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Black Balloons

Fail

Prices span $2.72–$6.48, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Black Balloons is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 3,444 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −3 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£102K/yr144K searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Balloons against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Balloons market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Black Balloons 144K times last year and spent an estimated £102K. The top 5 brands take 64% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 15.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 144K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 15.0% 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 £102K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
144K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.3%
Conversion, latest week
15.0%
Market size, estimated
£102Ka year
Peak month
October1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
black balloons113K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.71.

Listings sell for £4.71 on average, from £2.72 to £6.48. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £4.71 that is £5K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.71under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.72–£6.48
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£6K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 20.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #226 within Party Supplies. It carries 684 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
20.4%
Average rank
#226in Party Supplies
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
684per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 26 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
26 months

Products

Top Black Balloons products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 27, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£10K£20K£30K£41K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 rising

Sellers

20

Est. top-5 brand share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

30%

  • Ohugs22%
  • QIFU20%
  • Kelfara8%
  • HYKJNBW8%
  • Witty Cuties7%
  • PartyWoo6%

Demand

Black Balloons search demand

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

5K3KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Black Balloons search terms shoppers use

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

  • black balloons113K/yr
  • black ballons5K/yr
  • balloons black5K/yr
  • black birthday balloons5K/yr
  • black balloon4K/yr
  • black baloons4K/yr
  • black balloons 100 pack3K/yr
  • black latex balloons3K/yr
  • black helium balloons3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Balloons

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

24%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
50%of negative reviews mention “Brightness/Shine/Glow”
0.9%of orders come back
“lost the glossyness /shine when inflated”
A buyer, on “Brightness/Shine/Glow”50% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

14 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Balloons questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data