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Thin Black Ribbon

Fail

Prices span $3.96–$9.83, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Thin Black Ribbon is a Fail.

Flapen Score
30
30 / 100
Ranks 14,416 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −19 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$61K/yr53K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 12 sellers

Flapen Score

Thin Black Ribbon against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Thin Black Ribbon is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

30Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Thin Black Ribbon market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Thin Black Ribbon 53K times last year and spent an estimated $61K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 30 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 18.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 53K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 18.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $61K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
53K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.3%
Conversion, latest week
18.0%
Market size, estimated
$61Ka year
Peak month
October2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
thin black ribbon22K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $6.36.

Listings sell for $6.36 on average, from $3.96 to $9.83. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $6.36 that is $3K to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$6.36under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.96–$9.83
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$5K
Returns
3.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #86 within Gift Wrap Ribbons. It carries 1,473 reviews at 4.72 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.4%
Average rank
#86in Gift Wrap Ribbons
Average rating
4.72 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,473per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 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 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Thin Black Ribbon 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 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

12

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Brand 149%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 5%)

Demand

Thin Black Ribbon search demand

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

2K1KSpike '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Thin Black Ribbon search terms shoppers use

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

  • thin black ribbon22K/yr
  • black thin ribbon10K/yr
  • black ribbon thin10K/yr
  • black ribbon 1/4 inch4K/yr
  • thin black satin ribbon2K/yr
  • skinny black ribbon2K/yr
  • black satin ribbon 1/4 inch2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Thin Black Ribbon

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

25%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
38%of negative reviews mention “Thickness”
3.9%of orders come back
“a bit thick”
A buyer, on “Thickness”38% 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 Thin Black Ribbon questions

Answered from the same tracked data.