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Pins

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But prices span $0.94–$8.33, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Pins is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 18% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +9 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£458K/yr1.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 36 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

Pins against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pins market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pins 1.2M times last year and spent an estimated £458K. The top 5 brands take 39% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Dec. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £458K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.9%
Conversion, latest week
10.7%
Market size, estimated
£458Ka year
Peak month
September1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
pin267K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.51.

Listings sell for £3.51 on average, from £0.94 to £8.33. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £3.51 that is £9K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.51under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.94–£8.33
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£11K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #48 within Art & Craft Supplies. It carries 999 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
10.5%
Average rank
#48in Art & Craft Supplies
Average rating
4.56 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
999per listing
Listings tracked
54

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 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
7
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
30 months

Products

Top Pins 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 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£14K£27K£41K£55K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

36 rising

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

39%

Top 20: 86%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 69%

Open market

57%

  • JKG12%
  • Ailiver9%
  • MUUZLL8%
  • YOYUSH5%
  • MINTHE5%
  • ZHIYE4%

Demand

Pins search demand

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

40K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Pins search terms shoppers use

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

  • pin267K/yr
  • pins267K/yr
  • drawing pins223K/yr
  • push pins111K/yr
  • pins for pinboard83K/yr
  • cork board pins45K/yr
  • thumb tacks40K/yr
  • notice board pins29K/yr
  • pins for cork board18K/yr
  • pin board pins24K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pins

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

Complain

Strength30%−0.16

Not too sturdy

Not very strong

Too flimsy

Quality-Overall22%−0.01

Poor Quality

Low price low quality

Very cheap quality

Size-Overall13%−0.08

this packet is far too big

Small

Small pins

Rusts/Corrodes4%

Almost feel as though they're rusty

The safety pins bought years agó are rusty so bought a small quantity

Material Quality4%−0.02

fabric feels like it's catching

They won't go through material

Love

Quality-Overall22%−0.01

Decent quality

Reasonable product

Good quality pins

Value For Money16%+1.24

Value for the money

Good price

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%+1.55

As described

Exactly as advertised

Just what I needed

Ease Of Use7%+0.35

Easy to use

very easy process

Very handy

Color7%+0.60

vibrant colors

Bright colours

lots of colors

Return

0.2% Return rate 51% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall42%▇▃▅█▅▇

this packet is far too big

Small

Small pins

Quality-Overall15%▁█▅▁▄█

Poor Quality

Low price low quality

Very cheap quality

Strength10%▁█▅▁▁▇

Not too sturdy

Not very strong

Too flimsy

Value For Money4%▁▆▆▁█▁

Its now going to cost you more in postage than it would have to just put in the extra 2 pins

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▆▁▆▁█▁

FAQ

Common Pins questions

Answered from the same tracked data.