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Craft Supplies

Craft Supplies shows low returns (0.3%), but soft demand (-11.3% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

53
Worth a look
Market size 22Growth 19Conversion 28Competition 91Returns 99Price range 48Avg price 24Brand share 96Review moat 45Quality gap 47
This niche Category average

Is Craft Supplies profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Craft Supplies is a £87K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (446K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 30% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.

Craft Supplies: 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 -11.3% over the last 90 days and 2.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£87K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-11.3%446K
Conversion rate2.3%
Avg price£8.55

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 30% of demand, so 70% of the market is open.

70%

open market share

Brands · sellers50 · 96
Top-5 product click share24%
Open market70%
Avg brand age32 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 72 products

Sponsored placement79%
New entrants (1y)7· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,992

Top Craft Supplies products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (24% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£3K£5K£7K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

50 falling

Sellers

96

Top-5 brand share

30%

Top 20: 76%

Top-5 click share

24%

Top 20: 59%

Open market

65%

  • Baker Ross8%
  • Chennyfun8%
  • Kids B Crafty5%
  • Generic5%
  • OMBRISA5%
  • Abeillo4%

Craft Supplies demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume446KCVR2.3%Products72Brands50Top 5 Brands30%OOS Rate6.2%Rating4.5★Reviews1,992Avg BSR#111
15K10KPrime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.6×

Top Craft Supplies search terms shoppers use

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

  • craft supplies258K/yr
  • art & craft supplies61K/yr
  • crafting supplies48K/yr
  • kids craft supplies28K/yr
  • craft supplies for kids18K/yr
  • craft materials10K/yr
  • craft items9K/yr
  • childrens craft supplies4K/yr
  • craft pack5K/yr
  • art and craft supplies5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Craft Supplies

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

81% of reviews
Quality-Overall16%

include a great variety

Value For Money16%

Value for money

Color13%

The colours are vibrant

Adhesion/Stickiness9%

The adhesion is very good

Ease Of Use8%

Easy to use

What buyers complain about

70% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness26%

Not sticky enough

Color8%

colour disappointing

Durability7%

All 4 broke within a couple of uses

Quality-Overall7%

Awful quality

Size-Overall6%

Allot smaller than thought it would be

Craft Supplies return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.3%

Return rate

44%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
16%
2Adhesion/Stickiness
14%
3Quality-Overall
9%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
9%
5Color
9%

Common Craft Supplies questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Craft Supplies 53/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £87K/yr across 72 tracked products. 3 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -11.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Craft Supplies on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 3.6× the quietest.