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Best Friend Birthday Card

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But prices span $2.27–$7.49, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Best Friend Birthday Card is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 15% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +8 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£174K/yr526K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 36 brands · 61 sellers

Flapen Score

Best Friend Birthday Card against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Best Friend Birthday Card market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Best Friend Birthday Card 526K times last year and spent an estimated £174K. The top 5 brands take 44% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jul. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 526K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £174K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
526K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.5%
Conversion, latest week
9.6%
Market size, estimated
£174Ka year
Peak month
July2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
best friend birthday card171K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.46.

Listings sell for £3.46 on average, from £2.27 to £7.49. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £3.46 that is £865 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.46under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.27–£7.49
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£865–£2K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,105 within Cards & Card Stock. It carries 637 reviews at 4.68 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
3.6%
Average rank
#1,105in Cards & Card Stock
Average rating
4.68 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
637per listing
Listings tracked
59

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 15 launches as successful.

15 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 27 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
15
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
27 months

Products

Top Best Friend 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 30% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£5K£10K£16K£21K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

36 falling

Sellers

61

Top-5 brand share

44%

Top 20: 85%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 65%

Open market

52%

  • Printperfect15%
  • Old English Company9%
  • LimaLima8%
  • Nigel Quiney6%
  • Arrow Gift Co5%
  • Plorede4%

Demand

Best Friend Birthday Card search demand

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

12K8KSpike '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Best Friend Birthday Card search terms shoppers use

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

  • best friend birthday card171K/yr
  • special friend birthday card female141K/yr
  • special friend birthday card41K/yr
  • friend card27K/yr
  • best friend card23K/yr
  • best friend birthday card female20K/yr
  • birthday card special friend female12K/yr
  • birthday card best friend11K/yr
  • birthday cards for women friendship9K/yr
  • birthday card for best friend female9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Best Friend Birthday Card

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

Complain

Size-Overall43%−0.16

Hoped card would be larger

very small

It has a very large

Quality-Overall22%+1.97

Poor quality card

Poor quality

Not quite the quality I was expecting for the price

Value For Money12%+1.09

a bit expensive

Expensive for what it is

Overpriced

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%+0.36

contrary to the description

Picture deceiving

Blurred picture on cheap card

Adhesion/Stickiness3%−0.01

Was very upset envelope was not sticky at top for sealing up to send to my bestie friends birthdays

Love

Quality-Overall42%+1.97

Brilliant quality

Great Quality Card

Good quality cards

Value For Money20%+1.09

Excellent value

Excellent value for money

Good for the price

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.36

As advertised

As described

just as shown

Size-Overall6%−0.16

Cute size

Good size

nice size, not too small

Design-Overall6%+0.50

Beautiful design

The colours and design are so pretty and it is highlighted in areas with rose gold foiling

I am pleased with the design of this card

Return

0.1% Return rate 26% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall40%▆▁▁▆█▁

Poor quality card

Poor quality

Not quite the quality I was expecting for the price

Size-Overall19%▁▁▅▂▂█

Hoped card would be larger

very small

It has a very large

Scratch Resistance4%▁▁█▁▁▁
Paper Quality4%▁▁█▁▁▁
Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▁█▁▁▁▁

contrary to the description

Picture deceiving

Blurred picture on cheap card

FAQ

Common Best Friend Birthday Card questions

Answered from the same tracked data.