at the seams within about 3 wears

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FAQ

Common Cycling Gloves questions

Answered from the same tracked data.