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Long Black Gloves

Fail

Prices span $3.02–$9.42, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Long Black Gloves is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 1,878 of 2,461 Fashion niches · −7 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£53K/yr132K searches / yr
90-day growth
-18.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 36 sellers

Flapen Score

Long Black Gloves against its category

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

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Long Black Gloves market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Long Black Gloves 132K times last year and spent an estimated £53K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

7.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 132K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -18.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £53K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
132K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-18.9%
Conversion, latest week
7.9%
Market size, estimated
£53Ka year
Peak month
October7.5× the quietest month
Top search term
long gloves20K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.02.

Listings sell for £5.02 on average, from £3.02 to £9.42. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £5.02 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.02under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.02–£9.42
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
3.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #49 within Accessories. It carries 881 reviews at 4.25 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
14.0%
Average rank
#49in Accessories
Average rating
4.25 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
881per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 40 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
40 months

Products

Top Long Black 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 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£5K£8K£11K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

36

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

20%

  • BABEYOND28%
  • Quelcc27%
  • EORUBE11%
  • HLMYER6%
  • Yolev5%
  • Larrel3%

Demand

Long Black Gloves search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.5×

Search terms

Top Long Black Gloves search terms shoppers use

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

  • long gloves20K/yr
  • long black gloves25K/yr
  • long gloves for women13K/yr
  • opera gloves9K/yr
  • satin gloves10K/yr
  • black long gloves12K/yr
  • black gloves costume20K/yr
  • elbow length gloves4K/yr
  • black satin gloves4K/yr
  • black gloves long3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Long Black Gloves

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

Complain

Quality-Overall20%−0.02

Poor quality

Bit tight, poor quality

So, having worn them just to hold a few products for less than an hour, the quality is not great

Size-Overall16%+2.42

I think the pinky fingers are too long

Bit tight

I did have a worry they might be small for my hands

Durability11%−0.22

Fell down a lot

One of the gloves has a rip after using it once

They only lasted a few weeks of the same simple washing up with no sharp objects

Strength10%−0.15

Not very strong

These are not nearly as strong as they appear

Stitch/Finish/Polish7%−0.18

stitching was not done on one of the fingers

Stitching failed after wearing for a few minutes wearing

Love

Value For Money25%+0.96

Good value

Great value for money

Excellent value for money

Size-Overall19%+2.42

they fit perfectly

Fits both my hands and my wife's

Simply gorgeous and tight fit

Quality-Overall18%−0.02

Good quality, comfortable on the skin,looks good, still planning to wear them for an event, colour looks good

Nice quality gloves, many thanks

Very good quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%−0.02

But still managed to do the job intended

As described

did for what I wanted

Material Quality7%+0.60

The material was soft and comfortable

I also love the silky material because it goes perfectly with my cosplay

Lovely material

Return

3.1% Return rate 75% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall40%▄▅▆▆██

I think the pinky fingers are too long

Bit tight

I did have a worry they might be small for my hands

Color19%▇▅▄█▄▆
Quality-Overall10%▆▇█▄▄▃

Poor quality

Bit tight, poor quality

So, having worn them just to hold a few products for less than an hour, the quality is not great

Arm Fit6%▃█▃▄▄▁
Length6%█▇▆█▅▄

FAQ

Common Long Black Gloves questions

Answered from the same tracked data.