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A5 Clipboards

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.9% of orders. But prices span $2.31–$16.21, mostly outside the sweet spot, so A5 Clipboards 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
£43K/yr60K searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
39%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 81 sellers

Flapen Score

A5 Clipboards against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, A5 Clipboards is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The A5 Clipboards market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for A5 Clipboards 60K times last year and spent an estimated £43K. The top 5 brands take 55% of clicks. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 60K 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 -3.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £43K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
60K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.9%
Conversion, latest week
9.2%
Market size, estimated
£43Ka year
Peak month
February1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
a5 clipboard49K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.71.

Listings sell for £7.71 on average, from £2.31 to £16.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £7.71 that is £771 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.71under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.31–£16.21
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£771–£2K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #200 within Office Supplies. It carries 678 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
13.1%
Average rank
#200in Office Supplies
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
678per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 12 launches as successful.

12 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 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top A5 Clipboards 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 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£3K£5K£7K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)4 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

29 rising

Sellers

81

Top-5 brand share

55%

Top 20: 92%

Top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

39%

  • eco-eco15%
  • RAPESCO11%
  • Amazon Basics10%
  • Janrax10%
  • CYEER9%
  • OFFCUP6%

Demand

A5 Clipboards search demand

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

2K1KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top A5 Clipboards search terms shoppers use

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

  • a5 clipboard49K/yr
  • a5 clipboards7K/yr
  • clipboard a55K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about A5 Clipboards

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

Complain

Size-Overall20%−0.09

Smaller than A5

Came broken and very small

Strength15%−0.05

this product is easily bent

a bit flimsy

Assembly/Installation10%−0.06

Partial DIY required

Quality-Overall10%+0.77

Get what you pay for, cheap and faulty

Material Quality10%−0.06

Clipboard is neither pvc of heavy duty

Love

Quality-Overall23%+0.77

Excellent clipboards

Excellent product

GOOD QUALITY

Value For Money22%+1.12

Worth buying

Great price

Excellent Value

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%+1.14

As described

Just what I needed

Works just like a

Strength7%−0.05

sturdy

Sturdy quality clipboard

Strong

Storage Capacity6%+0.30

Very sturdy clipboards with great storage for extra paper work/ pens, etc

A excellent replacement with added storage

What I like about it is the storage

Return

0.9% Return rate 77% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall65%▆▇▅█▆▆

Smaller than A5

Came broken and very small

Quality-Overall7%▁▄█▁▅▅

Get what you pay for, cheap and faulty

Strength6%▇▆▄▁▅█

this product is easily bent

a bit flimsy

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%█▁▅▆▆▇
Paper Compatibility2%▁▁█▁▂▄

FAQ

Common A5 Clipboards questions

Answered from the same tracked data.