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Glow in the Dark Yarn

Maybe

The average product has only 293 reviews. But demand is soft, at -12.5% this quarter, so Glow in the Dark Yarn is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 22% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$88K/yr162K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
47%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 21 sellers

Flapen Score

Glow in the Dark Yarn against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Glow in the Dark Yarn is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Glow in the Dark Yarn market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Glow in the Dark Yarn 162K times last year and spent an estimated $88K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 162K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $88K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
162K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.5%
Conversion, latest week
3.2%
Market size, estimated
$88Ka year
Peak month
September2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
glow in the dark yarn113K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $17.12.

Listings sell for $17.12 on average, from $4.65 to $38.52. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $17.12 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$17.12inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.65–$38.52
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$4K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,070 within Knitting & Crochet. It carries 293 reviews at 4.18 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#1,070in Knitting & Crochet
Average rating
4.18 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
293per listing
Listings tracked
29

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 5 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Glow in the Dark Yarn products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 9, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 47% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

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

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

21

Est. top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

13%

  • Lion Brand Yarn33%
  • bulingbuling14%
  • WILLBOND14%
  • HEJIN11%
  • Red Heart9%
  • XAUKEU5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 13%)

Demand

Glow in the Dark Yarn search demand

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

6K4KPrime Day '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Glow in the Dark Yarn search terms shoppers use

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

  • glow in the dark yarn113K/yr
  • glow in the dark yarn for crochet21K/yr
  • glow yarn14K/yr
  • glow in dark yarn7K/yr
  • glow-in-the-dark yarn7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Glow in the Dark Yarn

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

28%of positive reviews mention “Brightness/Shine/Glow”
22%of negative reviews mention “Brightness/Shine/Glow”
1.6%of orders come back
“No Glow”
A buyer, on “Brightness/Shine/Glow”22% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Glow in the Dark Yarn questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data