Skip to content

18th Birthday Decorations

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.6% of orders. But prices span $2.68–$14.07, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 18th Birthday Decorations is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 12% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +12 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£512K/yr967K searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
28%top-5 click share · 50 brands · 84 sellers

Flapen Score

18th Birthday Decorations against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, 18th Birthday Decorations is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 18th Birthday Decorations market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 18th Birthday Decorations 967K times last year and spent an estimated £512K. The top 5 brands take 35% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 967K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £512K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
967K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.3%
Conversion, latest week
7.2%
Market size, estimated
£512Ka year
Peak month
January1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
18th birthday decorations559K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.36.

Listings sell for £7.36 on average, from £2.68 to £14.07. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £7.36 that is £4K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.36under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.68–£14.07
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£6K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #230 within Party Supplies. It carries 655 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.3%
Average rank
#230in Party Supplies
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
655per listing
Listings tracked
71

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 12 launches as successful.

12 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 23 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
12
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
23 months

Products

Top 18th Birthday Decorations 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 28% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£15K£31K£46K£61K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

50 falling

Sellers

84

Top-5 brand share

35%

Top 20: 75%

Top-5 click share

28%

Top 20: 62%

Open market

61%

  • VICTERR12%
  • balloon garland7%
  • DEARLIVES6%
  • Grevosea5%
  • ANOMM5%
  • weeyin5%

Demand

18th Birthday Decorations search demand

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

25K15KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top 18th Birthday Decorations search terms shoppers use

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

  • 18th birthday decorations559K/yr
  • 18th birthday banner106K/yr
  • 18th birthday decorations for boys47K/yr
  • 18th birthday balloons45K/yr
  • 18th birthday decorations for girls40K/yr
  • 18 birthday decorations24K/yr
  • 18th birthday banners22K/yr
  • happy 18th birthday banners17K/yr
  • 18th balloons13K/yr
  • 18th birthday decorations boy11K/yr

Reviews and returns

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

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

Complain

Inflation/Deflation25%−0.27

both balloons deflated

the large foil number was all split so didn't even get that one inflated

It's not obvious how to inflate

Quality-Overall22%+1.47

so I'm disappointed that they seem to have deteriorated in quality since

Poor quality

Cheap quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.03

Deceptive description

Amazon, you should be doing more to stop this false advertising

Not as good as photo

Strength8%−0.04

Needs to be stronger

The boxes were a bit flimsy

very flimsy

Value For Money7%+1.95

Not good value

Very expensive for what you actually get

looks more expensive than what they are

Love

Quality-Overall38%+1.47

Good variety

Great value well made

Excellent quality

Value For Money23%+1.95

Excellent value

Good value for money

Good price

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.03

As described

Exactly what I wanted

Much nicer than the picture

Color4%+0.28

Beautiful colour

Great colour combination

true to colour

Gifting Purpose3%+0.14

It was the perfect amount for my 18 gifts too

Fantastic value decorations

Good selection of birthday decorations

Return

0.6% Return rate 53% Fixable by listing

Color21%▄▅▄█▄▂

Colours are not what is stated on description

Size-Overall16%▅▇█▃▆█

bigger than expected

Disappointing alot smaller than I expected

the bunting is small

Quality-Overall15%▇▃▅▄▆█

so I'm disappointed that they seem to have deteriorated in quality since

Poor quality

Cheap quality

Inflation/Deflation9%██▄▃▁▅

both balloons deflated

the large foil number was all split so didn't even get that one inflated

It's not obvious how to inflate

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%▃▆▃▃▃█

Deceptive description

Amazon, you should be doing more to stop this false advertising

Not as good as photo

FAQ

Common 18th Birthday Decorations questions

Answered from the same tracked data.