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Silk Gloves

soft demand (-79.9% this quarter) — Silk Gloves doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

49
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Market size 12Growth 0Conversion 50Competition 85Returns 72Price range 64Avg price 27Brand share 71Review moat 50Quality gap 83
This niche Category average

Is Silk Gloves profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Silk Gloves is a £48K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (131K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 63% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Silk Gloves: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -79.9% over the last 90 days and 4.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£48K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr6K
Search volume / yr-79.9%131K
Conversion rate4.0%
Avg price£9.22

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 63% of demand, so 37% of the market is open.

37%

open market share

Brands · sellers30 · 42
Top-5 product click share30%
Open market37%
Avg brand age49 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 64 products

Sponsored placement88%
New entrants (1y)3· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews1,481

Top Silk Gloves 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 (30% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£965£2K£3K£4K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

30 rising

Sellers

42

Top-5 brand share

63%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 70%

Open market

33%

  • Jasmine Silk32%
  • EVO Fitness9%
  • ALASKA BEAR8%
  • SEALSKINZ7%
  • Swift Wear7%
  • LSHARON4%

Silk Gloves demand & seasonality

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

Volume131KCVR4.0%Products64Brands30Top 5 Brands63%OOS Rate11.4%Rating4.2★Reviews1,481Avg BSR#50
12K8KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 14.1×

Top Silk Gloves search terms shoppers use

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

  • silk gloves15K/yr
  • glove liners27K/yr
  • silk gloves for women4K/yr
  • silk glove liners12K/yr
  • liner gloves12K/yr
  • inner gloves7K/yr
  • liner gloves mens4K/yr
  • thermal glove liners8K/yr
  • thermal liner gloves5K/yr
  • silk liner gloves4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Silk Gloves

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

What buyers love

72% of reviews
Size-Overall15%

Fit me perfectly

Quality-Overall12%

Good quality

Grip10%

Good everyday gloves

Warmth9%

Lovely and warm

Comfort-Overall7%

They are comfortable

What buyers complain about

60% of reviews
Size-Overall15%

Weird fit

Warmth12%

They dont keep your hands warm whatsoever

Quality-Overall11%

Bad quality

Durability6%

Fell apart on first use

Thickness4%

Needed some thin

Silk Gloves return rate & reasons

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

2.1%

Return rate

79%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
72%
2Quality-Overall
5%
3Warmth
3%
4Thin
2%
5Stitch/Finish/Polish
2%

Common Silk Gloves questions

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

Flapen scores Silk Gloves 49/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £48K/yr across 64 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -79.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Silk Gloves on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 14.1× the quietest.