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Pastel Card

soft demand (-60.5% this quarter) — Pastel Card doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

34
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Market size 4Growth 0Conversion 91Competition 30Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 16Brand share 27Review moat 48Quality gap 37
This niche Category average

Is Pastel Card profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Pastel Card is a £16K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (26K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar. Verdict: Skip it — 34/100.

Pastel Card: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -60.5% over the last 90 days and 10.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£16K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr-60.5%26K
Conversion rate10.9%
Avg price£5.71

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 89% of demand, so 11% of the market is open.

11%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 12
Top-5 product click share67%
Open market11%
Avg brand age42 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 · 16 products

Sponsored placement63%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,708

Top Pastel Card 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

The top 5 products take 67% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£818£2K£2K£3K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 flat

Sellers

12

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • House of Card & Paper34%
  • Hawksbill19%
  • DJP16%
  • Be Creative13%
  • Swanaryo7%
  • Baker Ross6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 5%)

Pastel Card demand & seasonality

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

Volume26KCVR10.9%Products16Brands9Top 5 Brands89%OOS Rate5.9%Rating4.5★Reviews1,708Avg BSR#367
2K1KBlack Friday '25Spike '26MayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Feb, Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.6×

Top Pastel Card search terms shoppers use

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

  • pastel card16K/yr
  • pastel coloured card5K/yr
  • pastel card a45K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pastel Card

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

What buyers love

95% of reviews
Quality-Overall22%

Card is good quality

Color19%

Good colours

Paper Quality15%

Nice card paper bit to thick so can make origami or envolopes from it

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

as described

Value For Money11%

fair price

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Thickness35%

thin

Color13%

Not the pastel colours I was expecting- all are darker

Value For Money8%

item is overpriced for only 15 sheets of poor quality card

Quality-Overall8%

Not all the same quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%

Not as described

Pastel Card return rate & reasons

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

0.3%

Return rate

38%

Fixable by listing

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

1Color
26%
2Thin
22%
3Paper Quality
15%
4Quality-Overall
12%
5Display Colors
5%

Common Pastel Card questions

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

Flapen scores Pastel Card 34/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £16K/yr across 16 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -60.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Pastel Card on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Feb–Mar, where the busiest month runs 4.6× the quietest.