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Cooling Towel

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Cooling Towel scores 69 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $1.1M a year here, search demand grew >1,000% this quarter, and returns run at 0.3% of orders.

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Flapen Score
69
69 / 100
Top 2% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +21 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£1.1M/yr2.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
>1,000%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 66 sellers

Flapen Score

Cooling Towel against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Cooling Towel is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

69Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cooling Towel market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cooling Towel 2.2M times last year and spent an estimated £1.1M. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 69 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

5.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved >1,000% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
>1,000%
Conversion, latest week
5.0%
Market size, estimated
£1.1Ma year
Peak month
July117.7× the quietest month
Top search term
cooling towel1.2M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.20.

Listings sell for £10.20 on average, from £3.53 to £20.61. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £10.20 that is £26K to £31K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.20under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.53–£20.61
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£26K–£31K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 85% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #206 within Hot & Cold Therapies. It carries 6,202 reviews at 4.24 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
85%
Out of stock, average day
5.0%
Average rank
#206in Hot & Cold Therapies
Average rating
4.24 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,202per listing
Listings tracked
33

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Cooling Towel 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 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£45K£91K£136K£182K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

20 rising

Sellers

66

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

21%

  • YQXCC45%
  • Sukeen10%
  • VAKKI9%
  • Amazon Basics6%
  • Surcotto5%
  • WIURGOHA4%

Demand

Cooling Towel search demand

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

1.0M600KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 117.7×

Search terms

Top Cooling Towel search terms shoppers use

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

  • cooling towel1.2M/yr
  • cool towel266K/yr
  • cooling towels185K/yr
  • cooling towels for hot weather98K/yr
  • cold towel71K/yr
  • ice towel63K/yr
  • cool towels for neck hot weather40K/yr
  • cooling towels for neck37K/yr
  • stay cool ice towel27K/yr
  • cooling neck wrap29K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cooling Towel

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

Complain

Quality-Overall18%−0.04

Bags poorly made

Poor quality compared to microfiber towels from decathlon for example

Not good quality

Value For Money14%−0.05

Too cheap for a reason

at least half of the price

Not worth the full amount

Smell9%−0.06

Strong chemical smell

the smell didnt linger

Awful smell

Functionality-Overall8%−0.09

Did not work well

Didn't work

Didnt work as expected

Suitability Winter Weather5%−0.03

Not ice cold

Was expecting it to be a lot colder

Not all that cold really either

Love

Warmth17%+1.42

It keeps cool

Does warm obviously

Brilliant, best thing for the heat

Quality-Overall14%−0.04

Good quality and arrived quickly

Seem well made

surprisingly good quality

Value For Money10%−0.05

Good value for money

Good value

Fair price

Ease Of Use7%+0.85

So easy

Easy to carry in your bag

Very handy

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

Better than I expected

As described

Just what we needed

Return

0.3% Return rate 29% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall20%▁▁▁▅▅█

Did not work well

Didn't work

Didnt work as expected

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%█▁█▄▃▅

the product title is incredibly misleading

Didn't do job as advertised

Not like as advertised

Quality-Overall12%▁▁▁█▅█

Bags poorly made

Poor quality compared to microfiber towels from decathlon for example

Not good quality

Thin7%▁▁█▇▃▂
Size-Overall6%█▁▁▁▅▂

FAQ

Common Cooling Towel questions

Answered from the same tracked data.