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Embroidery Threads

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($3.07–$16.58) — Embroidery Threads doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

42
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Ranks 4,560 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −9 vs the category median of 51

Market size 40Growth 23Conversion 78Competition 30Returns 98Price range 12Avg price 18Brand share 44Review moat 44Quality gap 23
This niche Category average · 5,777 niches

Is Embroidery Threads profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Embroidery Threads is a £206K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (418K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.

Embroidery Threads: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -3.8% over the last 90 days and 7.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£206K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-3.8%418K
Conversion rate7.6%
Avg price£6.45

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand, so 22% of the market is open.

22%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 22
Top-5 product click share67%
Open market22%
Avg brand age33 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 17 products

Sponsored placement71%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews2,108

Top Embroidery Threads 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 67% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£21K£41K£62K£83K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

18%

  • AUERVO44%
  • HAUSPROFI15%
  • VynyQoo9%
  • LauCentral6%
  • CUIDAKJ4%
  • benlidoner4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 18%)

Embroidery Threads demand & seasonality

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

Volume418KCVR7.6%Products17Brands13Top 5 Brands78%OOS Rate8.6%Rating4.6★Reviews2,108Avg BSR#29
10K6KBlack Friday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Embroidery Threads search terms shoppers use

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

  • embroidery threads247K/yr
  • embroidery thread80K/yr
  • embroidery floss21K/yr
  • cross stitch thread21K/yr
  • friendship bracelet thread9K/yr
  • bracelet thread10K/yr
  • friendship bracelet string11K/yr
  • thread for bracelet making7K/yr
  • cotton embroidery thread4K/yr
  • embroidery silks5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Embroidery Threads

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

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Color43%

Colours are bright

Quality-Overall17%

Good quality

Value For Money16%

Great value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

Does the job

Stitch/Finish/Polish2%

Good value for those starting embroidery

What buyers complain about

63% of reviews
Quality-Overall14%

they should have better quality/hygiene control

Rope/Wire Tangling14%

I had to keep pulling the strands together to stop it knotting & looping

Color6%

The colours were not accurate to the image on the listing

Scratch Resistance6%

tips scratchy

Size-Overall6%

the needle eye is too small to use them

Embroidery Threads return rate & reasons

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

0.3%

Return rate

52%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
43%
2Quality-Overall
16%
3Thin
8%
4Ease Of Use
4%
5Material Quality
4%

Common Embroidery Threads questions

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

Flapen scores Embroidery Threads 42/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £206K/yr across 17 tracked products. Search demand moved -3.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Embroidery Threads on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.