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Shoe Boxes Cardboard

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But shoppers spend only $54K a year here, so Shoe Boxes Cardboard is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Ranks 2,970 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −1 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£54K/yr119K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Shoe Boxes Cardboard against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Shoe Boxes Cardboard market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Shoe Boxes Cardboard 119K times last year and spent an estimated £54K. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 119K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £54K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
119K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.0%
Conversion, latest week
3.8%
Market size, estimated
£54Ka year
Peak month
November1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
shoe boxes cardboard44K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.82.

Listings sell for £11.82 on average, from £4.00 to £25.13. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £11.82 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.82under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.00–£25.13
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 55% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #116 within Storage & Organisation. It carries 461 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
55%
Out of stock, average day
8.3%
Average rank
#116in Storage & Organisation
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
461per listing
Listings tracked
29

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Shoe Boxes Cardboard 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 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£9K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 flat

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

27%

  • Packaging Hero21%
  • SelfHold17%
  • All-Pack Solutions13%
  • STRBOXONG12%
  • décopatch6%
  • M.J COMFY-LIFE5%

Demand

Shoe Boxes Cardboard search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Black Friday '25JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Shoe Boxes Cardboard search terms shoppers use

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

  • shoe boxes cardboard44K/yr
  • cardboard shoe boxes19K/yr
  • shoe boxes for posting14K/yr
  • shoe box cardboard12K/yr
  • shoebox cardboard boxes6K/yr
  • empty shoe boxes6K/yr
  • cardboard shoe box7K/yr
  • cardboard shoe boxes with lids11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shoe Boxes Cardboard

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

Complain

Strength23%−0.11

Flimsy

Not Sturdy enough

Not very strong

Size-Overall17%+0.62

Size listing is incorrect

Not the specified size

too small

Quality-Overall14%

however the quality of the boxes were a bit rubbish

Not good quality cardboard or adequate size

Poor quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.38

Not as advertised

Size listing is incorrect

Misleading description

Value For Money5%+2.47

they are rather expensive

they might be a bit too pricey for high-volume, everyday shipping

overpriced

Love

Strength15%−0.11

It's fairly sturdy

These boxes are strong

Sturdy boxes perfect for sending parcels

Size-Overall14%+0.62

Size was exactly what I needed

There good size

True to size

Quality-Overall13%

Great quality boxes

Excellent quality boxes

Excellent quality

Value For Money13%+2.47

Good price & fast delivery

Good value for money

Good for the price

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.38

As expected

Got what I ordered

Exactly what I needed

Return

0.4% Return rate 88% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall83%█▇████

Size listing is incorrect

Not the specified size

too small

Strength3%▁▆▄▆█▃

Flimsy

Not Sturdy enough

Not very strong

Quality-Overall3%█▃█▇▆▇

however the quality of the boxes were a bit rubbish

Not good quality cardboard or adequate size

Poor quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%▃█▃▁▃▅

Not as advertised

Size listing is incorrect

Misleading description

Value For Money2%▇▄▁▅▇█

they are rather expensive

they might be a bit too pricey for high-volume, everyday shipping

overpriced

FAQ

Common Shoe Boxes Cardboard questions

Answered from the same tracked data.