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Packing Paper

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But demand is soft, at -2.3% this quarter, so Packing Paper 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
£337K/yr239K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 21 sellers

Flapen Score

Packing Paper against its category

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

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

Market

The Packing Paper market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Packing Paper 239K times last year and spent an estimated £337K. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

15.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 239K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £337K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
239K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.3%
Conversion, latest week
15.4%
Market size, estimated
£337Ka year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
packing paper129K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.10.

Listings sell for £9.10 on average, from £5.34 to £17.97. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £9.10 that is £14K to £18K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.10under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.34–£17.97
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£14K–£18K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 86% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #105 within Packaging & Shipping Supplies. It carries 2,206 reviews at 4.44 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
86%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#105in Packaging & Shipping Supplies
Average rating
4.44 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,206per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Packing Paper 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£17K£34K£50K£67K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 flat

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

23%

  • BEIBOON21%
  • KAPCO14%
  • RelianceUK11%
  • Triplast10%
  • SZSYumUnion10%
  • U HOMOVING9%

Demand

Packing Paper search demand

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

5K3KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Packing Paper search terms shoppers use

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

  • packing paper129K/yr
  • packing paper for moving38K/yr
  • packaging paper11K/yr
  • packing paper for moving house11K/yr
  • moving packing paper5K/yr
  • paper for packing5K/yr
  • newspaper offcuts5K/yr
  • paper wrapping for packing4K/yr
  • moving paper5K/yr
  • chip shop paper4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Packing Paper

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

Complain

Size-Overall26%−0.18

The size of these sheets is very small

The sheets are so small

Too small

Thickness11%−0.06

Expected it to be thicker

Not very thick

Not as thick as I expected so had to use extra layers

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%−0.04

The title says paper bubble wrap and the picture looks like bubble wrap. I thought this was brown paper with a bubble wrap liner. It is not.

Beware misleading photo

Not like the pictures at all

Value For Money8%+0.69

a little on the expensive side

definitely not worth the money

I just wish it was cheaper

Quality-Overall5%+1.58

Cheap

not as good as others Ive used

Love

Quality-Overall23%+1.58

Good quality for small items

No complaint

Excellent product

Value For Money16%+0.69

Worth it

Good Value

Excellent value

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%−0.04

As described

Just what I was looking for

Exactly as advertised

Ease Of Use11%+0.98

Easy to use

Its easy to work with as well

easy to open up

Eco Friendliness10%+0.77

Great Eco product

Environmentally friendly

also environmentally friendly too

Return

0.4% Return rate 59% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall48%▆▆▆▅▇█

The size of these sheets is very small

The sheets are so small

Too small

Quality-Overall9%█▃▅▆▂▃

Cheap

not as good as others Ive used

Paper Quality7%█▁▅▁▅▂

therefore the paper was ruined throughout the whole roll

Triplast paper

Thin6%▅▁▆▆▃█
Value For Money6%▂█▄▁▇▃

a little on the expensive side

definitely not worth the money

I just wish it was cheaper

FAQ

Common Packing Paper questions

Answered from the same tracked data.