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Binder

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.5% of orders. But demand is soft, at -12.3% this quarter, so Binder is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 11% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +10 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£676K/yr1.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
36%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 50 sellers

Flapen Score

Binder against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Binder market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Binder 1.4M times last year and spent an estimated £676K. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £676K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.3%
Conversion, latest week
5.1%
Market size, estimated
£676Ka year
Peak month
September3.5× the quietest month
Top search term
binder269K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.64.

Listings sell for £9.64 on average, from £1.99 to £19.20. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £9.64 that is £14K to £19K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.64under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.99–£19.20
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£14K–£19K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 84% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #50 within Office Supplies. It carries 938 reviews at 4.44 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
84%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#50in Office Supplies
Average rating
4.44 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
938per listing
Listings tracked
49

04 · Newcomers

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

3 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 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Binder 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 36% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£20K£41K£61K£81K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 rising

Sellers

50

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 78%

Open market

23%

  • Rexel31%
  • Oxford24%
  • Junlan12%
  • Esselte3%
  • Amazon Basics3%
  • Q-Connect3%

Demand

Binder search demand

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

80K60KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.5×

Search terms

Top Binder search terms shoppers use

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

  • binder269K/yr
  • ring binder230K/yr
  • a4 ring binder153K/yr
  • ring binder a4136K/yr
  • a4 folders ring binder83K/yr
  • ring binders82K/yr
  • binders72K/yr
  • a4 binder62K/yr
  • a4 ring binders 2 ring48K/yr
  • binder folder58K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Binder

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

Complain

Quality-Overall17%+0.58

Not well made

Dont buy too thin poor quality

Awful quality

Value For Money10%+0.48

Make it cheaper if possible

Overpriced

A little more expensive than in store

Size-Overall8%−0.04

don't actually fit

its huge

The size was too small

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%−0.02

The description is just not clear enough in my view

been given completely the wrong information

Not as advertised

Material Quality6%+0.13

The plastic is really flimsy

Plastic sleeves

I expected the other case to be made of a sturdier plastic

Love

Quality-Overall29%+0.58

Excellent product

Does what it says well made

Good quality, fast delivery, and works perfectly

Value For Money15%+0.48

Good Value

Fair price

Excellent value

Color11%+1.20

Great colours

Lovely colour

Great quality and colours as stated

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.02

As described

Better than I expected

Exactly as pictured

Document Organizing/Classification5%+0.49

These are very durable and an easy way to organise documents, would recommend

This folder is amazing quality even document organisers is quality fast delivery rapped good

Perfect folder to keep everything in one place

Return

0.5% Return rate 64% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall47%▅█▆▆█▇

don't actually fit

its huge

The size was too small

Quality-Overall10%█▂▃▃▃▂

Not well made

Dont buy too thin poor quality

Awful quality

Strength7%▁▃█▆▃▇

Its pretty flimsy

The plastic is really flimsy

One of the rivets holding the rings on to the binder was very weak

Material Quality4%▁▆█▃█▅

The plastic is really flimsy

Plastic sleeves

I expected the other case to be made of a sturdier plastic

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▆█▅▇▂▃

The description is just not clear enough in my view

been given completely the wrong information

Not as advertised

FAQ

Common Binder questions

Answered from the same tracked data.