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A3 Tracing Paper

Fail

Prices span $3.48–$16.23, mostly outside the sweet spot, so A3 Tracing Paper is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 4,712 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −10 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£56K/yr36K searches / yr
90-day growth
-27.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

A3 Tracing Paper against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, A3 Tracing Paper is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The A3 Tracing Paper market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for A3 Tracing Paper 36K times last year and spent an estimated £56K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

18.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 36K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 18.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -27.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £56K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
36K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-27.5%
Conversion, latest week
18.8%
Market size, estimated
£56Ka year
Peak month
October1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
a3 tracing paper17K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.36.

Listings sell for £8.36 on average, from £3.48 to £16.23. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £8.36 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.36under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.48–£16.23
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

61% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #965 within Art & Craft Supplies. It carries 904 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
61%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
11.1%
Average rank
#965in Art & Craft Supplies
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
904per listing
Listings tracked
18

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 68 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top A3 Tracing 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 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£6K£11K£17K£23K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

12%

  • Silvine45%
  • SketchLine13%
  • Xulmar13%
  • Create6%
  • Clairefontaine5%
  • DagouColor5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 12%)

Demand

A3 Tracing Paper search demand

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

1K600Spike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top A3 Tracing Paper search terms shoppers use

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

  • a3 tracing paper17K/yr
  • tracing paper a314K/yr
  • a3 tracing paper pad5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about A3 Tracing Paper

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

Complain

Size-Overall30%−0.17

IT IS TOO WIDE AND TOO SHORT

a little shorter I think

definitely not A4 sized: 1.5cm too short

Quality-Overall30%+1.21

Not the quality I was expecting

Not the best

Very poor quality

Thickness20%−0.09

super thin

A little thinner than expected otherwise great value for my art needs

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%−0.03

So not as advertised

It's not what is advertised

Ease Of Use5%+0.39

not much use to me

Love

Quality-Overall42%+1.21

Good value and quality arrived quickly

The sheets are good quality and easy to handle, and theyve helped keep his portfolio neat and presentable

Excellent quality

Value For Money16%+1.25

Value for money

Good value

a reasonable price

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%−0.03

Does the job well

As described

Does what it says

Ease Of Use8%+0.39

Easy to use

Easy to use to trace projects

good for all uses

Paper Quality5%+0.57

Awesome tracing paper

Glassine paper is ideal for protecting drawings and artwork in storage or presentation, as it prevents smudging, rubbing, and damage between pages

Return

0.4% Return rate 34% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall20%▇▄▁▆█▄

IT IS TOO WIDE AND TOO SHORT

a little shorter I think

definitely not A4 sized: 1.5cm too short

Thin17%▁▁▆█▆▄
Compatibility-Overall10%▁▃█▁▇▆
Quality-Overall10%▁▅▅▁█▆

Not the quality I was expecting

Not the best

Very poor quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%▁▃▁█▁▆

So not as advertised

It's not what is advertised

FAQ

Common A3 Tracing Paper questions

Answered from the same tracked data.