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Black Felt

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.59–$13.01) — Black Felt doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Market size 9Growth 11Conversion 94Competition 35Returns 96Price range 0Avg price 16Brand share 67Review moat 85Quality gap 58
This niche Category average

Is Black Felt profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Black Felt is a £37K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (56K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 65% of demand. Demand peaks in Mar–Sep–Oct–Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Black Felt: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -28.1% over the last 90 days and 11.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£37K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-28.1%56K
Conversion rate11.6%
Avg price£5.70

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 65% of demand, so 35% of the market is open.

35%

open market share

Brands · sellers17 · 21
Top-5 product click share64%
Open market35%
Avg brand age36 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 19 products

Sponsored placement79%
New entrants (1y)6· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews306

Top Black Felt 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

The top 5 products take 64% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£4K£7K£11K£15K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

29%

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Black Felt demand & seasonality

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

Volume56KCVR11.6%Products19Brands17Top 5 Brands65%OOS Rate7.4%Rating4.4★Reviews306Avg BSR#529
3K2KSpike '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Mar, Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Felt

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

What buyers love

96% of reviews
Value For Money16%

Very good product at a fair price

Advertised Vs Actual Product16%

Exactly as described

Adhesion/Stickiness12%

Sticky

Material Quality11%

Great felt

Ease Of Use10%

soft to touch so easy to use

What buyers complain about

80% of reviews
Material Quality25%

Synthetic felt NOT wool felt

Advertised Vs Actual Product25%

This shouldn't really be described as felt

Quality-Overall25%

Rubbish

Color5%

The only reason this has not got a 5 star review is I ordered two colours from same supplier

Black Felt return rate & reasons

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

0.9%

Return rate

17%

Fixable by listing

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

1Material Quality
20%
2Thin
14%
3Quality-Overall
13%
4Size-Overall
9%
5Thickness
8%

Common Black Felt questions

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

Flapen scores Black Felt 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £37K/yr across 19 tracked products. 0 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -28.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Black Felt on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Mar–Sep–Oct–Nov, where the busiest month runs 2.7× the quietest.