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Corrugated Cardboard

Fail

Shoppers spend only $42K a year here, so Corrugated Cardboard is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 482 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£42K/yr63K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

Corrugated Cardboard against its category

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

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

Market

The Corrugated Cardboard market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Corrugated Cardboard 63K times last year and spent an estimated £42K. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 63K 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 -1.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £42K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
63K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.8%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
£42Ka year
Peak month
March2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
corrugated cardboard roll37K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.15.

Listings sell for £15.15 on average, from £5.02 to £36.89. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £15.15 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.15inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.02–£36.89
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

58% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 47% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #347 within Packaging & Shipping Supplies. It carries 965 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
58%
Prime listings
47%
Out of stock, average day
12.7%
Average rank
#347in Packaging & Shipping Supplies
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
965per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Corrugated Cardboard 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£8K£13K£17K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • STORM TRADING GROUP25%
  • Globe Packaging20%
  • 3P DIRECT14%
  • STAR SUPPLIES10%
  • CLISPEED9%
  • BENECREAT7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 15%)

Demand

Corrugated Cardboard search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Corrugated Cardboard search terms shoppers use

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

  • corrugated cardboard roll37K/yr
  • cardboard roll for garden10K/yr
  • cardboard roll13K/yr
  • roll of cardboard3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Corrugated Cardboard

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

Complain

Quality-Overall18%+0.17

Cheap and Cheerful

not as good as others Ive used

Poor Quality

Strength14%−0.07

not that sturdy

had to double itfor strength

Value For Money14%+0.83

SO expensive if you need a lot

Very Expensive For So Little

Expensive

Material Quality9%−0.09

Rubbish

Thickness9%−0.10

Not very thick

Love

Quality-Overall29%+0.17

Good Quality

Great product

excellent

Value For Money18%+0.83

Worth the money

Excellent value

Good Value

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%+1.58

it did the job

Exactly as advertised

As described

Paper Quality12%+0.13

A sturdy quality paper

Well priced and fairly strong paper

Thick paper for good quality

Ease Of Use6%+0.91

easy to fold when wrapping

Easy to handle when wrapping around plants

Return

0.2% Return rate 52% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall39%▂▅▃▄▃█

and how short. length wise

It's a bit on the small side

it was a lot smaller than I had been expecting

Paper Quality11%█▁▆▁▇▁

therefore the paper was ruined throughout the whole roll

Triplast paper

Quality-Overall8%█▁▂▁▂▁

Cheap and Cheerful

not as good as others Ive used

Poor Quality

Thin8%▁▁█▇▅▁
Advertised Vs Actual Product7%▇▁▂█▄▁

FAQ

Common Corrugated Cardboard questions

Answered from the same tracked data.