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Kids Colouring Books

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Kids Colouring Books is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 5,242 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −15 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£234K/yr587K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
77%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 56 sellers

Flapen Score

Kids Colouring Books against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Kids Colouring Books is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Kids Colouring Books market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Kids Colouring Books 587K times last year and spent an estimated £234K. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

10.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 587K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £234K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
587K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.7%
Conversion, latest week
10.0%
Market size, estimated
£234Ka year
Peak month
December3.6× the quietest month
Top search term
colouring books for children386K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.98.

Listings sell for £3.98 on average, from £2.72 to £10.15. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £3.98 that is £12K to £16K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.98under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.72–£10.15
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£12K–£16K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

13% 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 #54 within Paper & Paper Crafts. It carries 6,236 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
13%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#54in Paper & Paper Crafts
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,236per listing
Listings tracked
8

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Kids Colouring Books 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 77% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£23K£47K£70K£94K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

56

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • CRAYOLA68%
  • Squiggle21%
  • Kalysky10%

Demand

Kids Colouring Books search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Search terms

Top Kids Colouring Books search terms shoppers use

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

  • colouring books for children386K/yr
  • kids colouring books136K/yr
  • colouring book kids41K/yr
  • kids colouring book24K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Kids Colouring Books

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

Complain

Thickness23%−0.09

Thin pages

Don't use felt tips as it's so thin it just goes though onto the other pages

However the colouring book itself the pages are very thin

Color23%0.00

Grey not white parlrr

Also dark in colour :/ it's not white like I expected its like a grey brown colour

Not ideal for a colouring book

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%−0.02

Not as described

Quality-Overall8%+0.55

Quite cheap

they just weren't as good as they should have been

Grip5%−0.01

there's nothing to grip with

JUST LACKS GRIP

Love

Color28%0.00

have a great choice of colours

Lovely & colourful

Great colour range

Value For Money23%+2.46

Good price

Great value for money

Great value

Quality-Overall18%+0.55

Very good quality easy to put together

Good quality keeps kids occupied for hours

Excellent quality

Fun/Entertainment Experience7%+0.17

Enjoyable

Keeps kids entertained

Good to entertain a child

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.02

Does the job

As described

Just right

Return

0.2% Return rate 32% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall22%█▁▄▁▄▆

Small

Quality-Overall19%▃▄▆▄█▁

Quite cheap

they just weren't as good as they should have been

Value For Money15%▃██▂▁█
Color6%▁▅▁█▆▁

Grey not white parlrr

Also dark in colour :/ it's not white like I expected its like a grey brown colour

Not ideal for a colouring book

Thickness6%▁▅▁█▁▁

Thin pages

Don't use felt tips as it's so thin it just goes though onto the other pages

However the colouring book itself the pages are very thin

FAQ

Common Kids Colouring Books questions

Answered from the same tracked data.