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Craft Supplies

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But demand is soft, at -11.3% this quarter, so Craft Supplies is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 40% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +2 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£87K/yr446K searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
24%top-5 click share · 50 brands · 96 sellers

Flapen Score

Craft Supplies against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Craft Supplies is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Craft Supplies market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Craft Supplies 446K times last year and spent an estimated £87K. The top 5 brands take 30% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 446K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £87K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
446K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.3%
Conversion, latest week
2.3%
Market size, estimated
£87Ka year
Peak month
November3.6× the quietest month
Top search term
craft supplies258K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.55.

Listings sell for £8.55 on average, from £0.82 to £27.83. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £8.55 that is £0 to £855 a year per listing.

Average price
£8.55under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.82–£27.83
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£855
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #111 within Art & Craft Supplies. It carries 1,992 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
6.2%
Average rank
#111in Art & Craft Supplies
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,992per listing
Listings tracked
72

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 Craft Supplies 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 24% of clicks. 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%

Demand

Craft Supplies search demand

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

15K10KPrime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

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

Search terms

Top Craft Supplies search terms shoppers use

The exact words 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

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Craft Supplies

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

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness26%−0.15

Not sticky enough

NOT self-adhesive

Did not stick

Color8%

colour disappointing

Colours not as advertised

Not the same colours

Durability7%−0.05

All 4 broke within a couple of uses

break really easily making them useless

Won't last long

Quality-Overall7%+0.69

Awful quality

Mixed quality

Cheap made

Size-Overall6%−0.01

Allot smaller than thought it would be

Quite small

Looked alot bigger on Amazon

Love

Quality-Overall16%+0.69

include a great variety

Excellent product

Very good quality card

Value For Money16%+1.61

Value for money

Amazing value

Good price

Color13%

The colours are vibrant

Great colour

Great colours

Adhesion/Stickiness9%−0.15

The adhesion is very good

Stick very well

great stickiness

Ease Of Use8%+0.49

Easy to use

are easy to handle

Very handy to have

Return

0.3% Return rate 44% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall16%▁▅▅▅█▅

Allot smaller than thought it would be

Quite small

Looked alot bigger on Amazon

Adhesion/Stickiness14%█▅▄▄▅▃

Not sticky enough

NOT self-adhesive

Did not stick

Quality-Overall9%▆▃▆▄▃█

Awful quality

Mixed quality

Cheap made

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▂▄▆█▅▇

not what are pictured

Not as described

Not as advertised

Color9%█▇▇▆▇▇

colour disappointing

Colours not as advertised

Not the same colours

FAQ

Common Craft Supplies questions

Answered from the same tracked data.