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Pillows

Pass

Pillows scores 69 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $7.8M a year here, demand is soft, at -13.8% this quarter, and returns run at 0.4% of orders.

Flapen Score
69
69 / 100
Top 4% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +18 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£7.8M/yr8.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
33%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 44 sellers

Flapen Score

Pillows against its category

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

69Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pillows market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pillows 8.4M times last year and spent an estimated £7.8M. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Flapen scores it 69 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

6.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 8.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £7.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
8.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.8%
Conversion, latest week
6.3%
Market size, estimated
£7.8Ma year
Peak month
October1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
pillows2.8M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.69.

Listings sell for £14.69 on average, from £6.20 to £34.30. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500K to 600K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £14.69 that is £118K to £147K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.69under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.20–£34.30
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
500K–600K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£118K–£147K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

98% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 44% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #33 within Home Textiles. It carries 6,370 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
98%
Prime listings
44%
Out of stock, average day
0.5%
Average rank
#33in Home Textiles
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,370per listing
Listings tracked
55

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 12 of last year's 14 launches as successful.

14 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 12 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
14
Successful launches
12Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Pillows 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 only 33% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£235K£471K£706K£941K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 rising

Sellers

44

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

33%

Top 20: 68%

Open market

37%

  • Slumberdown21%
  • Adam Home16%
  • Utopia Bedding10%
  • SK Stores6%
  • Silentnight6%
  • BedStory5%

Demand

Pillows search demand

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

200K150KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Pillows search terms shoppers use

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

  • pillows2.8M/yr
  • pillows 2 pack1.4M/yr
  • pillow1.0M/yr
  • memory foam pillow895K/yr
  • pillows 4 pack720K/yr
  • pillows for neck and shoulder pain225K/yr
  • side sleeper pillow247K/yr
  • hotel pillows188K/yr
  • firm pillows175K/yr
  • bed pillows97K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pillows

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

Complain

Quality-Overall15%−0.03

Average quality

Poor quality control

Cheap quality

Comfort-Overall10%+1.68

Extremely uncomfortable

these aren't comfortable in any position

Not as comfortable as I was hoping

Hard Feel7%−0.11

Not as soft as I had hoped

not soft at all

Too hard

Size-Overall7%−0.06

They are large

rather small

It doesn't fit the case it's in

Cushion5%+0.34

a firm pillow is too firm

I wanted a firmer pillow

I honestly thought the pillows could be firmer

Love

Comfort-Overall23%+1.68

They are comfortable to use

Very comfy and does help with sleeping

Extremely comfortable

Quality-Overall17%−0.03

Very reasonable value considering the quality

Good quality and fluffy

Amazing quality

Cushion11%+0.34

Very comfortable pillows that support the head perfectly

Very comfortable pillow which supports my head

Good plump cushions

Value For Money10%+0.74

Amazing value

Money well spent

Great value

Soft Feel8%

Lovely soft material

Soft pillow

Feel soft

Return

0.4% Return rate 21% Fixable by listing

Comfort-Overall21%▇▇█▇▆▆

Extremely uncomfortable

these aren't comfortable in any position

Not as comfortable as I was hoping

Cushion12%▇▇▆▅▅█

a firm pillow is too firm

I wanted a firmer pillow

I honestly thought the pillows could be firmer

Size-Overall11%▇▆█▆▆▅

They are large

rather small

It doesn't fit the case it's in

Quality-Overall11%▆█▇▇▇█

Average quality

Poor quality control

Cheap quality

Soft Feel7%▄▅▅▅█▄

FAQ

Common Pillows questions

Answered from the same tracked data.