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Mum and Dad Gifts

Fail

Prices span $5.35–$14.98, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Mum and Dad Gifts is a Fail.

Flapen Score
35
35 / 100
Ranks 5,308 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −16 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£35K/yr95K searches / yr
90-day growth
-29.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 25 sellers

Flapen Score

Mum and Dad Gifts against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Mum and Dad Gifts is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

35Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mum and Dad Gifts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mum and Dad Gifts 95K times last year and spent an estimated £35K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 35 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 95K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -29.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £35K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
95K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-29.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.1%
Market size, estimated
£35Ka year
Peak month
December52.9× the quietest month
Top search term
mum and dad gifts25K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.98.

Listings sell for £8.98 on average, from £5.35 to £14.98. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £8.98 that is £0 to £898 a year per listing.

Average price
£8.98under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.35–£14.98
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£898
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #716 within Cutlery. It carries 747 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
13.4%
Average rank
#716in Cutlery
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
747per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 31 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top Mum and Dad Gifts 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 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£7K£10K£14K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 flat

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

24%

  • Lula Design24%
  • Doublewhale16%
  • ETLEE10%
  • SMARGO9%
  • Hugs & Kisses9%
  • Craftworks Originals8%

Demand

Mum and Dad Gifts search demand

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

20K15KSpike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 52.9×

Search terms

Top Mum and Dad Gifts search terms shoppers use

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

  • mum and dad gifts25K/yr
  • gifts for mum and dad17K/yr
  • gift for mum and dad7K/yr
  • parents gifts6K/yr
  • parent gifts5K/yr
  • presents for parents9K/yr
  • christmas gifts for mum and dad12K/yr
  • mum and dad christmas gift7K/yr
  • parents christmas present5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mum and Dad Gifts

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

Complain

Quality-Overall50%+0.33

Poor quality item

not the best quality for the price

Print Quality25%−0.11

The writing had been printed back to front

Love

Gifting Purpose42%+2.76

Novelty gift

Great gift

Nice anniversary gift

Quality-Overall32%+0.33

Great quality aprons at a good price

Great quality

Absolutely beautiful

Value For Money10%+1.13

at a great price

Great mugs for the price

Good value for money

Durability6%−0.08

seems reasonably durable

Will last well if not dropped

Size-Overall6%+0.68

perfect size

Beautiful standard size mugs and great quality

Nice size

Return

0.7% Return rate 14% Fixable by listing

Material Quality21%▆▁▁█▅▁
Handle Quality14%█▁▁▁▆▁
Gifting Purpose14%▁▁▁█▅▁
Scratch Resistance11%▁▁▁▁▁█
Frame Quality7%▁▁▁▁█▁

FAQ

Common Mum and Dad Gifts questions

Answered from the same tracked data.