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Shades By Niko

a small market ($31K/yr) — Shades By Niko doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Market size 8Growth 18Conversion 37Competition 55Returns 97Price range 65Avg price 34Brand share 10Review moat 90Quality gap 94
This niche Category average

Is Shades By Niko profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Shades By Niko is a £31K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (105K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Shades By Niko: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -13.1% over the last 90 days and 3.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£31K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr-13.1%105K
Conversion rate3.0%
Avg price£10.08

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand, so 4% of the market is open.

4%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 42
Top-5 product click share52%
Open market4%
Avg brand age42 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.0★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 22 products

Sponsored placement36%
New entrants (1y)19· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.0★
Avg reviews207

Top Shades By Niko 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

The top 5 products take 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£3K£5K£6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)4 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

42

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

2%

  • Generic38%
  • Shades by Niko31%
  • NORTHERNSCAPE20%
  • Perfectmiaoxuan4%
  • KINBOS2%
  • Monmore Confectionery2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

Shades By Niko demand & seasonality

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

Volume105KCVR3.0%Products22Brands8Top 5 Brands96%OOS Rate29.6%Rating4.0★Reviews207Avg BSR#234
3K2KSpike '26Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26

Top Shades By Niko search terms shoppers use

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

  • shades by niko81K/yr
  • shades sweets11K/yr
  • niko8K/yr
  • shades by niko sweets6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shades By Niko

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

What buyers love

93% of reviews
Size-Overall17%

Fit nicely on womans face

Taste-Overall15%

Great taste

Sweetness15%

Great sweets

Quality-Overall13%

They are really well made

Exercise/Sports Suitability11%

Great for running

What buyers complain about

77% of reviews
Value For Money50%

far too expensive

Taste-Overall20%

Over rated not very nice taste

Artificial Sweeteners7%

the cherry ones do taste a bit overly artificial

Shades By Niko return rate & reasons

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

0.6%

Return rate

77%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
47%
2Color
20%
3Quality-Overall
10%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
7%
5Comfort-Overall
3%

Common Shades By Niko questions

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

Flapen scores Shades By Niko 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £31K/yr across 22 tracked products. 1 of 19 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -13.1% over the last 90 days.
Shades By Niko buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Value For Money, Taste-Overall, Artificial Sweeteners, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.6%.