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2023 Diary

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($3.28–$11.52) — 2023 Diary doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Market size 34Growth 20Conversion 38Competition 70Returns 98Price range 0Avg price 18Brand share 60Review moat 71Quality gap 35
This niche Category average

Is 2023 Diary profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, 2023 Diary is a £161K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (834K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

2023 Diary: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -10.2% over the last 90 days and 3.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£161K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr30K
Search volume / yr-10.2%834K
Conversion rate3.0%
Avg price£6.34

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand, so 31% of the market is open.

31%

open market share

Brands · sellers17 · 30
Top-5 product click share43%
Open market31%
Avg brand age39 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 33 products

Sponsored placement82%
New entrants (1y)8· 7 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews663

Top 2023 Diary products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£8K£16K£24K£32K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

26%

  • Collins36%
  • G4GADGET11%
  • Zhswlp9%
  • Lonely Oak7%
  • Pinnora7%
  • Mljtoyo5%

2023 Diary demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume834KCVR3.0%Products33Brands17Top 5 Brands69%OOS Rate28.9%Rating4.5★Reviews663Avg BSR#45
50K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Top 2023 Diary search terms shoppers use

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

  • diary571K/yr
  • diaries83K/yr
  • a5 diary57K/yr
  • dairy37K/yr
  • diary a514K/yr
  • page a day diary17K/yr
  • week to view diary13K/yr
  • diary week to view11K/yr
  • diarys8K/yr
  • disry5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 2023 Diary

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

94% of reviews
Quality-Overall22%

Brilliant quality

Value For Money21%

Great deal

Advertised Vs Actual Product18%

As described

Document Organizing/Classification13%

Great diary with loads of space for organising

Size-Overall6%

Good size

What buyers complain about

85% of reviews
Quality-Overall21%

Not as High quality as previous years

Paper Quality17%

Cheap paper diary in a plastic sleeve, no ribbon

Size-Overall13%

larger then expected or even quoted

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

Not as described

Print Quality10%

March has some double printing as well

2023 Diary return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.5%

Return rate

68%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
48%
2Quality-Overall
11%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
7%
4Paper Quality
4%
5Functionality-Overall
3%

Common 2023 Diary questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores 2023 Diary 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £161K/yr across 33 tracked products. 7 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -10.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for 2023 Diary on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Dec, where the busiest month runs 3.4× the quietest.