Skip to content

Blue Napkins

Fail

Prices span $1.97–$9.74, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Blue Napkins is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Top 40% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +2 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£42K/yr74K searches / yr
90-day growth
+20.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
57%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 45 sellers

Flapen Score

Blue Napkins against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Blue Napkins is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Blue Napkins market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Blue Napkins 74K times last year and spent an estimated £42K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

10.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 74K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +20.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £42K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
74K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+20.4%
Conversion, latest week
10.1%
Market size, estimated
£42Ka year
Peak month
December1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
blue napkins35K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.68.

Listings sell for £5.68 on average, from £1.97 to £9.74. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £5.68 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.68under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.97–£9.74
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 84% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #52 within Papers, Wraps & Bags. It carries 1,371 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
84%
Out of stock, average day
9.2%
Average rank
#52in Papers, Wraps & Bags
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,371per listing
Listings tracked
25

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 38 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
38 months

Products

Top Blue Napkins 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£2K£4K£6K£8K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

12%

  • Bulky Soft33%
  • NatNarr32%
  • CEILIWEN11%
  • Unique6%
  • Talking Tables3%
  • Peachicha3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 12%)

Demand

Blue Napkins search demand

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

2K2KBlack Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Blue Napkins search terms shoppers use

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

  • blue napkins35K/yr
  • navy napkins10K/yr
  • blue paper napkins5K/yr
  • baby blue napkins4K/yr
  • blue serviettes5K/yr
  • napkins blue4K/yr
  • navy blue napkins5K/yr
  • light blue napkins3K/yr
  • blue napkins 100 pack3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Blue Napkins

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

Complain

Size-Overall23%−0.21

Too large

Too small

They're tiny

Color10%+0.11

The napkin was only coloured on one side Blue on one white on the other

Handy little napkins BUT the dye comes off

not quite navy blue

Quality-Overall10%+2.89

Bit cheaper quality than expected

Terrible

weren't as good as some I have paid a lot less for

Rusts/Corrodes7%−0.05

as it rustles in my hands it absorbs absolutely zero

Thickness6%+0.05

I thought at first they were a bit thin

THIN BUT STILL ATTRACTIVE AND FAIRLY SERVICEABLE

However, they are quite thin and not as soft and cloth-like in feel as the ones I normally buy,

Love

Quality-Overall33%+2.89

Good quality, nice colour, arrived quickly

Good quality very strong

Excellent quality

Color21%+0.11

Good choice of colours

Good colour

blue colour was lovely

Value For Money14%+1.01

Worth every penny

Good Value

Value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.54

As advertised

Just what I ordered

Exactly what it says it is

Soft Feel4%

soft

Soft, very good size and lovely quality

soft and flexible, so fold easily to pop in a pocket for most needs

Return

0.5% Return rate 77% Fixable by listing

Color37%█▄▆▆▆▆

The napkin was only coloured on one side Blue on one white on the other

Handy little napkins BUT the dye comes off

not quite navy blue

Size-Overall33%▇█▄▇▇█

Too large

Too small

They're tiny

Quality-Overall9%▆▅▄▃█▁

Bit cheaper quality than expected

Terrible

weren't as good as some I have paid a lot less for

Material Quality6%▁▁▇█▁▇
Thin5%▁█▅▄▁▁

Very thin product j. Very thin

FAQ

Common Blue Napkins questions

Answered from the same tracked data.