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Friendship

Friendship shows low returns (0.5%), but a small market ($38K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

52
Worth a look
Market size 10Growth 18Conversion 37Competition 91Returns 98Price range 60Avg price 23Brand share 97Review moat 61Quality gap 43
This niche Category average

Is Friendship profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Friendship is a £38K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (157K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 28% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.

Friendship: 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 -13.3% over the last 90 days and 2.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£38K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-13.3%157K
Conversion rate2.9%
Avg price£8.37

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 28% of demand, so 72% of the market is open.

72%

open market share

Brands · sellers78 · 149
Top-5 product click share24%
Open market72%
Avg brand age24 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 · 90 products

Sponsored placement92%
New entrants (1y)33· 8 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,066

Top Friendship 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 (24% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£767£2K£2K£3K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

78 falling

Sellers

149

Top-5 brand share

28%

Top 20: 63%

Top-5 click share

24%

Top 20: 56%

Open market

68%

  • Yalucky7%
  • Jeasona6%
  • AIKOBAA5%
  • Generic5%
  • GADITIEK4%
  • LimaLima4%

Friendship demand & seasonality

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

Volume157KCVR2.9%Products90Brands78Top 5 Brands28%OOS Rate4.3%Rating4.5★Reviews1,066Avg BSR#173
12K8KSpike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.4×

Top Friendship search terms shoppers use

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

  • friendship78K/yr
  • special gifts for women20K/yr
  • friend birthday15K/yr
  • good friends gifts14K/yr
  • special friend10K/yr
  • birthday present for friend female6K/yr
  • friendship presents5K/yr
  • meaningful friendship gifts3K/yr
  • gifts for women birthday unique friend3K/yr
  • christmas gifts for women friends1K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Friendship

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

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Gifting Purpose42%

Cute gift

Quality-Overall21%

Good quality card

Value For Money11%

Excellent value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

As advertised

Size-Overall4%

Really good size box

What buyers complain about

81% of reviews
Size-Overall35%

Bit small

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%

Not as advertised

Quality-Overall13%

Not great quality

Value For Money6%

Different place different price

Gifting Purpose4%

Very disappointed and embarrassed to give this as a gift

Friendship return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

59%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
39%
2Quality-Overall
14%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
10%
4Value For Money
6%
5Defective Material/Parts
6%

Common Friendship questions

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

Flapen scores Friendship 52/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £38K/yr across 90 tracked products. 8 of 33 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -13.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Friendship on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 4.4× the quietest.