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Wicket Keeping Gloves

Wicket Keeping Gloves shows demand growing +191.1% this quarter, but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

60
Worth a look
Market size 3Growth 97Conversion 15Competition 66Returns 83Price range 78Avg price 95Brand share 32Review moat 95Quality gap 86
This niche Category average

Is Wicket Keeping Gloves profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Wicket Keeping Gloves is a £11K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (32K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul. Verdict: Worth a look — 60/100.

Wicket Keeping Gloves: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +191.1% over the last 90 days and 1.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£11K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr500
Search volume / yr+191.1%32K
Conversion rate1.2%
Avg price£27.71

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 37
Top-5 product click share45%
Open market14%
Avg brand age58 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.1★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 31 products

Sponsored placement58%
New entrants (1y)13· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.1★
Avg reviews95

Top Wicket Keeping 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

The top 5 products take 45% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£427£854£1K£2K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

37

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

10%

  • Kookaburra40%
  • Gunn & Moore27%
  • PROSTYLE SPORTS9%
  • SG6%
  • WESTWOOD FOX5%
  • WFX4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 10%)

Wicket Keeping Gloves demand & seasonality

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

Volume32KCVR1.2%Products31Brands11Top 5 Brands86%OOS Rate11.8%Rating4.1★Reviews95Avg BSR#52
2K1KBlack Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.9×

Top Wicket Keeping Gloves search terms shoppers use

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

  • wicket keeping gloves25K/yr
  • wicket keeping gloves junior3K/yr
  • cricket wicket keeping gloves4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wicket Keeping Gloves

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

What buyers love

100% of reviews
Grip58%

Great gloves

Quality-Overall17%

Quality product

Value For Money14%

Great value for money gloves

Color6%

Son loves the colour

Size-Overall6%

wrist really well

What buyers complain about

100% of reviews
Durability38%

finger has already broken

Quality-Overall25%

Poor Quality

Suitability Beginner13%

Not for hardball cricket

Drop/Impact Protection13%

Not protective at all

Grip13%

Poor keeping gloves

Wicket Keeping Gloves return rate & reasons

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

1.6%

Return rate

83%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
80%
2Durability
5%
3Stitch/Finish/Polish
4%
4Quality-Overall
3%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
3%

Common Wicket Keeping Gloves questions

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

Flapen scores Wicket Keeping Gloves 60/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £11K/yr across 31 tracked products. 2 of 13 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +191.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Wicket Keeping Gloves on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Jul, where the busiest month runs 7.9× the quietest.