How competitive is the Cotton Yarn niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

30 brands and 53 sellers compete in Cotton Yarn on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Cotton Yarn products take 25% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 72% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Cotton Yarn?

Cotton Yarn buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Size-Overall, Thickness, Quality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.8%.

What does it cost to enter the Cotton Yarn niche?

Cotton Yarn sells for £8.33 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £1.75–£33.61. The average incumbent carries 1,740 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Cotton Yarn

soft demand (-24.5% this quarter) — Cotton Yarn doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Cotton Yarn profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cotton Yarn is a £69K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (732K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 72% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.

Cotton Yarn: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -24.5% over the last 90 days and 1.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£69K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K

Search volume / yr-24.5%732K

Conversion rate1.1%

Avg price£8.33

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 72% of demand, so 28% of the market is open.

28%

open market share

Brands · sellers30 · 53

Top-5 product click share25%

Open market28%

Avg brand age43 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 · 80 products

Top Cotton Yarn products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Hello 100% Cotton 12 Ball Yarn Pack - Pastel

Price: £10.37
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 382
Age: 3y ago

Utopia Crafts 365 Days Mercerised Combed Cotton DK Yarn for Knitting & Crochet 100g (Dusty Mauve)

Price: £4.73
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 90
Age: 7mo ago

Utopia Crafts Velvet Lux Chenille Yarn 100g (Ivory)

Price: £3.05
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 3,970
Age: 3y ago

Utopia Crafts Re-Cotton Knitting Yarn 100g (Evergreen) 5060967569274

Price: £2.74
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 3,026
Age: 3y ago

Utopia Crafts 365 Days Mercerised Combed Cotton DK Yarn for Knitting & Crochet 100g (Powder Pink)

Price: £4.85
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 90
Age: 7mo ago

Newest

by launch date

Coopay 20×25g 100% Cotton Yarn for Crocheting Amigurumi Cotton Yarn for Crochet & Knitting Multicoloured Soft 8ply Cotton DK Yarn Mini Pure Cotton Crochet Yarn Set for Beginners DIY Colorful Crafts

Price: £15.27
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 11
Age: 6mo ago

Utopia Crafts 365 Days Mercerised Combed Cotton DK Yarn for Knitting & Crochet 100g (Dusty Mauve)

Price: £4.73
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 90
Age: 7mo ago

Utopia Crafts 365 Days Mercerised Combed Cotton DK Yarn for Knitting & Crochet 100g (Powder Pink)

Price: £4.85
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 90
Age: 7mo ago

The Left Bridge 12 PCS 100% Pure Cotton Yarn Kit Amigurumi Cotton DK Yarn for Crochet and Knitting 8 Ply Crochet Thread Set for Colorful Crafts Wool for Knitting

Price: £11.09
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 16
Age: 8mo ago

Emu Cotton DK Premium Yarn 100g Ball 208m Sand - 009

Price: £2.50
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 35
Age: 8mo ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (25% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

30 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

72%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

25%

Top 20: 58%

Open market

24%

Utopia Crafts45%
Hello Yarn12%
ilauke7%
Reessy4%
Emu4%
Renyiz3%

Cotton Yarn demand & seasonality

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

Volume732KCVR1.1%Products80Brands30Top 5 Brands72%OOS Rate6.3%Rating4.4★Reviews1,740Avg BSR#228

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.8×

Top Cotton Yarn search terms shoppers use

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

cotton yarn165K/yr +2.9%0.6% conv.
chunky yarn305K/yr -42.0%0.4% conv.
cotton yarn for crochet73K/yr -0.6%0.8% conv.
thick yarn39K/yr -38.4%0.8% conv.
amigurumi yarn27K/yr -26.8%0.9% conv.
cotton crochet yarn18K/yr -3.6%0.8% conv.
chunky yarn for crochet34K/yr -64.3%0.8% conv.
crochet yarn chunky18K/yr -42.5%0.6% conv.
crochet yarn cotton9K/yr +12.2%0.7% conv.
crochet cotton yarn9K/yr -18.1%1.2% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cotton Yarn

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

What buyers love

86% of reviews

Color22%

“the colors are cute”

Quality-Overall19%

“Amazing quality”

Soft Feel11%

“Smooth texture”

Value For Money10%

“Good for the price”

Material Quality5%

“The 60% cotton, 40% acrylic yarn is soft, smooth, and easy to work with, making it great for amigurumi, socks, or blankets”

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews

Size-Overall15%

“The each one is too short”

Thickness15%

“seems thicker than 4 ply”

Quality-Overall12%

“Poor quality, breaks repeatedly”

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

“Not as advertised”

Color5%

“Inaccurate colour”

Cotton Yarn return rate & reasons

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

0.8%

Return rate

51%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color

22%

2Thin

16%

3Size-Overall

15%

4Material Quality

12%

5Advertised Vs Actual Product

Common Cotton Yarn questions

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

Flapen scores Cotton Yarn 47/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £69K/yr across 80 tracked products. 0 of 25 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -24.5% over the last 90 days.