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1st Birthday Card

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But prices span $2.04–$10.69, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 1st 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
£117K/yr267K searches / yr
90-day growth
+7.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 31 sellers

Flapen Score

1st Birthday Card against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, 1st 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 1st Birthday Card market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 1st Birthday Card 267K times last year and spent an estimated £117K. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

12.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 267K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 12.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +7.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £117K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
267K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+7.8%
Conversion, latest week
12.8%
Market size, estimated
£117Ka year
Peak month
July1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
1st birthday card93K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.43.

Listings sell for £3.43 on average, from £2.04 to £10.69. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £3.43 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.43under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.04–£10.69
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£3K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,912 within Cards & Card Stock. It carries 148 reviews at 4.74 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
7.2%
Average rank
#1,912in Cards & Card Stock
Average rating
4.74 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
148per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 18 launches as successful.

18 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 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
18
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top 1st 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£9K£14K£19K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 rising

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

36%

  • Danilo Promotions LTD13%
  • Hallmark13%
  • Felbridge Studio12%
  • Stuff411%
  • Manchester Print Studio8%
  • Peppercorn Cards7%

Demand

1st Birthday Card search demand

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

6K4KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top 1st Birthday Card search terms shoppers use

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

  • 1st birthday card93K/yr
  • 1st birthday card girl33K/yr
  • 1st birthday card boy32K/yr
  • first birthday card26K/yr
  • 1 year old birthday card9K/yr
  • first birthday card girl8K/yr
  • personalised 1st birthday card7K/yr
  • happy 1st birthday card7K/yr
  • first birthday card boy6K/yr
  • birthday card 1 year old girl6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 1st Birthday Card

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

Complain

Size-Overall30%−0.14

This card was bigger than I expected

Small

Very small no sentiment inside

Quality-Overall20%+2.08

Quality. They were so different from what you get in the shops.

Cost and quality

Value For Money10%+1.25

Pretty Card a bit expensive

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%−0.07

Incorrect description

Wrong sizing in description

Brightness/Shine/Glow10%+0.15

Disappointment I thought the star would be glittery

Love

Quality-Overall36%+2.08

The card itself is very good quality

Good quality

Good Quality Card

Design-Overall22%+0.35

design is cute

Just the job great card design

CUTE DESIGN

Value For Money16%+1.25

reasonably priced

Good price

Great value

Print Quality6%+0.38

The fonts are nice and modern and the printing clear

The printing is sharp

Wonderfully printed in bright colours on a quality cardstock

Paper Quality4%+0.22

The 350GSM linen card feels thick and sturdy in hand, not flimsy at all, and the square design is bright, clear and nicely printed with good attention to detail

Lovely quality card

This simple square card with a plain brown envelope is delightful

Return

0.2% Return rate 55% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall50%▁▁▅▃▅█

This card was bigger than I expected

Small

Very small no sentiment inside

Quality-Overall36%██▅▅▃▂

Quality. They were so different from what you get in the shops.

Cost and quality

Color5%▁▁▁▁█▁
Value For Money5%

Pretty Card a bit expensive

Stain Resistance5%▁▁▁█▁▁

FAQ

Common 1st Birthday Card questions

Answered from the same tracked data.