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Building Blocks

Fail

Demand is soft, at -19.9% this quarter, so Building Blocks is a Fail.

Flapen Score
37
37 / 100
Ranks 734 of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · −13 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£200K/yr565K searches / yr
90-day growth
-19.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 85 sellers

Flapen Score

Building Blocks against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, Building Blocks is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

37Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Building Blocks market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Building Blocks 565K times last year and spent an estimated £200K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 37 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 565K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £200K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
565K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-19.9%
Conversion, latest week
3.0%
Market size, estimated
£200Ka year
Peak month
December3.0× the quietest month
Top search term
building blocks234K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.73.

Listings sell for £11.73 on average, from £4.32 to £24.88. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £11.73 that is £6K to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.73under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.32–£24.88
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£9K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

61% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #126 within Fitness. It carries 13,382 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
61%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
10.8%
Average rank
#126in Fitness
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
13,382per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Building Blocks 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£20K£40K£60K£80K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

85

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

  • Mega Bloks41%
  • EXERZ26%
  • The Magic Toy Shop7%
  • Stickle Bricks7%
  • GOMEINA5%
  • RAM ONLINE3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 11%)

Demand

Building Blocks search demand

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

25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×

Search terms

Top Building Blocks search terms shoppers use

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

  • building blocks234K/yr
  • blocks59K/yr
  • building blocks for 1+ year old29K/yr
  • building bricks38K/yr
  • block27K/yr
  • building blocks for 2 year olds32K/yr
  • building blocks for 2+ year olds25K/yr
  • building blocks for kids13K/yr
  • blocks for 1+ year old12K/yr
  • building blocks for 1 year old13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Building Blocks

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

Complain

Size-Overall33%−0.06

Its a very small box

was quite bigger than I thought

Very small

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.02

deceiving

the picture is hugely misleading

Picture is misleading

Print Quality6%−0.01

Only one of them has been printed correctly

Returned: misprinted letter

Only downside is the wide imprinting of numbers

Magnetic Strength/Adsorption4%0.00

Not happy at all these blocks are not magnetic

I did find a couple of the blocks were less strong magnetically than the others

Strength3%0.00

although the bag could be a bit sturdier

its not really sturdy

not so strong that my 3year old can't pull them apart

Love

Fun/Entertainment Experience21%+1.92

fun to build with

Endless fun

Fun for the whole family

Value For Money13%+0.45

Good price

Good value for money

Great value

Quality-Overall12%+0.40

Good value for a good quality set

Good quality cups

Amazing quality

Gifting Purpose8%+0.38

Great for gifting

Great present

Birthday present

Size-Overall7%−0.06

Good size

Sizeable

Good size shapes

Return

0.6% Return rate 66% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall49%▅▅▆█▆▆

Its a very small box

was quite bigger than I thought

Very small

Quality-Overall10%▃▃▅▃▆█

Average quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%█▃▂▁▃▂

deceiving

the picture is hugely misleading

Picture is misleading

Defective Material/Parts5%▆▄▆▁█▅
Value For Money4%▆██▃▃▂

I think that the price could be more competitive for what you get

However, I do think that they are a bit expensive considering they are quite basic wooden blocks

not really worth £7.15

FAQ

Common Building Blocks questions

Answered from the same tracked data.