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purple cardstock

Worth a look

Shows searches that convert (10.1% search→purchase), but a small market ($68K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 17Growth 33Conversion 88Competition 65Returns 83Price range 44Avg price 38Brand share 65Review moat 75Quality gap 20

Conversion

Great10.1%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Returns

Great1.6%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Review moat

Good502.23

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Competition

Good46%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Brand share

Good66%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Price range

Okay$5.96–$22.22

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Avg price

Okay$10.58

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Growth

Okay+6.2%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Quality gap

Bad4.7★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Market size

Bad$68K

$68K/yr · 63K searches

Competition

The top 5 products take 46% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

22 rising

Sellers

73

Top-5 brand share

66%

Open market

29%

  • FLIPPED26%
  • Astrobrights13%
  • Neenah13%
  • Goefun7%
  • WEKOOSE7%
  • Uncle Paul5%

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%5%$3K10%$7K15%$10K20%$14K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 30 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +6.2% search growth over the last 90 days.
2K1KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Color49%

“vibrant colors”

Quality-Overall11%

“Quality”

Strength7%

“They were sturdy”

Efficiency5%

“works well for what I used it for”

Paper Brightness4%

“Very sturdy cardstock with rich, vibrant colors”

Value For Money4%

“Nice sturdy cardstock for the price”

Paper Quality3%

“Quality cardstock that I made many cards with”

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%

“Just as described”

Thickness2%

“Great paper great color nice thickness”

Print Quality2%

“Works well in inkjet printer”

What buyers complain about

Color47%

“Very dull/faded color”

Paper Quality9%

“not even tone to paper”

Thickness8%

“This is a thick cardstock construction paper”

Paper Brightness8%

“not even tone to paper”

Functionality-Overall5%

“Did not work for what I needed”

Display Colors3%

“I should have known that the color we see on our computer screen is rarely as it is in real life”

Value For Money3%

“Expensive for so few sheets”

Weight Light3%

“It is lighter in shade than you'd expect”

Top return reasons

Color51%
Paper Quality8%
Display Colors8%
Value For Money6%
Size-Overall6%
Advertised Vs Actual Product5%
Thickness2%
Thin2%
Compatibility-Overall1%
Paper Brightness1%