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Towel Robe

Fail

Buyers convert on only 1.1% of searches, so Towel Robe is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 45% of 2,461 Fashion niches · +1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£98K/yr471K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Towel Robe against its category

The dotted line is the Fashion average. Past it, Towel Robe is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Towel Robe market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Towel Robe 471K times last year and spent an estimated £98K. The top 5 brands take 72% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 471K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £98K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
471K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.9%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
£98Ka year
Peak month
December3.4× the quietest month
Top search term
towel robe66K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £18.52.

Listings sell for £18.52 on average, from £7.82 to £29.63. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £18.52 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£18.52inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.82–£29.63
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
2.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

68% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 78% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #108 within Nightwear. It carries 1,528 reviews at 4.29 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
68%
Prime listings
78%
Out of stock, average day
12.2%
Average rank
#108in Nightwear
Average rating
4.29 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,528per listing
Listings tracked
37

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Towel Robe 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 only 40% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£5K£10K£15K£20K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

24%

  • Umbrella Outdoors23%
  • Graphic Impact22%
  • Star and Stripes13%
  • CICK8%
  • Amazon Essentials6%
  • Daisy Dreamer4%

Demand

Towel Robe search demand

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

25K15KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Search terms

Top Towel Robe search terms shoppers use

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

  • towel robe66K/yr
  • towelling bath robes for women84K/yr
  • terry towelling dressing gown44K/yr
  • towelling robe31K/yr
  • towel robe women28K/yr
  • toweling bath robes womens27K/yr
  • towel bathrobe20K/yr
  • towelling robes23K/yr
  • white dressing gown16K/yr
  • towelling dressing gown25K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Towel Robe

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

Complain

Size-Overall30%−0.22

It was a very tight fit

Big

Came up quite small

Quality-Overall13%+0.17

Poor quality

the manufacturing quality is poor - after only two months there are 2-inch long openings in the seams where the stitching is unravelling

Not well made

Material Quality7%−0.06

Poor quality cotton

The material was different to what I was expecting

Material isnt really absorbent

Hard Feel5%−0.05

The fabric is rough

not very soft

not that soft

Absorbency4%

Not very absorbent

Non-absorbent material

Material isnt really absorbent

Love

Quality-Overall23%+0.17

Great quality for the money, and very soft and fluffy

Really good quality, nice and soft

Good quality

Value For Money13%+1.05

Excellent value

Good value

Worth the money

Size-Overall8%−0.22

Fits perfectly

generous size great for the beach

the small fitted perfectly

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.92

exactly as described

does what it says on the tin

Exactly as I wanted

Warmth5%+0.65

Its warm without being too heavy

Lovely warm cuddly bath robe

Keeps you warm too

Return

2.1% Return rate 71% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall54%█▆▇▅▆▆

It was a very tight fit

Big

Came up quite small

Quality-Overall14%▃▅▄█▄▅

Poor quality

the manufacturing quality is poor - after only two months there are 2-inch long openings in the seams where the stitching is unravelling

Not well made

Material Quality4%▁▃█▁▄▅

Poor quality cotton

The material was different to what I was expecting

Material isnt really absorbent

Thin4%█▁█▄▇▃
Arm Fit3%▆▇▇▁▅█

FAQ

Common Towel Robe questions

Answered from the same tracked data.