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Washing Up Gloves

Fail

Prices span $0.82–$12.48, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Washing Up Gloves is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,444 of 2,976 Grocery niches · on the category median
Market size
£337K/yr369K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 188 sellers

Flapen Score

Washing Up Gloves against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Washing Up Gloves is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Washing Up Gloves market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Washing Up Gloves 369K times last year and spent an estimated £337K. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

22.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 369K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 22.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £337K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
369K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.7%
Conversion, latest week
22.6%
Market size, estimated
£337Ka year
Peak month
January1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
washing up gloves112K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.04.

Listings sell for £4.04 on average, from £0.82 to £12.48. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £4.04 that is £12K to £16K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.04under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.82–£12.48
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£12K–£16K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #88 within Cleaning Tools. It carries 2,448 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#88in Cleaning Tools
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,448per listing
Listings tracked
18

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 50 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
50 months

Products

Top Washing Up Gloves 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£17K£34K£50K£67K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

188

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • Marigold48%
  • Elbow Grease35%
  • SOL7%
  • airpure4%
  • Essentialz3%
  • PRAIMA2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

Demand

Washing Up Gloves search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Washing Up Gloves search terms shoppers use

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

  • washing up gloves112K/yr
  • marigold gloves medium84K/yr
  • rubber gloves large34K/yr
  • washing gloves21K/yr
  • washing up gloves medium17K/yr
  • large rubber gloves10K/yr
  • kitchen gloves for washing dishes12K/yr
  • dishwashing gloves11K/yr
  • cotton lined rubber gloves8K/yr
  • marigolds medium8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Washing Up Gloves

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

Complain

Size-Overall25%−0.15

Bit small

Wrong size

They are much tighter

Quality-Overall12%+1.42

Awful quality

Lack of quality control

Cheap quality

Durability12%−0.06

breaks easily

This break after one or two uses

Did not last

Thickness10%−0.07

a bit thinner than expected

Bit thin

Not the thickest material on the market

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

Not as advertised

Very misleading

Not as described

Love

Quality-Overall23%+1.42

Good quality performance

Good long lasting quality

Excellent product

Value For Money15%+1.04

Great value

Excellent value for money

Money well spent

Size-Overall13%−0.15

Great size for me

Fit good

Fits like a glove

Grip8%+0.86

Strong gloves

Good grip and easy to get on and off due to the coating on the inside

Good grip

Durability7%−0.06

They last well

Very Durable

good longevity/life

Return

0.1% Return rate 76% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall69%▇▆▇▇▇█

Bit small

Wrong size

They are much tighter

Thin5%█▇▆▃▁▇

Very thin

very thin

Its very thin and not durable

Durability4%█▇▃▅▅▂

breaks easily

This break after one or two uses

Did not last

Quality-Overall4%▁█▄▄▂▂

Awful quality

Lack of quality control

Cheap quality

Material Quality4%▁▄▄▆▄█

FAQ

Common Washing Up Gloves questions

Answered from the same tracked data.