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Felt

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.7% of orders. But prices span $3.05–$10.81, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Felt is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Ranks 2,729 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · on the category median
Market size
£266K/yr584K searches / yr
90-day growth
-30.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 27 sellers

Flapen Score

Felt against its category

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

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

Market

The Felt market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Felt 584K times last year and spent an estimated £266K. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 584K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -30.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £266K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
584K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-30.9%
Conversion, latest week
6.4%
Market size, estimated
£266Ka year
Peak month
November3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
felt250K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.08.

Listings sell for £7.08 on average, from £3.05 to £10.81. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £7.08 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.08under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.05–£10.81
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£7K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #255 within Art & Craft Supplies. It carries 377 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.8%
Average rank
#255in Art & Craft Supplies
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
377per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 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 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Felt 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£13K£27K£40K£53K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

33%

  • koitoy18%
  • FAST-FX12%
  • luluaday11%
  • BOUBONI10%
  • flic-flac8%
  • Miss Pen7%

Demand

Felt search demand

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

25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top Felt search terms shoppers use

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

  • felt250K/yr
  • felt fabric172K/yr
  • felt sheets40K/yr
  • felt squares18K/yr
  • craft felt14K/yr
  • coloured felt11K/yr
  • felt sheets for crafting10K/yr
  • felt fabric sheets8K/yr
  • felt for crafting9K/yr
  • felt sheet6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Felt

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

Complain

Thickness22%−0.11

This is really thin felt

Not thick

Thinner than I expected

Hard Feel18%−0.18

It's nasty hard polyester with no depth

Lovely colours shame about the quality of the felt not a nice soft felt it's very rough

Too hard

Quality-Overall9%−0.02

Poor quality

Very poor quality, see through sheets, unusable

the quality isn't premium

Stitch/Finish/Polish6%−0.05

Its stiff, not soft for sewing

Not for sewing- like card stock in thats its very rigid

Size-Overall4%+0.15

Too small

Smaller than expected

i thought it would be bigger

Love

Color26%+2.08

Bright colours

Lovely colours

Great colour selection

Quality-Overall13%−0.02

was very happy with the quality of the sheets

Her overall view was that these felt sheets are of a decent quality

Good quality

Value For Money10%+0.76

Excellent value for money

Good value

Great value

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+1.16

As described

Exactly what I wanted

Exactly as pictured & described

Material Quality9%−0.01

I would recommend this felt it is good quality

They are a child safe material

Good felt for crafts

Return

0.7% Return rate 43% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall28%▃▅▆▇█▆

Too small

Smaller than expected

i thought it would be bigger

Thin19%█▅▅▅▄▅

a little on the thin side for me

Quality-Overall17%▆▄▅▄▅█

Poor quality

Very poor quality, see through sheets, unusable

the quality isn't premium

Material Quality8%▅▃▇█▁▇

The felt is not the best quality not as soft as I expected

Color6%▇█▂▁▁▂

FAQ

Common Felt questions

Answered from the same tracked data.