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Blank Cards and Envelopes

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But prices span $3.32–$14.00, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Blank Cards and Envelopes is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Ranks 2,729 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · on the category median
Market size
£235K/yr505K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 23 brands · 44 sellers

Flapen Score

Blank Cards and Envelopes against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Blank Cards and Envelopes is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Blank Cards and Envelopes market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Blank Cards and Envelopes 505K times last year and spent an estimated £235K. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 505K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £235K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
505K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.7%
Conversion, latest week
6.7%
Market size, estimated
£235Ka year
Peak month
November2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
blank cards and envelopes142K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.98.

Listings sell for £6.98 on average, from £3.32 to £14.00. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £6.98 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.98under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.32–£14.00
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£7K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

71% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #130 within Paper & Paper Crafts. It carries 1,561 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
71%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#130in Paper & Paper Crafts
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,561per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Blank Cards and Envelopes 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 only 40% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£9K£19K£28K£38K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

23 falling

Sellers

44

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

29%

  • Craft UK Limited24%
  • Papa Prints16%
  • Anita's11%
  • SWEETZER & ORANGE10%
  • Craftask5%
  • Baker Ross4%

Demand

Blank Cards and Envelopes search demand

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

23K18KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Blank Cards and Envelopes search terms shoppers use

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

  • blank cards and envelopes142K/yr
  • blank cards81K/yr
  • cards and envelopes51K/yr
  • blank greeting cards21K/yr
  • plain cards and envelopes28K/yr
  • blank card19K/yr
  • blank cards and envelopes for card making31K/yr
  • blank greeting cards with envelopes15K/yr
  • plain cards14K/yr
  • card and envelopes for card making15K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Blank Cards and Envelopes

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

Complain

Size-Overall22%−0.09

Size not true 4x6 A6 UK size

size is off

Small

Color8%−0.02

Finding it difficult to use them in any way that a card may look good so I advise to buy a much more neutral or pastel colour card

Colours don't match photo

pastels not vibrant colours

Print Quality6%−0.04

Sadly the pictures on the cards is darker than I expected

card also too glossy for printing/stamping successfully

printing off centre

Thickness6%−0.02

These cards are too thick

The card is much thinner

A bit thinner than other cards

Quality-Overall6%+1.86

Not a good buy xx look really cheap

and it detracts from the quality

Poor quality

Love

Quality-Overall40%+1.86

Very good quality cards

Excellent quality

Good quality cards

Value For Money16%+1.42

Affordable price

great value for money

Great value

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.74

Looks exactly like the image

As advertised

As described

Color6%−0.02

Lovely colors

Lovely choice of colours

envelopes - great colours

Design-Overall6%+0.19

The designs are beautiful

offer a variety of design

They were very nice and pretty design

Return

0.4% Return rate 61% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall43%▇█▆▆▄▇

Size not true 4x6 A6 UK size

size is off

Small

Quality-Overall12%▄▇█▅▅▆

Not a good buy xx look really cheap

and it detracts from the quality

Poor quality

Color6%█▁▁▄▃▅

Finding it difficult to use them in any way that a card may look good so I advise to buy a much more neutral or pastel colour card

Colours don't match photo

pastels not vibrant colours

Paper Quality4%▅▄▄█▅▁

Really poor quality paper/card

Thin4%█▁▄▁▁▄

FAQ

Common Blank Cards and Envelopes questions

Answered from the same tracked data.