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Earring Backs

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But prices span $2.49–$8.31, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Earring Backs is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 21% of 2,461 Fashion niches · +8 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£207K/yr378K searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 27 brands · 51 sellers

Flapen Score

Earring Backs against its category

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

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

Market

The Earring Backs market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Earring Backs 378K times last year and spent an estimated £207K. The top 5 brands take 58% of clicks. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

14.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 378K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £207K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
378K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.0%
Conversion, latest week
14.4%
Market size, estimated
£207Ka year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
earring backs164K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.82.

Listings sell for £3.82 on average, from £2.49 to £8.31. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £3.82 that is £6K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.82under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.49–£8.31
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£8K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #44 within Shoe, Jewellery & Watch Accessories. It carries 739 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.7%
Average rank
#44in Shoe, Jewellery & Watch Accessories
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
739per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 12 launches as successful.

12 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 28 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Earring Backs 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£17K£25K£33K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

27 rising

Sellers

51

Top-5 brand share

58%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

36%

  • Humble Nook18%
  • Medo14%
  • Ailiver10%
  • EETU9%
  • LOX6%
  • TEAMIOULING6%

Demand

Earring Backs search demand

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

10K6KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Earring Backs search terms shoppers use

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

  • earring backs164K/yr
  • earring backs for studs69K/yr
  • plastic earring backs24K/yr
  • silicone earring backs17K/yr
  • earring backs plastic soft clear silicone13K/yr
  • rubber earring backs15K/yr
  • earing backs14K/yr
  • backs for earrings for women7K/yr
  • earrings backs8K/yr
  • earring back5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Earring Backs

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

Complain

Size-Overall39%−0.38

Although a little bigger than I would like

Really small

doesnt fit

Quality-Overall10%+0.83

Cheap

Rubbish

Poor quality

Ease Of Use6%+0.25

couldnt use

quite hard to open without spilling the small backs

as they were very difficult for me to handle

Durability4%−0.06

Awful first one broke immediately

Not very durable

Fall off

Value For Money4%+1.23

too expensive

And although the price can look steep

Waste of money

Love

Value For Money23%+1.23

Great value

Excellent value

Excellent price

Quality-Overall19%+0.83

Excellent product

They are all well made

Good variety

Size-Overall14%−0.38

Come in a small

A good variety of different sizes

Perfect fit

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.59

As advertised

As described

Does what it says

Ease Of Use9%+0.25

Easy to use

easy to attach

are easy to remove

Return

0.3% Return rate 79% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall72%▇▇▇█▇█

Although a little bigger than I would like

Really small

doesnt fit

Quality-Overall6%▇▃█▁▅▁

Cheap

Rubbish

Poor quality

Functionality-Overall4%▁█▁▁▆▄
Advertised Vs Actual Product4%█▁▁▄▇▄

its deceiving

These plastic earring backs are, as was previously stated, very narrow,

Ease Of Use3%▁▃▄█▆▁

couldnt use

quite hard to open without spilling the small backs

as they were very difficult for me to handle

FAQ

Common Earring Backs questions

Answered from the same tracked data.