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Stencils

Stencils shows low returns (0.7%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.98–$15.77) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look
Market size 30Growth 23Conversion 42Competition 86Returns 97Price range 6Avg price 16Brand share 96Review moat 90Quality gap 47
This niche Category average

Is Stencils profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Stencils is a £136K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (724K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 32% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

Stencils: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -4.7% over the last 90 days and 3.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£136K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr25K
Search volume / yr-4.7%724K
Conversion rate3.3%
Avg price£5.63

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 32% of demand, so 68% of the market is open.

68%

open market share

Brands · sellers69 · 89
Top-5 product click share29%
Open market68%
Avg brand age26 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 · 80 products

Sponsored placement89%
New entrants (1y)34· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews190

Top Stencils 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (29% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£4K£8K£12K£16K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

69 falling

Sellers

89

Top-5 brand share

32%

Top 20: 66%

Top-5 click share

29%

Top 20: 59%

Open market

65%

  • Atlona8%
  • soitzhoc7%
  • Yazhiji7%
  • TAUYFIRLS6%
  • HONQX4%
  • Wemoralix3%

Stencils demand & seasonality

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

Volume724KCVR3.3%Products80Brands69Top 5 Brands32%OOS Rate4.7%Rating4.5★Reviews190Avg BSR#266
15K10KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Stencils search terms shoppers use

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

  • stencils188K/yr
  • stencils for crafts reusable90K/yr
  • letter stencils78K/yr
  • stencils for painting79K/yr
  • stencil49K/yr
  • wall stencils39K/yr
  • flower stencils25K/yr
  • stencils letters32K/yr
  • alphabet stencils24K/yr
  • stencils for walls16K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Stencils

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

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Quality-Overall31%

Amazing quality

Value For Money16%

Good price

Ease Of Use7%

Easy to use

Design-Overall6%

Sales listing illustrations are accurate in showing shape of design

Size-Overall4%

Nice size

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Size-Overall15%

These stencils are bigger than I expected

Strength14%

Very flimsy

Ease Of Use9%

Difficult to use

Paint Quality9%

No matter what I tried paint would leak under the stencil

Value For Money6%

i would say its a bit overpriced for what it is

Stencils return rate & reasons

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

0.7%

Return rate

78%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
70%
2Strength
5%
3Quality-Overall
5%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
3%
5Functionality-Overall
3%

Common Stencils questions

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

Flapen scores Stencils 55/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £136K/yr across 80 tracked products. 0 of 34 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -4.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Stencils on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.