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Silver Balloons

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.94–$8.20) — Silver Balloons doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Market size 7Growth 54Conversion 84Competition 31Returns 95Price range 0Avg price 15Brand share 49Review moat 51Quality gap 60
This niche Category average

Is Silver Balloons profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Silver Balloons is a £30K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (60K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 76% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Silver Balloons: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +26.5% over the last 90 days and 9.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£30K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr+26.5%60K
Conversion rate9.2%
Avg price£5.36

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 76% of demand, so 24% of the market is open.

24%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 19
Top-5 product click share66%
Open market24%
Avg brand age33 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 · 19 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)5· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,455

Top Silver Balloons 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 66% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£3K£6K£9K£12K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

18%

  • OTMVicor20%
  • AULE19%
  • DOJoykey16%
  • Kelfara11%
  • Wayfun9%
  • QIFU7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 18%)

Silver Balloons demand & seasonality

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

Volume60KCVR9.2%Products19Brands14Top 5 Brands76%OOS Rate21.2%Rating4.4★Reviews1,455Avg BSR#145
3K2KSpike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Silver Balloons search terms shoppers use

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

  • silver balloons57K/yr
  • silver metallic balloons2K/yr
  • metallic silver balloons2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Silver Balloons

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

What buyers love

100% of reviews
Quality-Overall47%

Excellent Product

Color27%

Really pretty colour

Durability7%

durable

Size-Overall7%

The size is excellent too

Material Quality4%

The latex feels reasonably thick and durable, giving confidence that they won't burst at the slightest touch

What buyers complain about

100% of reviews
Thickness33%

its abit thin

Advertised Vs Actual Product28%

Doesn't really look like the picturse

Color17%

More grey than silver

Shape/Style11%

weird shape when blown up fully

Size-Overall11%

too small

Silver Balloons return rate & reasons

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

0.9%

Return rate

46%

Fixable by listing

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

1Quality-Overall
26%
2Color
22%
3Inflation/Deflation
14%
4Size-Overall
12%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%

Common Silver Balloons questions

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

Flapen scores Silver Balloons 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £30K/yr across 19 tracked products. 0 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +26.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Silver Balloons on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.