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Glorbs

Maybe

The products selling today average only 3.4★. But shoppers spend only $48K a year here, so Glorbs is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 24% of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · +8 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£48K/yr156K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 55 sellers

Flapen Score

Glorbs against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Glorbs is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Glorbs market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Glorbs 156K times last year and spent an estimated £48K. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 156K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £48K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
156K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.3%
Conversion, latest week
3.9%
Market size, estimated
£48Ka year
Top search term
sticky balls10K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.85.

Listings sell for £7.85 on average, from £1.31 to £26.37. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £7.85 that is £4K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.85under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.31–£26.37
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£6K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

69% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 65% ship with Prime. On an average day, 35.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,594 within Novelty & Gag Toys. It carries 902 reviews at 3.44 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
69%
Prime listings
65%
Out of stock, average day
35.1%
Average rank
#1,594in Novelty & Gag Toys
Average rating
3.44 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
902per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 12 launches as successful.

12 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 16 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
12
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
16 months

Products

Top Glorbs 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£10K£14K£19K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

23 rising

Sellers

55

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

36%

  • Gytera25%
  • Tylices16%
  • Zenova7%
  • ASREJUR6%
  • JOY SPOT!6%
  • CRAYOLA5%

Demand

Glorbs search demand

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

15K10KHoliday '25Spike '26NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 28.9× · 9 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Glorbs search terms shoppers use

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

  • sticky balls10K/yr
  • sticky balls to throw at ceiling5K/yr
  • gloobles5K/yr
  • glow balls4K/yr
  • glorbs72K/yr
  • glorbs sticky ceiling balls15K/yr
  • glorb3K/yr
  • glorbs balls37K/yr
  • glorbes3K/yr
  • glorbes balls2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Glorbs

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

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness33%−0.28

Too sticky

These balls were not sticky at all

Not great at sticking

Brightness/Shine/Glow13%−0.10

Do Not Glow

Sadly they do not glow in the dark at all

Dont even glow

Quality-Overall10%+0.69

they feel cheap

Quality not very good

quality is a bit poor

Size-Overall10%−0.08

Smaller than expected

Balls are quite small

Tiny balls not like the photos at all

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%−0.01

Tiny balls not like the photos at all

Product not like description

Not true description

Love

Fun/Entertainment Experience28%+1.51

Brilliant fun—excellent glow

kept him entertained for ages

Fun to play

Color17%+1.85

Colourful

The bright colours are lovely

They are good colour

Quality-Overall14%+0.69

Balls very well made

the balls are great

Good quality

Value For Money9%+0.30

Value for money

Good value for money

best price

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.01

All as expected, many balls, do what's required one happy toddler

Exactly as seen

Return

0.5% Return rate 62% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall46%▃█▆▆▆▆

Smaller than expected

Balls are quite small

Tiny balls not like the photos at all

Quality-Overall14%▆▃█▄▄▆

they feel cheap

Quality not very good

quality is a bit poor

Adhesion/Stickiness12%█▃▁▄▃▆

Too sticky

These balls were not sticky at all

Not great at sticking

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▁▁█▄▃▂

Tiny balls not like the photos at all

Product not like description

Not true description

Color4%▁▄█▁▃▁

FAQ

Common Glorbs questions

Answered from the same tracked data.