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Pass the Parcel Gifts

Fail

Shoppers spend only $70K a year here, so Pass the Parcel Gifts is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 3,444 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −3 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£70K/yr206K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 83 sellers

Flapen Score

Pass the Parcel Gifts against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Pass the Parcel Gifts is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pass the Parcel Gifts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pass the Parcel Gifts 206K times last year and spent an estimated £70K. The top 5 brands take 61% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 206K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £70K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
206K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.6%
Conversion, latest week
3.9%
Market size, estimated
£70Ka year
Peak month
December1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
pass the parcel prizes150K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.77.

Listings sell for £8.77 on average, from £2.16 to £21.01. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £8.77 that is £877 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.77under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.16–£21.01
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£877–£2K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #151 within Party Supplies. It carries 1,555 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.6%
Average rank
#151in Party Supplies
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,555per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 30 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
30 months

Products

Top Pass the Parcel Gifts 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£7K£14K£21K£28K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 rising

Sellers

83

Top-5 brand share

61%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

33%

  • Brimtoy31%
  • HENBRANDT10%
  • Wleozys7%
  • BONNYCO7%
  • Amy & Benton7%
  • CRAYOLA6%

Demand

Pass the Parcel Gifts search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Pass the Parcel Gifts search terms shoppers use

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

  • pass the parcel prizes150K/yr
  • birthday return gifts for kids18K/yr
  • teenager party bag fillers11K/yr
  • party pack9K/yr
  • return gifts for kids6K/yr
  • party bag ideas for 10 year olds5K/yr
  • birthday favours3K/yr
  • pass the parcel prizes for kids5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pass the Parcel Gifts

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

Complain

Smell27%−0.22

Fishy smell

smells like fish

Terrible smell

Quality-Overall20%+0.70

Cheaply made

This was very low quality in comparison

Bad Quality

Size-Overall8%

Quite small

Small pens

These colour changing pens are a bit smaller than I thought they would be

Stretchability/Expandability/Elasticity6%−0.05

Elastics broke

One burst causing the elastic to snap back

Also all the elastic bands are degraded so they don't work

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%−0.04

Blatant false advertising

False advertising

Nothing at all like the photos

Love

Quality-Overall24%+0.70

Good variety

Good quality, excellent for party bags

Excellent quality

Value For Money18%+1.13

Good value

Great value

Amazing value

Fun/Entertainment Experience15%+1.15

Good toys

Good fun

Nice variety of toys

Color8%+0.33

Bright and colourful

The colours are great too

They have a great range of colours

Gifting Purpose7%+0.51

Purchased as a gift

Great little gifts

Good for return gifts

Return

0.4% Return rate 32% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall24%▇▅█▄▇▆

Cheaply made

This was very low quality in comparison

Bad Quality

Size-Overall22%█▆▆▆▃█

Quite small

Small pens

These colour changing pens are a bit smaller than I thought they would be

Smell11%▅▅█▆▅▃

Fishy smell

smells like fish

Terrible smell

Functionality-Overall5%▆▅▁█▃▇
Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▁█▇▅▇▆

Blatant false advertising

False advertising

Nothing at all like the photos

FAQ

Common Pass the Parcel Gifts questions

Answered from the same tracked data.