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Helium Balloon

Maybe

An estimated 0.3% of orders come back. But shoppers spend an estimated $53K a year here, so Helium Balloon is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 33% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +4 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£53K/yr253K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
33%top-5 click share · 36 brands · 55 sellers

Flapen Score

Helium Balloon against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Helium Balloon market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Helium Balloon 253K times last year and spent an estimated £53K. The top 5 brands take 50% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 253K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £53K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
253K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.2%
Conversion, latest week
2.2%
Market size, estimated
£53Ka year
Peak month
February1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
helium balloon100K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.55.

Listings sell for £9.55 on average, from £2.85 to £34.05. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £9.55 that is £955 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.55under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.85–£34.05
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£955–£2K
Returns
0.3%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. 78% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #355 within Party Supplies. It carries 1,488 reviews at 4.15 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
78%
Out of stock, average day
4.8%
Average rank
#355in Party Supplies
Average rating
4.15 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,488per listing
Listings tracked
58

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 9 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Helium Balloon products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 27, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 33% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£3K£5K£6K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

36 rising

Sellers

55

Est. top-5 brand share

50%

Top 20: 88%

Est. top-5 click share

33%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

45%

  • Lingqiang18%
  • Helium King11%
  • Kelfara7%
  • PARTYRAMA.CO.UK7%
  • Kaluofan6%
  • Phyooest5%

Demand

Helium Balloon search demand

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

5K3KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Helium Balloon search terms shoppers use

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

  • helium balloon100K/yr
  • helium balloons59K/yr
  • helium balloons delivered inflated12K/yr
  • balloons helium18K/yr
  • inflated helium balloons12K/yr
  • helium balloons birthday11K/yr
  • hellium balloons9K/yr
  • helium birthday balloons5K/yr
  • latex balloons for helium5K/yr
  • balloons for helium5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Helium Balloon

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

22%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Use”
16%of negative reviews mention “Value For Money”
0.3%of orders come back
“not worth it for this price”
A buyer, on “Value For Money”16% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Helium Balloon questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data