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17th Birthday Card

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But prices span $2.55–$13.84, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 17th Birthday Card is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 23% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +6 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£44K/yr104K searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
33%top-5 click share · 28 brands · 38 sellers

Flapen Score

17th Birthday Card against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, 17th Birthday Card is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 17th Birthday Card market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 17th Birthday Card 104K times last year and spent an estimated £44K. The top 5 brands take 44% of clicks. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

11.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 104K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.2% 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 £44K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
104K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.0%
Conversion, latest week
11.2%
Market size, estimated
£44Ka year
Top search term
17th birthday card43K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.78.

Listings sell for £3.78 on average, from £2.55 to £13.84. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £3.78 that is £378 to £945 a year per listing.

Average price
£3.78under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.55–£13.84
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£378–£945
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

59% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #2,768 within Cards & Card Stock. It carries 249 reviews at 4.61 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
59%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
7.7%
Average rank
#2,768in Cards & Card Stock
Average rating
4.61 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
249per listing
Listings tracked
44

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 18 launches as successful.

18 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 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
18
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top 17th 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 33% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£4K£5K£7K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

28 falling

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

44%

Top 20: 90%

Top-5 click share

33%

Top 20: 71%

Open market

51%

  • Hey Chimp15%
  • Stuff412%
  • Lunella Stationery8%
  • Mungo And Shoddy5%
  • LimaLima5%
  • Generic5%

Demand

17th Birthday Card search demand

Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.

2K2KMar '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26

Search terms

Top 17th Birthday Card search terms shoppers use

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

  • 17th birthday card43K/yr
  • 17 birthday card17K/yr
  • 17th birthday card boy9K/yr
  • daughter 17th birthday card9K/yr
  • son 17th birthday card9K/yr
  • 17th birthday card girl7K/yr
  • birthday card 17 year old girl5K/yr
  • birthday card 17 year old boy5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 17th Birthday Card

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

Complain

Value For Money36%−0.13

Expensive dont waste your money

It looks a lot more expensive than the current price of £2.97

Bit pricey,

Quality-Overall30%−0.06

Poor Quality

I couldnt give it as her birthday card as its such poorly quality

Absolutely horrendous quality

Size-Overall10%+0.20

The card is much larger than I expected

Envelope doesn't fit card

The envelope is a little too large for the card

Thickness7%−0.01

made of thick card

The thickness of the card is not very thick

Print Quality2%−0.01

It hasnt been printed on card

Love

Quality-Overall26%−0.06

Fantastic quality

Great products and great seller

Great Quality cards

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+1.51

As described

Exactly what you need

The card was as described

Value For Money11%−0.13

value for money

Good value

Excellent value for money

Design-Overall7%+0.42

Lovely design

And the art style is great

I love the design

Size-Overall6%+0.20

a good size

The card is a nice size

Good size good value

Return

0.2% Return rate 14% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall39%▁▁▅█▇▁

Poor Quality

I couldnt give it as her birthday card as its such poorly quality

Absolutely horrendous quality

Strength18%█▁▁▁▁█
Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▁▁▁▁█▁
Gifting Purpose9%▁▁▁▁█▁

I couldnt give it as her birthday card as its such poorly quality

Value For Money9%▁▁▁▁█▁

Expensive dont waste your money

It looks a lot more expensive than the current price of £2.97

Bit pricey,

FAQ

Common 17th Birthday Card questions

Answered from the same tracked data.