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Felt

Felt shows low returns (0.7%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($3.05–$10.81) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look

Ranks 2,729 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · on the category median

Market size 49Growth 10Conversion 70Competition 44Returns 97Price range 0Avg price 20Brand share 76Review moat 81Quality gap 62
This niche Category average · 5,777 niches

Is Felt profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Felt is a £266K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (584K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 59% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Felt: 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 -30.9% over the last 90 days and 6.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£266K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-30.9%584K
Conversion rate6.4%
Avg price£7.08

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 59% of demand, so 41% of the market is open.

41%

open market share

Brands · sellers22 · 27
Top-5 product click share59%
Open market41%
Avg brand age32 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 · 25 products

Sponsored placement84%
New entrants (1y)6· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews377

Top Felt 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 59% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond 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%

Felt demand & seasonality

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

Volume584KCVR6.4%Products25Brands22Top 5 Brands59%OOS Rate4.8%Rating4.4★Reviews377Avg BSR#255
25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Top Felt search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Felt

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

What buyers love

79% of reviews
Color26%

Bright colours

Quality-Overall13%

was very happy with the quality of the sheets

Value For Money10%

Excellent value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

As described

Material Quality9%

I would recommend this felt it is good quality

What buyers complain about

68% of reviews
Thickness22%

This is really thin felt

Hard Feel18%

It's nasty hard polyester with no depth

Quality-Overall9%

Poor quality

Stitch/Finish/Polish6%

Its stiff, not soft for sewing

Size-Overall4%

Too small

Felt return rate & reasons

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

0.7%

Return rate

43%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
28%
2Thin
19%
3Quality-Overall
17%
4Material Quality
8%
5Color
6%

Common Felt questions

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

Flapen scores Felt 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £266K/yr across 25 tracked products. 1 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -30.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Felt on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 3.1× the quietest.