bulky yarn 5
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 98% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Great1.4%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Competition
Great32%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Avg price
Good$14.90avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Price range
Good$5.22–$28.27cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Conversion
Bad1.8%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Quality gap
Bad4.7★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Review moat
Bad12,592.1avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Market size
Bad$66K$66K/yr · 242K searches
Growth
Bad-27.7%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Brand share
Bad98%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, bulky yarn 5 is a $66K/yr Amazon United States market (242K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.
Data updated Jul 9, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
bulky yarn 5 market data
- Units sold / yr
- 6K–8K
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- $89K–$119K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 1.8%
- Avg BSR
- #300
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 98%
- Sponsored
- 39%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 46 months
- Avg seller age
- 117 days
Competition & brand share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (32% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
8 rising
Sellers
73
Top-5 brand share
98%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
32%
Top 20: 75%
Open market
1%
- Red Heart88%
- YarnArt5%
- Katech2%
- Caron2%
- Lion Brand Yarn1%
- Aeelike1%
- Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 1%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -27.7% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×
Top bulky yarn 5 search terms
- red heart ombre yarn46K/yr
- red heart super saver ombre yarn17K/yr
- pink ombre yarn17K/yr
- green ombre yarn18K/yr
- ombre cotton yarn10K/yr
- blue ombre yarn14K/yr
- purple ombre yarn16K/yr
- red heart ombre12K/yr
- red heart yarn ombre9K/yr
- purple variegated yarn9K/yr
Top bulky yarn 5 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
RED Heart E305.3961 Super Saver Ombre Yarn Scuba
Red Heart$7.844.8★2,262 rev
RED HEART Super Saver Ombre Yarn Jazzy
Red Heart$13.384.7★2,917 rev
Red Hearts Super Saver Jumbo Anthracite Ombre Yarn - 2 Pack of 283g/10oz - Acrylic - 4 Medium (Worsted) - 482 Yards - Knitting/Crochet
Red Heart$18.244.7★32,958 rev
Red Heart Super Saver Ombre Party Yarn - 2 Pack of 283g/10oz - 100% Acrylic - #4 Worsted (Medium) - 482 Yards - Knitting/Crochet
Red Heart$16.894.7★41,281 rev
Red Heart Super Saver Ombre Yarn Green Apple
Red Heart$8.194.7★2,917 rev
Newest
by launch dateRed Heart Super Saver Ombre Party Yarn - 2 Pack of 283g/10oz - 100% Acrylic - #4 Worsted (Medium) - 482 Yards - Knitting/Crochet
Red Heart$16.8941,281 rev
Red Heart Super Saver Ombre Marigold Yarn - 2 Pack of 283g/10oz - 100% Acrylic - #4 Worsted (Medium) - 482 Yards - Knitting/Crochet
Red Heart$17.0241,281 rev
Red Heart Super Saver Ombre Sunset Yarn - 2 Pack of 283g/10oz - 100% Acrylic - #4 Worsted (Medium) - 482 Yards - Knitting/Crochet
Red Heart$17.0741,281 rev
Red Heart Super Saver Bitty Stripes Unicorn Mane Yarn - 2 Pack of 283g/10oz - 100% Acrylic - #4 Worsted (Medium) - 515 Yards - Knitting/Crochet
Red Heart$17.262,057 rev
Red Heart Super Saver Jumbo Light Pink Yarn - 2 Pack of 10oz/283g - 100% Acrylic - #4 Worsted (Medium) - 482 Yards - Knitting/Crochet
Red Heart$16.7132,958 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumRed Heart Super Saver Ombre Sunset Yarn - 2 Pack of 283g/10oz - 100% Acrylic - #4 Worsted (Medium) - 482 Yards - Knitting/Crochet
Red Heart$17.074.7★
RED Heart E305.3961 Super Saver Ombre Yarn Scuba
Red Heart$7.844.8★
RED HEART E305.3965 Super Saver Ombre Yarn Mai Tai
Red Heart$12.174.7★
Red Heart Super Saver Ombre Navy Yarn - 2 Pack of 10oz/283g - Acrylic - 4 Medium (Worsted) - 482 Yards - Knitting/Crochet
Red Heart$15.224.7★
Red Heart Super Saver Jumbo Yarn
Red Heart$18.874.7★
What buyers say about bulky yarn 5
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Love the blue colors”
“It's very soft”
“Definitely worth the cost”
“Great quality and easy to work with”
“It has all of the softness of a garment grade cotton”
“Easy to use”
“Delighted so far with this very fine cotton”
“As Advertised”
“Excellent yarn for a great beanie I crocheting project I doing”
“It is a great yarn to get your way into knitting”
What buyers complain about
“Two different colors”
“Very scratchy”
“Too thick”
“Poor quality control on this line of yarn”
“Disappointed in yarn quality”
“Price keeps going up for me”
“every single skein had breaks in them”
“Difficult to use”
“Very small”
“Used yarn”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is bulky yarn 5 profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $66K/yr across 51 tracked products. 3 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -27.7%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (38/100).
- How competitive is the bulky yarn 5 niche?
- 8 brands and 73 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 32% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 98% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in bulky yarn 5?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Color, Hard Feel, Thickness. The return rate is 1.4%.
- When does demand for bulky yarn 5 peak?
- Demand peaks in Nov–Dec; the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the bulky yarn 5 niche?
- Listings span $5.22–$28.27; the average listing price is $14.90 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 12,592 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.