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5m Christmas Lights

Fail

Prices span $3.20–$9.71, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 5m Christmas Lights is a Fail.

Flapen Score
35
35 / 100
Ranks 314 of 370 Lighting niches · −12 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£7K/yr30K searches / yr
90-day growth
-39.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

5m Christmas Lights against its category

The dotted line is the Lighting average. Past it, 5m Christmas Lights is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The 5m Christmas Lights market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 5m Christmas Lights 30K times last year and spent an estimated £7K. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Flapen scores it 35 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 30K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -39.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £7K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
30K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-39.0%
Conversion, latest week
4.2%
Market size, estimated
£7Ka year
Top search term
fairy lights 5m6K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.32.

Listings sell for £5.32 on average, from £3.20 to £9.71. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £5.32 that is £0 to £532 a year per listing.

Average price
£5.32under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.20–£9.71
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£532
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #91 within String Lights. It carries 4,136 reviews at 4.26 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
9.3%
Average rank
#91in String Lights
Average rating
4.26 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,136per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top 5m Christmas Lights 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£670£1K£2K£3K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

25%

  • Dalugo23%
  • Ollny17%
  • SENTAIMAO13%
  • Hopexy9%
  • litogo7%
  • Etopgo5%

Demand

5m Christmas Lights search demand

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

400300JanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.5× · 7 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top 5m Christmas Lights search terms shoppers use

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

  • fairy lights 5m6K/yr
  • 5 metre battery fairy lights4K/yr
  • 5m christmas lights7K/yr
  • christmas lights 5m4K/yr
  • christmas tree lights 5m3K/yr
  • outdoor christmas lights 5m6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 5m Christmas Lights

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

Complain

Battery Life17%−0.15

The reason a lot of bad reviews say battery life is short

Batteries dont last long

Battery life is poor

Functionality-Overall9%−0.09

that didnt help at all

didn't work

Run through all the settings when switched on

Color8%−0.08

Not as 'yellow' as they appear in the photos

Not a warm white

More Yellow

Brightness/Shine/Glow8%+2.47

The brightness is underwhelming

A bit too dim

Loses its brightness after a week

Durability8%−0.08

Not long lasting

broke while trying to

the wire broke

Love

Brightness/Shine/Glow38%+2.47

Beautiful lighting

Well bright

The glow is bright and beautiful

Value For Money21%+1.41

Worth it x

Excellent value

Very good value

Quality-Overall16%+0.73

These lights are perfect quality

GREAT QUALITY

Nice product

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%0.00

Better than expected

Just like the picture

Exactly what I was looking for

Color5%−0.08

Very pretty

Nice bright colour

Return

1.2% Return rate 49% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall31%▂▅█▅▆▆
Brightness/Shine/Glow15%▆▅▂█▅▅

The brightness is underwhelming

A bit too dim

Loses its brightness after a week

Functionality-Overall12%▆█▅▆▇▄

that didnt help at all

didn't work

Run through all the settings when switched on

Color8%▂█▆▁▆▂

Not as 'yellow' as they appear in the photos

Not a warm white

More Yellow

Quality-Overall7%█▁▃▃▆▇

FAQ

Common 5m Christmas Lights questions

Answered from the same tracked data.