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Lamp Shades

Maybe

The top 5 products take only 25% of clicks. But demand is soft, at -26.6% this quarter, so Lamp Shades is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 20% of 370 Lighting niches · +8 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£607K/yr4.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
-26.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
25%top-5 click share · 30 brands · 46 sellers

Flapen Score

Lamp Shades against its category

The dotted line is the Lighting average. Past it, Lamp Shades is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lamp Shades market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Lamp Shades 4.6M times last year and spent an estimated £607K. The top 5 brands take 68% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

0.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 4.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -26.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £607K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
4.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-26.6%
Conversion, latest week
0.9%
Market size, estimated
£607Ka year
Peak month
November1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
lampshades for ceiling lights593K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.00.

Listings sell for £14.00 on average, from £5.18 to £36.18. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £14.00 that is £1K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.00under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.18–£36.18
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£4K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 60% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #86 within Indoor Lighting. It carries 711 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
60%
Out of stock, average day
8.2%
Average rank
#86in Indoor Lighting
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
711per listing
Listings tracked
86

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 12 launches as successful.

12 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 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Lamp Shades 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£12K£24K£36K£49K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

30 falling

Sellers

46

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

25%

Top 20: 63%

Open market

26%

  • Giggi31%
  • MiniSun19%
  • LEDSone7%
  • Weewooday6%
  • FANSU6%
  • FRIDEKO HOME6%

Demand

Lamp Shades search demand

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

125K75KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Lamp Shades search terms shoppers use

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

  • lampshades for ceiling lights593K/yr
  • light shade722K/yr
  • lamp shade712K/yr
  • lampshade318K/yr
  • light shade ceiling239K/yr
  • lamp shades ceiling235K/yr
  • ceiling light shade320K/yr
  • lamp shades255K/yr
  • lamp shades for table lamps198K/yr
  • ceiling lamp shade105K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lamp Shades

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

Complain

Size-Overall27%−0.26

Extremely small

too big

Doesn't fit

Quality-Overall11%−0.01

Poor quality

Poor quality control

Not same quality as before

Value For Money8%+1.21

Bought another else where cheaper

It feels much more expensive than it actually is

looks more expensive than it is

Assembly/Installation3%+0.46

Assembly problem

an absolute nightmare to put together

Bit of a nightmare to install

Weight Heavy3%

Heavier than anticipated

It is on the heavy side

very heavy

Love

Brightness/Shine/Glow21%+1.95

Gives good light

Gives a good lightness

Good lighting

Quality-Overall18%−0.01

the quality is really solid

Brilliant quality

Quality seems reasonable

Value For Money14%+1.21

Excellent value for money

Decent price

Excellent value

Color10%+0.46

The perfect combination of colour

Love the colour

Excellent shades

Size-Overall7%−0.26

Easy fit

Easy fit looks good had some complements

Easy to fit

Return

1.6% Return rate 78% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall61%██▇██▇

Extremely small

too big

Doesn't fit

Defective Material/Parts9%▄▆█▅▆▄
Color8%▅▆▅███

beige was white

Its white not beige

its to dark

Quality-Overall5%█▆▅▆▆▇

Poor quality

Poor quality control

Not same quality as before

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%█▅██▆▆

It did not like the photo at all

Description totally misleading

Not as described

FAQ

Common Lamp Shades questions

Answered from the same tracked data.