Hot Foil
FailShoppers spend an estimated $17K a year here, so Hot Foil is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 40 / 100Ranks 3,499 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −6 vs the category median of 4640
- Market size
- $17K/yr36K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -18.7%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 57%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 43 sellers
Flapen Score
Hot Foil against its category
The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Hot Foil is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Hot Foil market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Hot Foil 36K times last year and spent an estimated $17K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 1.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 36K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -18.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $17K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 36K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -18.7%
- Conversion, latest week
- 1.4%
- Market size, estimated
- $17Ka year
- Peak month
- January1.8× the quietest month
- Top search term
- hot foil9K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $36.09.
Listings sell for $36.09 on average, from $7.06 to $188.76. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 750 to 1K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $36.09 that is $0 to $4K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $36.09inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $7.06–$188.76
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 750–1K
- Units per listing a year
- 0–100
- Revenue per listing a year
- $0–$4K
- Returns
- 3.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #973 within Paper & Paper Crafts. It carries 171 reviews at 4.27 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 81%
- Prime listings
- 96%
- Out of stock, average day
- 6.1%
- Average rank
- #973in Paper & Paper Crafts
- Average rating
- 4.27 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 171per listing
- Listings tracked
- 26
04 · Newcomers
0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
2 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
- 2
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 43 months
Products
Top Hot Foil products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
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Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 57% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
14 falling
Sellers
43
Top-5 brand share
77%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
57%
Top 20: 92%
Open market
20%
- Brand 142%
- Brand 215%
- Brand 310%
- Brand 46%
- Brand 54%
- Brand 64%
Demand
Hot Foil search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×
Search terms
Top Hot Foil search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- hot foil9K/yr
- hot stamping foil9K/yr
- hot foil plates6K/yr
- spellbinders glimmer hot foil system3K/yr
- glimmer hot foil machine2K/yr
- glimmer hot foil1K/yr
- hot foil plates and dies3K/yr
- hot foil rolls942/yr
- glimmer hot foil system1K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hot Foil
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“can't be used with nice quality foil or high quality foil stamps”
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.
19 topics
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FAQ
Common Hot Foil questions
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