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5 Minute Journal

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $20K a year here, so 5 Minute Journal is a Fail.

Flapen Score
37
37 / 100
Ranks 671 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −10 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£20K/yr45K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 13 sellers

Flapen Score

5 Minute Journal against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, 5 Minute Journal is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The 5 Minute Journal market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 5 Minute Journal 45K times last year and spent an estimated £20K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 37 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 45K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £20K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
45K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.1%
Conversion, latest week
3.1%
Market size, estimated
£20Ka year
Peak month
December3.4× the quietest month
Top search term
5 minute journal25K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.50.

Listings sell for £14.50 on average, from £7.03 to £24.12. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £14.50 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.50under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.03–£24.12
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£1K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #208 within Calendars, Planners & Personal Organisers. It carries 4,393 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
16.5%
Average rank
#208in Calendars, Planners & Personal Organisers
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,393per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top 5 Minute Journal products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£8K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

13

Est. top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

1%

  • UrBestSelf41%
  • Intelligent Change28%
  • BIROYAL9%
  • Lanpn8%
  • RUKAR7%
  • Colorage6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Demand

5 Minute Journal search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Search terms

Top 5 Minute Journal search terms shoppers use

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

  • 5 minute journal25K/yr
  • five minute journal9K/yr
  • the five minute journal7K/yr
  • the 5 minute journal4K/yr
  • 5-minute journal684/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 5 Minute Journal

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

35%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
50%of negative reviews mention “Error Warning Accuracy”
1.2%of orders come back
“shocked at the amount of errors within the text”
A buyer, on “Error Warning Accuracy”50% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common 5 Minute Journal questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data