bamboo yarn
Skip itA small market ($37K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Avg price
Great$18.69avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Competition
Good42%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Price range
Good$5.39–$39.57cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Review moat
Good955.39avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Returns
Good2.6%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Okay+10.4%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Brand share
Bad96%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Market size
Bad$37K$37K/yr · 268K searches
Conversion
Bad0.7%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, bamboo yarn is a $37K/yr Amazon United States market (268K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.
Data updated Jul 9, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
bamboo yarn market data
- Units sold / yr
- 3K–3K
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- $47K–$56K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 0.7%
- Avg BSR
- #494
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 80%
- Sponsored
- 41%
- Out of stock
- 6.0%
- Avg brand age
- 51 months
- Avg seller age
- 141 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 42% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
9 flat
Sellers
24
Top-5 brand share
96%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
42%
Top 20: 77%
Open market
3%
- Lion Brand Yarn65%
- BambooMN21%
- Yonkey Monkey4%
- Caron4%
- Sunny Cat2%
- Premier Yarns2%
- Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 3%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +10.4% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×
Top bamboo yarn search terms
- bamboo yarn81K/yr
- coboo yarn43K/yr
- coboo yarn lion brand29K/yr
- bamboo yarn for crocheting26K/yr
- truboo yarn18K/yr
- cotton bamboo yarn13K/yr
- lion brand coboo yarn13K/yr
- bamboo cotton yarn14K/yr
- coboo8K/yr
- truboo yarn lion brand9K/yr
Top bamboo yarn products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Lion Brand Yarn Truboo Yarn for Knitting and Crocheting Raisin 1 Pack
Lion Brand Yarn$5.434.6★1,280 rev
Lion Brand Yarn Coboo Soft Yarn for Knitting Crochet and Crafts Vanilla Blossom 3 Pack
Lion Brand Yarn$18.664.6★2,273 rev
Lion Brand Yarn Coboo Yarn Soft Yarn for Knitting Crochet and Crafts Mauve 3 Pack
Lion Brand Yarn$17.114.6★2,273 rev
Lion Brand Yarn - Coboo - 6 Pack with Needle Gauge (Olive)
Lion Brand Yarn$34.294.5★163 rev
Lion Brand Coboo Pale Pink 835-102 (6-Skeins - Same Dye Lot) DK Light Worsted #3 Cotton Bamboo Yarn for Crocheting and Knitting with Project Bag
Lion Brand Yarn$39.114.5★231 rev
Newest
by launch date
Caron All Day Cotton - 3 Pack of 173 Yards/3.52 oz Jute 100% Mercerized Cotton Yarn
Caron$11.912,653 rev
Caron All Day Cotton - 3 Pack of 173 Yards/3.52 oz Jungle Aqua 100% Mercerized Cotton Yarn
Caron$11.572,653 rev
Lion Brand Yarn Coboo Soft Yarn for Knitting Crochet and Crafts Vanilla Blossom 3 Pack
Lion Brand Yarn$18.662,273 rev
Lion Brand Yarn - Coboo 6 Pack with Needle Gauge (Vanilla Blossom)
Lion Brand Yarn$34.0657 rev
Lion Brand Yarn Truboo Yarn for Knitting and Crocheting Raisin 1 Pack
Lion Brand Yarn$5.431,280 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumLion Brand Yarn Coboo Soft Yarn for Knitting Crochet and Crafts Vanilla Blossom 3 Pack
Lion Brand Yarn$18.664.6★
Lion Brand Yarn - Coboo - 6 Pack with Needle Gauge (Taupe)
Lion Brand Yarn$34.234.5★
(3 Pack) Lion Brand Yarn Truboo Yarn Navy
Lion Brand Yarn$18.234.6★
JubileeYarn Bamboo Cotton Sport Yarn - 50g/Skein - Cotton White - 4 Skeins
BambooMN$14.934.4★
(3 Pack) Lion Brand Yarn Truboo Yarn Sand
Lion Brand Yarn$18.284.6★
What buyers say about bamboo yarn
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“the color is beautiful”
“Its soft and comfortable to work with”
“consistent quality in all skeins”
“Its almost like a cotton rope material”
“Cotton yarn is beautiful”
“However, it is economical”
“easy to use”
“As described in this description”
“washes up nice”
“Soft and durable”
What buyers complain about
“Looks nothing like the color on product page”
“Very thin”
“Needs more quality control”
“Aegean color is nothing like the picture shown as a bright blue with green undertones”
“Smaller than I expected”
“it is not as soft as Lion brands trueboo its just not”
“Splits”
“never received the gauge that was suppose to come with it”
“Not a good value”
“half have some sort of strange discoloration”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is bamboo yarn profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $37K/yr across 44 tracked products. 90-day search growth is +10.4%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (42/100).
- How competitive is the bamboo yarn niche?
- 9 brands and 24 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 42% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 96% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in bamboo yarn?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Color, Thickness, Quality-Overall. The return rate is 2.6%.
- When does demand for bamboo yarn peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the bamboo yarn niche?
- Listings span $5.39–$39.57; the average listing price is $18.69 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 955 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.