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Gym Gloves

soft demand (-13.0% this quarter) — Gym Gloves doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

49
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Market size 52Growth 18Conversion 43Competition 78Returns 69Price range 42Avg price 22Brand share 48Review moat 22Quality gap 63
This niche Category average

Is Gym Gloves profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Gym Gloves is a £321K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.2M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 76% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Gym Gloves: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -13.0% over the last 90 days and 3.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£321K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-13.0%1.2M
Conversion rate3.4%
Avg price£7.76

Who owns the niche?

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

24%

open market share

Brands · sellers18 · 33
Top-5 product click share37%
Open market24%
Avg brand age49 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 · 37 products

Sponsored placement97%
New entrants (1y)4· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews9,681

Top Gym Gloves 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (37% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£10K£19K£29K£39K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

20%

  • BEAST RAGE27%
  • ATERCEL19%
  • SAWANS19%
  • ihuan7%
  • RDX5%
  • BEAR GRIP4%

Gym Gloves demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.2MCVR3.4%Products37Brands18Top 5 Brands76%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.4★Reviews9,681Avg BSR#12
30K20KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Gym Gloves search terms shoppers use

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

  • gym gloves312K/yr
  • weight lifting gloves194K/yr
  • gym gloves women161K/yr
  • gym gloves men205K/yr
  • weight lifting gloves women42K/yr
  • lifting gloves39K/yr
  • workout gloves29K/yr
  • weightlifting gloves for men26K/yr
  • gym gloves weightlifting13K/yr
  • weight gloves women20K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gym Gloves

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Quality-Overall16%

Decent quality

Grip16%

They also help me to grip the equipment better too

Size-Overall16%

Fits like a glove

Comfort-Overall11%

Comfortable to wear

Value For Money9%

Good for the price

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews
Size-Overall27%

a bit tight

Quality-Overall12%

Low quality

Grip11%

No grip

Durability10%

already falling apart

Stitch/Finish/Polish5%

Poor stitching quality

Gym Gloves return rate & reasons

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

2.3%

Return rate

87%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
84%
2Quality-Overall
4%
3Comfort-Overall
3%
4Grip
2%
5Cushion
1%

Common Gym Gloves questions

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

Flapen scores Gym Gloves 49/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £321K/yr across 37 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -13.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Gym Gloves on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.