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Paper Lanterns

Pass

Paper Lanterns scores 65 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $877K a year here, search demand grew +26.1% this quarter, and returns run at 4.3% of orders.

Flapen Score
65
65 / 100
Top 3% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +17 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$877K/yr2.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
+26.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 34 brands · 45 sellers

Flapen Score

Paper Lanterns against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Paper Lanterns is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

65Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Paper Lanterns market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Paper Lanterns 2.5M times last year and spent an estimated $877K. The top 5 brands take 45% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 65 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

1.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +26.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $877K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+26.1%
Conversion, latest week
1.9%
Market size, estimated
$877Ka year
Peak month
July1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
paper lanterns744K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.52.

Listings sell for $18.52 on average, from $7.18 to $33.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At $18.52 that is $23K to $28K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.52inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.18–$33.47
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
$23K–$28K
Returns
4.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #170 within Novelty Lighting. It carries 701 reviews at 4.29 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
13.3%
Average rank
#170in Novelty Lighting
Average rating
4.29 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
701per listing
Listings tracked
44

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Paper Lanterns products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$44K$88K$132K$175K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

34 rising

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

45%

Top 20: 83%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

51%

  • BEISHIDA22%
  • WOLEILEJIN7%
  • Henjjras6%
  • Generic5%
  • LECWELL4%
  • LURICO4%

Demand

Paper Lanterns search demand

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

60K40KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Paper Lanterns search terms shoppers use

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

  • paper lanterns744K/yr
  • chinese lanterns291K/yr
  • paper lantern226K/yr
  • lanterns to release in sky162K/yr
  • paper lantern lights131K/yr
  • sky lanterns99K/yr
  • japanese lantern106K/yr
  • paper lanterns party decorations77K/yr
  • chinese lanterns to release in sky65K/yr
  • paper lanterns with lights58K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Paper Lanterns

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

14%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
10%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
4.3%of orders come back
“Bad quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”10% 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 Paper Lanterns questions

Answered from the same tracked data.