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Birthday

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.6% of orders. But prices span $1.63–$16.21, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Birthday is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 23% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +7 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£335K/yr1.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
25%top-5 click share · 51 brands · 69 sellers

Flapen Score

Birthday against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Birthday market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Birthday 1.4M times last year and spent an estimated £335K. The top 5 brands take 38% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £335K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.7%
Conversion, latest week
3.3%
Market size, estimated
£335Ka year
Peak month
July3.4× the quietest month
Top search term
party decorations415K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.05.

Listings sell for £7.05 on average, from £1.63 to £16.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £7.05 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.05under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.63–£16.21
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #122 within Party Supplies. It carries 1,966 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#122in Party Supplies
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,966per listing
Listings tracked
74

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 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 27 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
27 months

Products

Top Birthday 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 25% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£10K£20K£30K£40K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

51 falling

Sellers

69

Top-5 brand share

38%

Top 20: 77%

Top-5 click share

25%

Top 20: 57%

Open market

56%

  • YELYAN9%
  • Rotupap9%
  • Ohugs7%
  • Kriovoa7%
  • Aisszhao6%
  • ZERODECO6%

Demand

Birthday search demand

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

45K35KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Search terms

Top Birthday search terms shoppers use

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

  • party decorations415K/yr
  • birthday342K/yr
  • birthday decorations for men155K/yr
  • party decorations for adults62K/yr
  • decorations73K/yr
  • birthday decorations for boys70K/yr
  • birthday decorations for women48K/yr
  • birthday balloons for women48K/yr
  • party decor33K/yr
  • birthday balloons for men43K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Birthday

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

Complain

Quality-Overall15%+0.63

Absolute garbage

Bad quality

Terrible quality, looks like it was cut out from a sheet by hand

Functionality-Overall15%−0.13

DID NOT WORK

Never worked

Does not function as stated

Value For Money14%+0.23

Just not w worth the price

Look more expensive than they were

expensive

Size-Overall11%−0.03

Small

Not fit for purpose

A little bigger

Inflation/Deflation5%−0.04

Didnt inflate properly

Not staying inflated

Very disappointing - only tried one balloon which would not inflate

Love

Quality-Overall20%+0.63

Excellent Product

Great quality card

The chocolate is good quality

Value For Money16%+0.23

Great value for money

Good value for money

Good for the price

Gifting Purpose9%+1.07

Perfect gift idea

Good gift

Perfect christmas present

Color8%+0.71

beautiful colours

Colours are bright

Lovely colour

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.26

As advertised

Exactly as pictured and described

As Described

Return

0.6% Return rate 34% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall18%██▇▇▅▅

DID NOT WORK

Never worked

Does not function as stated

Quality-Overall14%▄▇▅▆▅█

Absolute garbage

Bad quality

Terrible quality, looks like it was cut out from a sheet by hand

Size-Overall12%▆█▇▅▆▇

Small

Not fit for purpose

A little bigger

Color11%▄▅▅█▇▆
Defective Material/Parts6%▄▆▇▂█▆

FAQ

Common Birthday questions

Answered from the same tracked data.