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Selvyt Polishing Cloth

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Selvyt Polishing Cloth is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 2,040 of 2,461 Fashion niches · −10 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£62K/yr42K searches / yr
90-day growth
-26.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
78%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 18 sellers

Flapen Score

Selvyt Polishing Cloth against its category

The dotted line is the Fashion average. Past it, Selvyt Polishing Cloth is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Selvyt Polishing Cloth market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Selvyt Polishing Cloth 42K times last year and spent an estimated £62K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

19.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 42K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 19.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -26.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £62K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
42K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-26.2%
Conversion, latest week
19.8%
Market size, estimated
£62Ka year
Peak month
November2.9× the quietest month
Top search term
selvyt cloth11K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.54.

Listings sell for £7.54 on average, from £3.93 to £18.29. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £7.54 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.54under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.93–£18.29
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

60% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 80% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #919 within Shoe, Jewellery & Watch Accessories. It carries 720 reviews at 4.44 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
60%
Prime listings
80%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#919in Shoe, Jewellery & Watch Accessories
Average rating
4.44 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
720per listing
Listings tracked
10

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 56 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
56 months

Products

Top Selvyt Polishing Cloth 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 78% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£6K£12K£19K£25K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 flat

Sellers

18

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Selvyt61%
  • Kaps24%
  • Loake6%
  • YAOHUOLE6%
  • Haoyic2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Selvyt Polishing Cloth search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Spike '25DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.9×

Search terms

Top Selvyt Polishing Cloth search terms shoppers use

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

  • selvyt cloth11K/yr
  • shoe polish cloth11K/yr
  • shoe polishing cloth5K/yr
  • selvyt polishing cloth5K/yr
  • shoe cloth3K/yr
  • shoe cleaning cloth2K/yr
  • selvyt2K/yr
  • sylvette cloth853/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Selvyt Polishing Cloth

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

Complain

Size-Overall19%−0.14

Not fit for purpose

25x25 too small for decent shoe shine

Pilling/Linting13%−0.11

Not lint free

Ease Of Cleaning13%+0.12

which makes them messy to use

Thickness10%−0.07

Very thin cloths

they are thinner than some lint free cloths I've had

Material Quality6%+0.27

I thought i was buying a high quality cloth

Love

Quality-Overall26%+1.99

Good item, very effective

Amazing quality

Good product

Ease Of Cleaning14%+0.12

Useful for cleaning a few pairs

gives a nice clean to the appliance

Great cleaning cloth

Brightness/Shine/Glow13%+0.80

Combined with a bit of polish and elbow grease, it coaxes out a shine so impressive that I briefly caught myself checking my hair in the toe cap

My sons shoe shines - like brand new

can retain the softness for a perfect shine

Material Quality12%+0.27

Excellent cloth

all cloths best value for money

Good material

Stitch/Finish/Polish11%+0.43

Polishes well, no complaints

Good polish cloths

Apart from that, polishes really well

Return

0.3% Return rate 77% Fixable by listing

Advertised Vs Actual Product47%▁▁█▁▄▄
Size-Overall30%▁▁▁█▂▅

Not fit for purpose

25x25 too small for decent shoe shine

Thickness7%▁▁▁▁█▁

Very thin cloths

they are thinner than some lint free cloths I've had

Value For Money7%▁█▁▁▁▁
Material Quality3%▁▁▁▁█▁

I thought i was buying a high quality cloth

FAQ

Common Selvyt Polishing Cloth questions

Answered from the same tracked data.