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18th Birthday Balloons

18th Birthday Balloons shows low returns (0.8%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.60–$12.99) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look
Market size 15Growth 21Conversion 76Competition 82Returns 96Price range 0Avg price 17Brand share 83Review moat 61Quality gap 76
This niche Category average

Is 18th Birthday Balloons profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, 18th Birthday Balloons is a £59K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (135K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 52% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

18th Birthday Balloons: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -8.4% over the last 90 days and 7.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£59K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-8.4%135K
Conversion rate7.3%
Avg price£6.00

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 52% of demand, so 48% of the market is open.

48%

open market share

Brands · sellers38 · 40
Top-5 product click share33%
Open market48%
Avg brand age23 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 56 products

Sponsored placement91%
New entrants (1y)17· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews1,041

Top 18th Birthday Balloons 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 (33% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£4K£5K£7K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

38 rising

Sellers

40

Top-5 brand share

52%

Top 20: 88%

Top-5 click share

33%

Top 20: 73%

Open market

43%

  • onehous17%
  • OFFCUP16%
  • Lingqiang7%
  • Sroeeshee6%
  • VICTERR6%
  • Ousuga5%

18th Birthday Balloons demand & seasonality

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

Volume135KCVR7.3%Products56Brands38Top 5 Brands52%OOS Rate7.1%Rating4.3★Reviews1,041Avg BSR#260
4K3KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top 18th Birthday Balloons search terms shoppers use

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

  • 18th birthday balloons45K/yr
  • 18 balloons29K/yr
  • 18th balloons13K/yr
  • 18th birthday balloons for boys7K/yr
  • 18 balloons birthday girl7K/yr
  • 18 balloon7K/yr
  • 18th birthday balloons for girls7K/yr
  • 18 balloons birthday boy5K/yr
  • 18th birthday balloon5K/yr
  • 18th balloons for boys4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 18th Birthday Balloons

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Quality-Overall29%

Good variety

Value For Money25%

Great value for money

Color7%

The colors feel soft

Durability5%

everything has great durability

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

Perfect, as described

What buyers complain about

79% of reviews
Inflation/Deflation24%

by morning balloons were deflated

Quality-Overall20%

Poor quality

Color9%

Not matching colours

Size-Overall6%

Banner is very small

Strength6%

the curtain was very fragile - breaking just from walking through

18th Birthday Balloons return rate & reasons

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

0.8%

Return rate

44%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
29%
2Inflation/Deflation
24%
3Quality-Overall
12%
4Size-Overall
6%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
4%

Common 18th Birthday Balloons questions

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

Flapen scores 18th Birthday Balloons 55/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £59K/yr across 56 tracked products. 0 of 17 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -8.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for 18th Birthday Balloons on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.