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Christmas Lights

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 35% of clicks. But buyers convert on only 1.1% of searches, so Christmas Lights is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 6% of 370 Lighting niches · +16 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£989K/yr6.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+10.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
25%top-5 click share · 53 brands · 104 sellers

Flapen Score

Christmas Lights against its category

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

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Christmas Lights market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Christmas Lights 6.0M times last year and spent an estimated £989K. The top 5 brands take 35% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 6.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +10.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £989K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+10.1%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
£989Ka year
Peak month
December253.7× the quietest month
Top search term
christmas lights1.8M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.66.

Listings sell for £14.66 on average, from £3.68 to £165.19. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £14.66 that is £7K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.66under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.68–£165.19
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£11K
Returns
1.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 99% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #418 within String Lights. It carries 2,133 reviews at 4.44 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
99%
Out of stock, average day
16.9%
Average rank
#418in String Lights
Average rating
4.44 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,133per listing
Listings tracked
79

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 22 launches as successful.

22 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
22
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top 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 only 25% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£20K£40K£59K£79K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

53 falling

Sellers

104

Top-5 brand share

35%

Top 20: 75%

Top-5 click share

25%

Top 20: 58%

Open market

59%

  • Jsdoin10%
  • LITYBY7%
  • Hopexy6%
  • Ollny6%
  • Lezonic6%
  • FairyGlim6%

Demand

Christmas Lights search demand

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

1.3M750KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 253.7×

Search terms

Top Christmas Lights search terms shoppers use

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

  • christmas lights1.8M/yr
  • outdoor christmas lights1.1M/yr
  • christmas lights outdoor582K/yr
  • christmas tree lights858K/yr
  • tree lights90K/yr
  • christmas lights indoor281K/yr
  • christmas outdoor lights178K/yr
  • xmas lights132K/yr
  • outside christmas lights165K/yr
  • outdoor christmas lights mains powered85K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Christmas Lights

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

Complain

Durability27%−0.23

Don't last

Breaks easily

Broken

Functionality-Overall17%−0.14

doesnt do anything

Did not work

Stopped working

Quality-Overall13%+0.08

not strong quality

Extremely poor quality hardly any of the lights work

Not good quality

Brightness/Shine/Glow4%+2.39

The brightness is underwhelming

Sadly, they simply do not get bright enough

Not bright enough

Remote Control3%+0.24

Remote is pathetic

no remote included as per advert

Remote not working

Love

Brightness/Shine/Glow34%+2.39

Bright lights

So bright

Lovely glow

Quality-Overall16%+0.08

Build quality looks reasonable

Really good quality lights

Excellent product

Value For Money13%+0.85

Good value for money

Good Value

Excellent value for money

Color6%+0.37

lovely choice of colours

Colourful lights

The colours are vibrant

Remote Control4%+0.24

The remote control is great

Remote control easy to use

The remote works really well

Return

1.9% Return rate 35% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall21%▆▅▇█▇▆

doesnt do anything

Did not work

Stopped working

Size-Overall17%▇█▇▇██

these fall a bit short

Smaller in size

Way longer than I expected

Defective Material/Parts12%▆▅▇█▇█
Brightness/Shine/Glow9%▅█▆█▇█

The brightness is underwhelming

Sadly, they simply do not get bright enough

Not bright enough

Color9%█▆▇▅▆▅

FAQ

Common Christmas Lights questions

Answered from the same tracked data.