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Blanket

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.4% of orders. But demand is soft, at -26.4% this quarter, so Blanket is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Ranks 2,729 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · on the category median
Market size
£749K/yr5.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-26.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Blanket against its category

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

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Blanket market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Blanket 5.4M times last year and spent an estimated £749K. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 5.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -26.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £749K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
5.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-26.4%
Conversion, latest week
1.2%
Market size, estimated
£749Ka year
Peak month
December3.3× the quietest month
Top search term
blanket1.5M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.80.

Listings sell for £11.80 on average, from £4.32 to £30.77. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £11.80 that is £12K to £15K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.80under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.32–£30.77
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£12K–£15K
Returns
1.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 76% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #37 within Home Textiles. It carries 12,947 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
76%
Out of stock, average day
4.8%
Average rank
#37in Home Textiles
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
12,947per listing
Listings tracked
50

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Blanket 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 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£22K£45K£67K£90K1001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

27%

  • Exclusivo Mezcla20%
  • Bedsure14%
  • BEDELITE13%
  • WAVVE12%
  • EHC8%
  • Utopia Bedding6%

Demand

Blanket search demand

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

225K175KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.3×

Search terms

Top Blanket search terms shoppers use

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

  • blanket1.5M/yr
  • throws for sofas587K/yr
  • sofa throw326K/yr
  • fleece blanket406K/yr
  • blankets and throws336K/yr
  • throw blanket365K/yr
  • throw257K/yr
  • blankets247K/yr
  • throws218K/yr
  • bed throw122K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Blanket

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

Complain

Durability19%−0.16

Broke after a month

Broke after a week of use

Broke

Heating9%−0.04

Heats up very unevenly

Doesn't heat very well

Only heats up in parts of the blanket

Thickness9%−0.03

This is NOT thick in the slightest

Not as thick as I thought

Not that thick

Quality-Overall7%+0.52

Completely rubbish product

Bad quality

lower quality

Smell6%−0.04

it smells like burnt like a hair straightener or something so I've unplugged it this is unfortunate

Strange smell

Horrible smell

Love

Warmth17%+0.81

stays really warm

definitely keep you warm

Comfortable and warm

Soft Feel15%

Fluffy and soft

Very soft and fluffy

Soft blanket

Quality-Overall14%+0.52

Beautiful quality

and is reasonable quality

Luxurious quality

Value For Money12%+0.59

Amazing value

Good price

Good value for money

Comfort-Overall6%+0.57

Comfy p

Soft and comfortable

very comfy to get wrapped up in

Return

1.4% Return rate 52% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall22%▅▅▆▆▆█

Big

the size was not what i was hoping for

very small,

Color21%▃▄▅▆█▆
Heating11%█▆▄▂▂▁

Heats up very unevenly

Doesn't heat very well

Only heats up in parts of the blanket

Thin9%▃▅▅█▄▇
Quality-Overall9%▄▇█▆█▆

Completely rubbish product

Bad quality

lower quality

FAQ

Common Blanket questions

Answered from the same tracked data.