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Red Balloons

Fail

Prices span $4.64–$10.41, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Red Balloons is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 7,297 of 11,240 Home & Kitchen niches · −4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$813K/yr1.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 21 sellers

Flapen Score

Red Balloons against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Kitchen average. Past it, Red Balloons is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Red Balloons market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Red Balloons 1.1M times last year and spent an estimated $813K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 10.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 10.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $813K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.0%
Conversion, latest week
10.4%
Market size, estimated
$813Ka year
Peak month
February2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
red balloons595K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $7.38.

Listings sell for $7.38 on average, from $4.64 to $10.41. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At $7.38 that is $30K to $37K a year per listing.

Average price
$7.38under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.64–$10.41
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
$30K–$37K
Returns
2.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

97% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #193 within Balloons. It carries 3,957 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
97%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.8%
Average rank
#193in Balloons
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,957per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 31 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top Red Balloons 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

14%

  • Brand 138%
  • Brand 221%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 14%)

Demand

Red Balloons search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Red Balloons search terms shoppers use

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

  • red balloons595K/yr
  • globos rojos102K/yr
  • red balloon arch kit66K/yr
  • red ballons36K/yr
  • red balloon41K/yr
  • red balloons 12 inch24K/yr
  • balloons red22K/yr
  • red balloon arch19K/yr
  • red balloons different sizes22K/yr
  • red metallic balloons26K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Red Balloons

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

31%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Color”
2.7%of orders come back
“Color is A Bit Dull”
A buyer, on “Color”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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Red Balloons questions

Answered from the same tracked data.