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Packing Paper

Packing Paper shows low returns (0.4%), but soft demand (-2.3% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

54
Worth a look
Market size 53Growth 24Conversion 97Competition 46Returns 98Price range 24Avg price 26Brand share 63Review moat 43Quality gap 52
This niche Category average

Is Packing Paper profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Packing Paper is a £337K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (239K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.

Packing Paper: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -2.3% over the last 90 days and 15.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£337K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-2.3%239K
Conversion rate15.4%
Avg price£9.10

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand, so 33% of the market is open.

33%

open market share

Brands · sellers14 · 21
Top-5 product click share58%
Open market33%
Avg brand age33 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 21 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews2,206

Top Packing Paper products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 58% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond 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%

Packing Paper demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume239KCVR15.4%Products21Brands14Top 5 Brands67%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.4★Reviews2,206Avg BSR#105
5K3KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Packing Paper search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Packing Paper

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Quality-Overall23%

Good quality for small items

Value For Money16%

Worth it

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%

As described

Ease Of Use11%

Easy to use

Eco Friendliness10%

Great Eco product

What buyers complain about

77% of reviews
Size-Overall26%

The size of these sheets is very small

Thickness11%

Expected it to be thicker

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

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.

Value For Money8%

a little on the expensive side

Quality-Overall5%

Cheap

Packing Paper return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.4%

Return rate

59%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
48%
2Quality-Overall
9%
3Paper Quality
7%
4Thin
6%
5Value For Money
6%

Common Packing Paper questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Packing Paper 54/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £337K/yr across 21 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -2.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Packing Paper on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.