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16th Birthday Card

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But prices span $2.53–$13.47, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 16th Birthday Card is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 18% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +7 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£87K/yr226K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 42 brands · 58 sellers

Flapen Score

16th Birthday Card against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, 16th Birthday Card is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 16th Birthday Card market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 16th Birthday Card 226K times last year and spent an estimated £87K. The top 5 brands take 38% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 226K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £87K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
226K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.9%
Conversion, latest week
9.2%
Market size, estimated
£87Ka year
Peak month
September1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
16th birthday card95K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.19.

Listings sell for £4.19 on average, from £2.53 to £13.47. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £4.19 that is £1K to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.19under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.53–£13.47
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£2K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #2,255 within Cards & Card Stock. It carries 270 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
5.7%
Average rank
#2,255in Cards & Card Stock
Average rating
4.64 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
270per listing
Listings tracked
63

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 28 launches as successful.

28 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 24 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
28
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
24 months

Products

Top 16th Birthday Card 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£3K£5K£8K£10K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

42 rising

Sellers

58

Top-5 brand share

38%

Top 20: 84%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 67%

Open market

57%

  • Stuff413%
  • Maise & Rose9%
  • Piccadilly Greetings7%
  • HOMANGA5%
  • LimaLima5%
  • Gosknor5%

Demand

16th Birthday Card search demand

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

5K3KSpike '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top 16th Birthday Card search terms shoppers use

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

  • 16th birthday card95K/yr
  • 16th birthday card boy25K/yr
  • 16th birthday card girl24K/yr
  • 16 birthday card25K/yr
  • niece 16th birthday card10K/yr
  • 16 birthday card boy8K/yr
  • birthday card 16 year old girl6K/yr
  • happy 16th birthday card6K/yr
  • 16 birthday card girl6K/yr
  • 16th birthday cards6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 16th Birthday Card

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

Complain

Size-Overall29%−0.07

I thought it was larger

Smaller than expected

smaller than I expected

Quality-Overall17%+2.52

It just looks cheap and boring

the quality wasnt best - then folded it was not even

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%−0.06

Very misleading description

not as it looks

It should clearly state it is not gold as this is very misleading

Color8%−0.01

I didn't want beige/brown writing

we decided black a bit bleak for 16th birthday so returned

Writing Experience8%−0.06

on pulling up to write on it

Love

Quality-Overall44%+2.52

Lovely card good quality

Good Quality Card

Good quality

Value For Money14%+0.37

Worth the money

Excellent value for money

Great price

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%−0.06

Looks just like the picture

LOOKS EVEN BETTER THAN THE PHOTO

Was exactly as described

Design-Overall9%+0.90

Great design

Great wuality and design was spot on

Good design and good value

Size-Overall5%−0.07

Good size

Good size and good value for money for this type of card

Great size

Return

0.2% Return rate 40% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall40%▁▁▅█▆█

I thought it was larger

Smaller than expected

smaller than I expected

Quality-Overall28%▅█▁▃▃▄

It just looks cheap and boring

the quality wasnt best - then folded it was not even

Defective Material/Parts15%▁▁█▅▁▁
Gifting Purpose5%▁▁▁▁█▁
Compatibility-Overall5%█▁▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common 16th Birthday Card questions

Answered from the same tracked data.