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Balloons

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But prices span $2.88–$6.10, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Balloons is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 18% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +9 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£905K/yr2.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 27 sellers

Flapen Score

Balloons against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Balloons is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Balloons market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Balloons 2.1M times last year and spent an estimated £905K. The top 5 brands take 54% of clicks. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £905K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.4%
Conversion, latest week
9.0%
Market size, estimated
£905Ka year
Peak month
July1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
balloons1.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.89.

Listings sell for £4.89 on average, from £2.88 to £6.10. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £4.89 that is £12K to £15K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.89under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.88–£6.10
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£12K–£15K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #133 within Party Supplies. It carries 1,249 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
10.7%
Average rank
#133in Party Supplies
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,249per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Balloons 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 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£45K£90K£136K£181K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

54%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

41%

  • Kelfara17%
  • LOKITOKI14%
  • Artier10%
  • Omrel7%
  • QIFU6%
  • HYKJNBW6%

Demand

Balloons search demand

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

40K30KSpike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Balloons search terms shoppers use

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

  • balloons1.0M/yr
  • birthday balloons340K/yr
  • helium balloon100K/yr
  • balloon83K/yr
  • ballons64K/yr
  • helium balloons59K/yr
  • balloons 100 pack50K/yr
  • baloons45K/yr
  • rainbow balloons38K/yr
  • party balloons43K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Balloons

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

Complain

Smell25%−0.30

Fishy smell

smells like fish

Terrible smell

Quality-Overall18%+1.33

Cheap

Poor quality ballons, lots had holes in them, some popped

Awful quality

Inflation/Deflation8%−0.02

by morning both had completely deflated

They don't stay inflated

1. which slowly deflated over the past few days

Color6%+1.49

Was not equal amount of colours at all

Very pale

And variation of colours was ridiculous

Stretchability/Expandability/Elasticity5%−0.05

Elastics broke

One burst causing the elastic to snap back

Also all the elastic bands are degraded so they don't work

Love

Color24%+1.49

Colours are bright

Colourful and fun

Great colours

Quality-Overall23%+1.33

overall quality is consistent

Great quality and a nice mix of colours

Excellent Product

Value For Money11%+0.31

Amazing value

Good for the price

well worth the price

Size-Overall6%+0.42

Nice size

These are a good size - they are stated size

- Good size once inflated

Inflation/Deflation5%−0.02

They inflate easily

Easy to inflate

Great fun to inflate and play with

Return

0.4% Return rate 40% Fixable by listing

Color24%▅▃▅█▅█

Was not equal amount of colours at all

Very pale

And variation of colours was ridiculous

Smell18%█▆█▆▅▃

Fishy smell

smells like fish

Terrible smell

Quality-Overall13%▅▄█▃▇▆

Cheap

Poor quality ballons, lots had holes in them, some popped

Awful quality

Inflation/Deflation7%▄▄▃▄▆█

by morning both had completely deflated

They don't stay inflated

1. which slowly deflated over the past few days

Size-Overall7%▄█▅▃▄▂

Very small

slightly smaller than normal balloons

They are massive

FAQ

Common Balloons questions

Answered from the same tracked data.