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Chinese Lanterns

Chinese Lanterns shows beatable incumbent ratings (3.4★), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

58
Worth a look
Market size 26Growth 15Conversion 69Competition 72Returns 88Price range 23Avg price 31Brand share 80Review moat 90Quality gap 100
This niche Category average

Is Chinese Lanterns profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Chinese Lanterns is a £107K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (176K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 55% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 58/100.

Chinese Lanterns: 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 -20.3% over the last 90 days and 6.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£107K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr-20.3%176K
Conversion rate6.2%
Avg price£9.78

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 55% of demand, so 45% of the market is open.

45%

open market share

Brands · sellers33 · 37
Top-5 product click share42%
Open market45%
Avg brand age33 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 3.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 41 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)12· 1 succeeded
Avg rating3.4★
Avg reviews191

Top Chinese Lanterns 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 42% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£3K£6K£10K£13K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

33 rising

Sellers

37

Top-5 brand share

55%

Top 20: 91%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

38%

  • Douzi20%
  • LABOTA10%
  • SJOAUET9%
  • NAKUL8%
  • Indimization8%
  • MXHBSTP7%

Chinese Lanterns demand & seasonality

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

Volume176KCVR6.2%Products41Brands33Top 5 Brands55%OOS Rate13.2%Rating3.4★Reviews191Avg BSR#64
9K7KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Chinese Lanterns search terms shoppers use

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

  • chinese lanterns88K/yr
  • lanterns to release in memory34K/yr
  • sky lanterns16K/yr
  • chinese lantern10K/yr
  • sky lanterns to release in memory6K/yr
  • chinese sky lanterns7K/yr
  • floating lanterns4K/yr
  • sky lantern4K/yr
  • chinese lanterns outdoor5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Chinese Lanterns

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

What buyers love

87% of reviews
Quality-Overall29%

Good quality

Brightness/Shine/Glow18%

The lights are bright enough to be noticeable

Value For Money16%

Worth every penny

Ease Of Use6%

So easy to use

Color6%

nice colours

What buyers complain about

89% of reviews
Quality-Overall29%

The balloons are of poor quality

Flammable12%

Awful, went on fire

Value For Money11%

Not worth your money

Functionality-Overall11%

Not one of them worked

Strength7%

Item flimsy and falling apart

Chinese Lanterns return rate & reasons

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

1.4%

Return rate

16%

Fixable by listing

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

1Functionality-Overall
26%
2Quality-Overall
15%
3Size-Overall
9%
4Eco Friendliness
8%
5Flammable
5%

Common Chinese Lanterns questions

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

Flapen scores Chinese Lanterns 58/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £107K/yr across 41 tracked products. 1 of 12 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -20.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Chinese Lanterns on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.