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Wrapping Paper

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But prices span $1.51–$11.16, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Wrapping Paper is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 11% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +13 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£3.2M/yr6.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 35 brands · 42 sellers

Flapen Score

Wrapping Paper against its category

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

64Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Wrapping Paper market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Wrapping Paper 6.8M times last year and spent an estimated £3.2M. The top 5 brands take 45% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 6.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.0%
Conversion, latest week
8.0%
Market size, estimated
£3.2Ma year
Peak month
December10.7× the quietest month
Top search term
wrapping paper2.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.97.

Listings sell for £5.97 on average, from £1.51 to £11.16. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £5.97 that is £15K to £18K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.97under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.51–£11.16
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
400K–500K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£15K–£18K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #109 within Paper & Paper Crafts. It carries 938 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
10.7%
Average rank
#109in Paper & Paper Crafts
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
938per listing
Listings tracked
63

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 4 of last year's 11 launches as successful.

11 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
11
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Wrapping Paper 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 30% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£64K£129K£193K£258K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

35 falling

Sellers

42

Top-5 brand share

45%

Top 20: 88%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 66%

Open market

49%

  • eco wrap11%
  • LZRinue11%
  • DOJoykey8%
  • Cydaluya8%
  • HJYODY7%
  • woric6%

Demand

Wrapping Paper search demand

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

800K600KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 10.7×

Search terms

Top Wrapping Paper search terms shoppers use

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

  • wrapping paper2.3M/yr
  • birthday wrapping paper599K/yr
  • wrapping paper roll380K/yr
  • wrapping paper birthday roll290K/yr
  • gift wrap208K/yr
  • birthday wrapping paper roll161K/yr
  • gift wrapping paper148K/yr
  • wrapping paper sheets82K/yr
  • christmas wrapping paper2.1M/yr
  • birthday paper wrapping40K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wrapping Paper

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

Complain

Size-Overall20%−0.08

Not fit for purpose

it is really big

Small size,

Value For Money10%+0.46

Bit expensive

over priced

Over priced

Thickness8%−0.01

Their wrapping paper is a bit thicker than other brands

Its thicker than a4 paper

Not very thick

Quality-Overall7%+3.41

not as good as others Ive used

Poor quality

Rubbish

Adhesion/Stickiness7%−0.06

Sellotape won't stick to it

virtually impossible to stick down Avoid

just won't stick

Love

Quality-Overall39%+3.41

Gives gifts a real feeling of quality

Amazing quality

The quality is amazing and thick

Value For Money14%+0.46

Excellent value for money

Excellent value

Good Value

Color8%−0.03

Beautiful colours

bright colour

Lovely colour

Design-Overall7%+0.28

The design is beautiful

Good assortment of designs

Beautiful design

Thickness6%−0.01

This wrapping is beautiful,it's thick and being double sided you have a choice,and the choices are amazing

These sheets are also pretty thick

Nice thickness

Return

0.2% Return rate 68% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall50%▆█▇▇██

Not fit for purpose

it is really big

Small size,

Quality-Overall10%█▆▅▄▆▂

not as good as others Ive used

Poor quality

Rubbish

Color7%▁▂▃▅▂█

Not the same colour as advertised

Faded colour

A little darker in colour than expected

Value For Money6%▄▄█▃█▂

Bit expensive

over priced

Over priced

Paper Quality4%█▁▄▁▅▁

therefore the paper was ruined throughout the whole roll

Sellotape doesn't as the paper is so thick

Triplast paper

FAQ

Common Wrapping Paper questions

Answered from the same tracked data.