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Cardboard Boxes for Posting

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But demand is soft, at -5.3% this quarter, so Cardboard Boxes for Posting is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 27% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£163K/yr298K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Cardboard Boxes for Posting against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Cardboard Boxes for Posting is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cardboard Boxes for Posting market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cardboard Boxes for Posting 298K times last year and spent an estimated £163K. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 298K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.4% 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 £163K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
298K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.3%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
£163Ka year
Peak month
November1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
boxes for posting92K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.32.

Listings sell for £12.32 on average, from £4.01 to £26.84. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £12.32 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.32under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.01–£26.84
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£6K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 27% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #41 within Packaging & Shipping Supplies. It carries 2,088 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
27%
Out of stock, average day
7.4%
Average rank
#41in Packaging & Shipping Supplies
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,088per listing
Listings tracked
44

04 · Newcomers

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

2 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 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Cardboard Boxes for Posting 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 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£10K£15K£20K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 rising

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 76%

Open market

28%

  • W.E. Roberts21%
  • Pluto Packaging15%
  • Triplast14%
  • All-Pack Solutions11%
  • StorePAK6%
  • Direct Global Trading5%

Demand

Cardboard Boxes for Posting search demand

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

7K5KHoliday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Cardboard Boxes for Posting search terms shoppers use

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

  • boxes for posting92K/yr
  • cardboard boxes for posting69K/yr
  • double wall boxes12K/yr
  • heavy duty boxes16K/yr
  • medium moving boxes12K/yr
  • shipping boxes medium15K/yr
  • medium cardboard boxes11K/yr
  • packing boxes for books9K/yr
  • large postage box12K/yr
  • medium boxes8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cardboard Boxes for Posting

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Strength29%−0.14

Too flimsy

NOT VERY STURDY

NOT VERY STRONG

Size-Overall26%−0.18

NOT LARGE

Small Boxes

Too big

Quality-Overall11%+0.48

boxes are bad quality

Poor quality, not strong at all

Bad quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%+0.91

is misleading

Misleading information

Misleading description

Thickness4%−0.03

Not very thick

Paper thin

Could be stronger, thicker material

Love

Strength26%−0.14

Good and strong

And of sturdy construction

They are sturdy boxes

Quality-Overall16%+0.48

Excellent Product

Very good quality box

Good strong quality

Size-Overall13%−0.18

Fits well

very useful size

the right size for my needs

Value For Money12%+1.53

Excellent value

GOOD VALUE

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.91

As advertised

Better than I expected

As described

Return

0.1% Return rate 83% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall76%█▇█▇██

NOT LARGE

Small Boxes

Too big

Strength6%▄▆▄█▆▆

Too flimsy

NOT VERY STURDY

NOT VERY STRONG

Quality-Overall3%▃▅█▆▆▇

boxes are bad quality

Poor quality, not strong at all

Bad quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%▆█▅▃▆▄

is misleading

Misleading information

Misleading description

Water Resistance1%▆█▃▄▄▇

FAQ

Common Cardboard Boxes for Posting questions

Answered from the same tracked data.