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Outdoor String Lights

Pass

Outdoor String Lights scores 66 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $734K a year here, search demand grew +35.0% this quarter, and returns run at 1.4% of orders.

Flapen Score
66
66 / 100
Top 4% of 370 Lighting niches · +19 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£734K/yr1.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
+35.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Outdoor String Lights against its category

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

66Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Outdoor String Lights market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Outdoor String Lights 1.6M times last year and spent an estimated £734K. The top 5 brands take 55% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Flapen scores it 66 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

2.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +35.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £734K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+35.0%
Conversion, latest week
2.1%
Market size, estimated
£734Ka year
Peak month
May5.0× the quietest month
Top search term
outside lights467K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £22.33.

Listings sell for £22.33 on average, from £8.73 to £63.29. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £22.33 that is £17K to £22K a year per listing.

Average price
£22.33inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.73–£63.29
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£17K–£22K
Returns
1.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #131 within String Lights. It carries 1,120 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
96%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.8%
Average rank
#131in String Lights
Average rating
4.40 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,120per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 8 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 8 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
8
Successful launches
8Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Outdoor String 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 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£73K£147K£220K£293K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

55%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

40%

  • Warlisou21%
  • ZOTOYI11%
  • GPATIO10%
  • YRATERVSR8%
  • EVXFG6%
  • LUCUHM5%

Demand

Outdoor String Lights search demand

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

40K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.0×

Search terms

Top Outdoor String Lights search terms shoppers use

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

  • outside lights467K/yr
  • festoon lights outdoor211K/yr
  • outdoor lights mains powered179K/yr
  • gazebo lights74K/yr
  • garden lights mains powered109K/yr
  • festoon lights64K/yr
  • outdoor string lights73K/yr
  • balcony decor36K/yr
  • pergola lights35K/yr
  • outdoor decor30K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Outdoor String Lights

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

Complain

Durability21%−0.23

Do not last

Fell apart

not durable

Quality-Overall12%+0.06

Poor Quality

Cheap rubbish

Extremely poor quality hardly any of the lights work

Size-Overall7%

Small

But small balls

These are not fit for purpose bought these

Functionality-Overall7%−0.08

doesnt do anything

One set didn't work

Don't work

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%−0.03

Not as advertised

False advertising

False information

Love

Brightness/Shine/Glow34%+2.64

Nice and bright

Bright lights

Perfect lighting

Quality-Overall14%+0.06

Build quality is solid throughout

Good quality lighting

Brilliant quality

Value For Money10%+0.67

Excellent value for money

Decent value for money

Good Value

Remote Control6%+0.41

Remote control is handy

The remote works really well

remote is handy

Assembly/Installation4%+0.16

easy to configure

easy to set up

Easy to install

Return

1.4% Return rate 40% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall27%▅█▆▇▇▇

Small

But small balls

These are not fit for purpose bought these

Functionality-Overall15%█▄▆▅▆▆

doesnt do anything

One set didn't work

Don't work

Brightness/Shine/Glow10%▁█▆▇▆▆

as the bulbs go along the initial 30m they decline in brightness with the last few not being on at all

Not that bright

the other half are so dim you can scarcely see them on

Defective Material/Parts7%█▄▅▅▄▄
Compatibility-Overall7%▄▃█▆▅▅

FAQ

Common Outdoor String Lights questions

Answered from the same tracked data.