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Tie

pricing outside the sweet spot ($7.64 avg) — Tie doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
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Market size 50Growth 63Conversion 46Competition 78Returns 46Price range 41Avg price 21Brand share 26Review moat 34Quality gap 30
This niche Category average

Is Tie profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Tie is a £278K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (994K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand. Demand peaks in Jun. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Tie: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +41.6% over the last 90 days and 3.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£278K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr+41.6%994K
Conversion rate3.7%
Avg price£7.64

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand, so 11% of the market is open.

11%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 21
Top-5 product click share37%
Open market11%
Avg brand age56 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 55 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews3,137

Top Tie 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 (37% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

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

Brands

14 flat

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 74%

Open market

9%

  • HISDERN68%
  • Enlision13%
  • Barry.Wang3%
  • RBOCOTT2%
  • JEMYGINS2%
  • URAQT2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 9%)

Tie demand & seasonality

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

Volume994KCVR3.7%Products55Brands14Top 5 Brands89%OOS Rate2.3%Rating4.6★Reviews3,137Avg BSR#142
30K20KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Top Tie search terms shoppers use

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

  • tie260K/yr
  • ties for men191K/yr
  • mens ties114K/yr
  • blue tie52K/yr
  • mens tie53K/yr
  • ties51K/yr
  • tie and pocket square set40K/yr
  • light blue tie26K/yr
  • navy tie31K/yr
  • mens ties uk33K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tie

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

What buyers love

94% of reviews
Quality-Overall40%

The quality of the product is exactly as it looks as advertised

Value For Money19%

Good Value

Color11%

Great colour

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

Accurate description

Design-Overall4%

Design

What buyers complain about

81% of reviews
Stitch/Finish/Polish25%

Very poor stitching and quality, used only 2 times and the stitching came off

Shape/Style10%

Not these slim ones

Wrinkles10%

All wrinkled

Brightness/Shine/Glow10%

Far too shiny to use

Material Quality10%

Cheap synthetic satin material

Tie return rate & reasons

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

3.3%

Return rate

81%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
60%
2Size-Overall
11%
3Thin
4%
4Quality-Overall
4%
5Material Quality
3%

Common Tie questions

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

Flapen scores Tie 48/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £278K/yr across 55 tracked products. Search demand moved +41.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Tie on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jun, where the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.