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Blackout Material

Blackout Material shows demand growing +112.0% this quarter, but a small market ($26K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

53
Worth a look
Market size 7Growth 95Conversion 43Competition 39Returns 94Price range 46Avg price 31Brand share 63Review moat 27Quality gap 68
This niche Category average

Is Blackout Material profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Blackout Material is a £26K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (79K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.

Blackout Material: 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 +112.0% over the last 90 days and 3.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£26K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr+112.0%79K
Conversion rate3.5%
Avg price£9.73

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand, so 33% of the market is open.

33%

open market share

Brands · sellers20 · 23
Top-5 product click share62%
Open market33%
Avg brand age40 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 23 products

Sponsored placement91%
New entrants (1y)3· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews3,773

Top Blackout Material 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 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£1K£3K£4K£5K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

20 falling

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

27%

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  • FT Fashion Track16%
  • Cbofeixg8%
  • WOHOHOHO6%
  • Bemece6%

Blackout Material demand & seasonality

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

Volume79KCVR3.5%Products23Brands20Top 5 Brands67%OOS Rate3.3%Rating4.3★Reviews3,773Avg BSR#74
4K3KSpike '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.3×

Top Blackout Material search terms shoppers use

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

  • blackout material25K/yr
  • blackout fabric21K/yr
  • blackout material for windows8K/yr
  • black out fabric5K/yr
  • blackout fabric by the metre6K/yr
  • black out material5K/yr
  • black out material fabric4K/yr
  • blackout cloth4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Blackout Material

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

What buyers love

74% of reviews
Quality-Overall17%

the bonus is the quality extras

Value For Money11%

Well worth it

Ease Of Use9%

easy to remove

Size-Overall8%

Perfect fit

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

As described

What buyers complain about

61% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness13%

adhesion was poor

Smell13%

The box smells strongly of plastic

Velcro Quality6%

We also noticed that the Velcro adhesive wasnt very strong

Material Quality6%

the material was stuck to itself

Heating5%

comes unstuck in heat

Blackout Material return rate & reasons

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

1.1%

Return rate

59%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
46%
2Smell
7%
3Quality-Overall
7%
4Functionality-Overall
5%
5Adhesion/Stickiness
5%

Common Blackout Material questions

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

Flapen scores Blackout Material 53/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £26K/yr across 23 tracked products. 2 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +112.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Blackout Material on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in May–Jun–Jul, where the busiest month runs 4.3× the quietest.