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Birthday

Birthday shows low returns (0.6%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

58
Worth a look
Market size 53Growth 32Conversion 42Competition 90Returns 97Price range 8Avg price 20Brand share 95Review moat 45Quality gap 47
This niche Category average

Is Birthday profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Birthday is a £335K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.4M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 38% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul. Verdict: Worth a look — 58/100.

Birthday: 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 +5.7% over the last 90 days and 3.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£335K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr+5.7%1.4M
Conversion rate3.3%
Avg price£7.05

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 38% of demand, so 62% of the market is open.

62%

open market share

Brands · sellers51 · 69
Top-5 product click share25%
Open market62%
Avg brand age27 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 74 products

Sponsored placement92%
New entrants (1y)9· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,966

Top Birthday 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 (25% combined) — 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%

Birthday demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.4MCVR3.3%Products74Brands51Top 5 Brands38%OOS Rate3.9%Rating4.5★Reviews1,966Avg BSR#122
45K35KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Top Birthday search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Birthday

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

What buyers love

75% of reviews
Quality-Overall20%

Excellent Product

Value For Money16%

Great value for money

Gifting Purpose9%

Perfect gift idea

Color8%

beautiful colours

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

As advertised

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews
Quality-Overall15%

Absolute garbage

Functionality-Overall15%

DID NOT WORK

Value For Money14%

Just not w worth the price

Size-Overall11%

Small

Inflation/Deflation5%

Didnt inflate properly

Birthday return rate & reasons

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

0.6%

Return rate

34%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
18%
2Quality-Overall
14%
3Size-Overall
12%
4Color
11%
5Defective Material/Parts
6%

Common Birthday questions

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

Flapen scores Birthday 58/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £335K/yr across 74 tracked products. 0 of 9 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +5.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Birthday on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jul, where the busiest month runs 3.4× the quietest.