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Amazon Basics Towels

Maybe

Products sell for $23.78 on average, inside the sweet spot. But the average product has 22,176 reviews to catch up to, so Amazon Basics Towels is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 34% of 11,240 Home & Kitchen niches · +3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$147K/yr205K searches / yr
90-day growth
+20.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 18 sellers

Flapen Score

Amazon Basics Towels against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Kitchen average. Past it, Amazon Basics Towels is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Amazon Basics Towels market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Amazon Basics Towels 205K times last year and spent an estimated $147K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 205K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +20.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $147K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
205K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+20.5%
Conversion, latest week
3.0%
Market size, estimated
$147Ka year
Peak month
July1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
amazon basics towels43K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $23.78.

Listings sell for $23.78 on average, from $11.90 to $37.96. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $23.78 that is $6K to $12K a year per listing.

Average price
$23.78inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$11.90–$37.96
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$6K–$12K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #78 within Towels. It carries 22,176 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.1%
Average rank
#78in Towels
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
22,176per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Amazon Basics Towels 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 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

18

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

8%

  • Brand 167%
  • Brand 29%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 8%)

Demand

Amazon Basics Towels search demand

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

8K6KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Amazon Basics Towels search terms shoppers use

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

  • amazon basics towels43K/yr
  • amazon basic towels21K/yr
  • towel and wash cloth set15K/yr
  • dorm towel set9K/yr
  • grey towel set17K/yr
  • wash cloths and towel sets14K/yr
  • gray towel set12K/yr
  • wash cloth and towel set11K/yr
  • amazon basics towel11K/yr
  • towels amazon basics9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Amazon Basics Towels

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

16%of positive reviews mention “Soft Feel”
17%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
1.6%of orders come back
“Cheap quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”17% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Amazon Basics Towels questions

Answered from the same tracked data.