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Lining Paper for Walls

Fail

Demand is soft, at -21.2% this quarter, so Lining Paper for Walls is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Ranks 1,033 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · on the category median
Market size
£147K/yr190K searches / yr
90-day growth
-21.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
57%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 45 sellers

Flapen Score

Lining Paper for Walls against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Lining Paper for Walls is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lining Paper for Walls market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Lining Paper for Walls 190K times last year and spent an estimated £147K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 190K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -21.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £147K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
190K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-21.2%
Conversion, latest week
6.8%
Market size, estimated
£147Ka year
Peak month
October1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
lining paper for walls93K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.39.

Listings sell for £11.39 on average, from £3.83 to £30.19. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £11.39 that is £9K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.39under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.83–£30.19
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£11K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 10% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #392 within Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments. It carries 295 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
10%
Out of stock, average day
6.3%
Average rank
#392in Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
295per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Lining Paper for Walls 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 57% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£15K£29K£44K£59K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • Erfurt32%
  • WINSOME28%
  • Anaglypta9%
  • Besto7%
  • YoL4%
  • Erfurt MAV4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 15%)

Demand

Lining Paper for Walls search demand

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

5K3KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Lining Paper for Walls search terms shoppers use

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

  • lining paper for walls93K/yr
  • lining paper45K/yr
  • backing paper wallpaper11K/yr
  • lining wallpaper7K/yr
  • paste the wall lining paper8K/yr
  • thick lining paper for walls7K/yr
  • wallpaper lining paper5K/yr
  • wall lining paper3K/yr
  • heavy duty lining paper for walls3K/yr
  • lining paper for walls 2000 grade6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lining Paper for Walls

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

Complain

Thickness23%−0.07

It's quite thick

Extremely thin not the best at all I dont end up using it

Nothing like heavy duty its very thin

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%−0.14

Wrong item sent not even the right width nothing wrong with the quality of wallpaper wrong make dont understand why advertise the product now got to return and buy elsewhere

What arrived wasn't what was shown in the listing

Paint Quality9%+0.62

do soak in the paint so took lease 3 coats

Functionality-Overall9%

was about to run out

Unsustainable Design9%−0.10

Unfit for purpose

Love

Quality-Overall27%+0.64

Good quality and easy to apply

Quality decent for wallpapers

Decent quality

Ease Of Use15%+0.32

Easy to use

goes on very easy

Easy to work with

Value For Money12%+1.12

Excellent value for money

Excellent price

Well worth it

Thickness8%−0.07

Good thickness

Covered well thick

it's thick enough to cover bumps

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.14

did the job

Product as described

Does what it says it will do

Return

0.2% Return rate 33% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall22%▇▅▇▅▇█

Small packet

Thickness12%▅▄▁▁█▂

It's quite thick

Extremely thin not the best at all I dont end up using it

Nothing like heavy duty its very thin

Quality-Overall10%▅▄▄█▁▄

Very poor quality

Functionality-Overall10%▁█▆▁▁▄

was about to run out

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%█▇▆▁▇▆

Wrong item sent not even the right width nothing wrong with the quality of wallpaper wrong make dont understand why advertise the product now got to return and buy elsewhere

What arrived wasn't what was shown in the listing

FAQ

Common Lining Paper for Walls questions

Answered from the same tracked data.