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Needle Felting Kit

Needle Felting Kit shows low returns (0.5%), but soft demand (-34.5% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look
Market size 32Growth 8Conversion 37Competition 70Returns 98Price range 43Avg price 57Brand share 67Review moat 83Quality gap 48
This niche Category average

Is Needle Felting Kit profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Needle Felting Kit is a £148K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (390K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 65% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Needle Felting Kit: 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 -34.5% over the last 90 days and 3.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£148K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-34.5%390K
Conversion rate3.0%
Avg price£12.80

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 65% of demand, so 35% of the market is open.

35%

open market share

Brands · sellers21 · 38
Top-5 product click share43%
Open market35%
Avg brand age31 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 39 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)9· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews339

Top Needle Felting Kit 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 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£4K£9K£13K£18K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 falling

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

65%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

30%

  • Axmru24%
  • luokefe21%
  • Redamancy9%
  • Doxiru6%
  • Qzma6%
  • WenYa6%

Needle Felting Kit demand & seasonality

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

Volume390KCVR3.0%Products39Brands21Top 5 Brands65%OOS Rate8.1%Rating4.5★Reviews339Avg BSR#461
23K18KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.0×

Top Needle Felting Kit search terms shoppers use

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

  • needle felting kit125K/yr
  • felting kit81K/yr
  • needle felting53K/yr
  • felting23K/yr
  • needle felting kits for beginners18K/yr
  • felting kits for beginners adults27K/yr
  • felting kits15K/yr
  • needle felting kits12K/yr
  • needle felt8K/yr
  • needle felt kit7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Needle Felting Kit

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

What buyers love

80% of reviews
Value For Money26%

Not expensive

Quality-Overall14%

Good quality and variety

Gifting Purpose10%

Recommended - cute for a gift

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

As described

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting5%

Instructions are beginner friendly

What buyers complain about

67% of reviews
Quality-Overall16%

Not the best quality

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting10%

Instructions not good

Durability10%

they kept Breaking

Value For Money7%

Poor value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

So disappointed and deceived by the picture thump plate

Needle Felting Kit return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

17%

Fixable by listing

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

1Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting
17%
2Quality-Overall
13%
3Material Quality
9%
4Gifting Purpose
9%
5Durability
8%

Common Needle Felting Kit questions

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

Flapen scores Needle Felting Kit 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £148K/yr across 39 tracked products. 0 of 9 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -34.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Needle Felting Kit on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 5.0× the quietest.