Postal Boxes
Postal Boxes shows low returns (0.1%), but a small market ($51K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.
Flapen Score
Is Postal Boxes profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Postal Boxes is a £51K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (138K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 71% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.
Postal Boxes: 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 -15.2% over the last 90 days and 2.8% of searches end in a purchase.
£51K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 71% of demand, so 29% of the market is open.
29%
open market share
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 · 48 products
Top Postal Boxes products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
All-Pack Solutions 10 Royal Mail Small Parcel Postal mailing Boxes 350x250x160mm (Deep Option)
- Price
- £6.80
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2,660
- Age
- 12y ago
Triplast 203 x 152 x 152mm Small Single Wall 8x6x6 Shipping Mailing Postal Gift Cuboid Cardboard Boxes (Pack of 5)
- Price
- £4.01
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 511
- Age
- 10y ago
HORLIMER 25 Pack Shipping Boxes 23x15.5x5cm(9x6x2 inches) Corrugated Cardboard Mailing Box Brown
- Price
- £17.07
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 1,763
- Age
- 4y ago
AKAR Double Wall Extra Large (XL) Cardboard Boxes (61cm x 46cm x 46 cm) for Moving House Removals Packing including Economy Fragile Tape (2 Boxes + 1 Tape)
- Price
- £16.48
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 69
- Age
- 5y ago
Pack of 50 Die Cut Postal Mailing Cardboard Boxes White (250 x 150 x 100mm)
- Price
- £22.95
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 346
- Age
- 15y ago
Trending
90-day click momentumAKAR Double Wall Extra Large (XL) Cardboard Boxes (61cm x 46cm x 46 cm) for Moving House Removals Packing including Economy Fragile Tape (2 Boxes + 1 Tape)
- Price
- £16.48
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 69
- Age
- 5y ago
Cenoid Medium Postal Boxes 30x20x8cm Pink Postage Parcel Shipping Cardboard Boxes for Posting Shipping Delivery Packaging boxes for Small Business (Pack of 20)
- Price
- £21.49
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 178
- Age
- 1y ago
HORLIMER 25 Pack Shipping Boxes 23x15.5x5cm(9x6x2 inches) Corrugated Cardboard Mailing Box Brown
- Price
- £17.07
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 1,763
- Age
- 4y ago
Triplast 203 x 152 x 152mm Small Single Wall 8x6x6 Shipping Mailing Postal Gift Cuboid Cardboard Boxes (Pack of 5)
- Price
- £4.01
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 511
- Age
- 10y ago
100 x C5 A5 PIP Box Shipping Mail Postal Large Letter Boxes - Size: 235x165x22mm Sold by MEG4TEC
- Price
- £10.63
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 450
- Age
- 11y ago
Newest
by launch date
HORLIMER 20 Pack Shipping Boxes 30.5x22.9x10.2cm(12x9x4 inches) Corrugated Cardboard Box for Packing MailingBrown
- Price
- £22.52
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 1,763
- Age
- 1y ago
HORLIMER 20 Pack 30.5x22.9x10.2cm(12x9x4 inches) Shipping Boxes White Corrugated Cardboard Box for packing Mailing
- Price
- £21.26
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 1,763
- Age
- 1y ago
Small Cardboard Boxes Brown Corrugated Shipping Boxes 7.3x5 x1.8 Inches (18.5x12.5x4.5 cm) Small Parcel Boxes Packaging Mailing Boxes for Business Posting Storing or Gift(Pack of 10)
- Price
- £7.56
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 30
- Age
- 1y ago
Cenoid Medium Postal Boxes 30x20x8cm Pink Postage Parcel Shipping Cardboard Boxes for Posting Shipping Delivery Packaging boxes for Small Business (Pack of 20)
- Price
- £21.49
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 178
- Age
- 1y ago
W.E. Roberts Strong Double Wall Cardboard Boxes (Pack of 15) - Boxes for posting Boxes for moving house Packing boxes Postal Shipping Boxes (305mm x 229mm x 229mm (12 x 9 x 9))
- Price
- £14.01
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 416
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (39% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
25 rising
Sellers
41
Top-5 brand share
71%
Top 20: 96%
Top-5 click share
39%
Top 20: 71%
Open market
24%
- Triplast19%
- W.E. Roberts19%
- All-Pack Solutions15%
- HORLIMER10%
- AKAR9%
- Packaging Hero4%
Postal Boxes demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×
Top Postal Boxes search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- postal boxes67K/yr
- postal box14K/yr
- royal mail medium parcel box 61x46x468K/yr
- packaging boxes for small business11K/yr
- postal boxes medium9K/yr
- brown box6K/yr
- extra large shipping boxes5K/yr
- mailer boxes4K/yr
- flat boxes4K/yr
- 100cm x 100cm cardboard box4K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Postal Boxes
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
89% of reviews“Good and strong”
“Excellent Product”
“There good size”
“fair price”
“As advertised”
What buyers complain about
84% of reviews“Too flimsy”
“Too big”
“Bad quality”
“thinner than I expected”
“Misleading information”
Postal Boxes return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.1%
Return rate
84%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Postal Boxes questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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