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Birthday Cards for Men

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But prices span $1.25–$12.01, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Birthday Cards for Men is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 5% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +13 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£808K/yr2.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
29%top-5 click share · 33 brands · 64 sellers

Flapen Score

Birthday Cards for Men against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Birthday Cards for Men is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Birthday Cards for Men market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Birthday Cards for Men 2.8M times last year and spent an estimated £808K. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £808K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.1%
Conversion, latest week
8.6%
Market size, estimated
£808Ka year
Peak month
March2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
birthday cards for men1.2M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.32.

Listings sell for £3.32 on average, from £1.25 to £12.01. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £3.32 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.32under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.25–£12.01
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£7K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,247 within Cards & Card Stock. It carries 338 reviews at 4.68 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
2.6%
Average rank
#1,247in Cards & Card Stock
Average rating
4.68 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
338per listing
Listings tracked
73

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 14 launches as successful.

14 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
14
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
34 months

Products

Top Birthday Cards for Men 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 29% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£16K£32K£48K£65K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

33 falling

Sellers

64

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

29%

Top 20: 66%

Open market

38%

  • LimaLima28%
  • Paperlink8%
  • Old English Company7%
  • Emotional Rescue7%
  • Central 236%
  • UK Greetings6%

Demand

Birthday Cards for Men search demand

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

60K40KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Birthday Cards for Men search terms shoppers use

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

  • birthday cards for men1.2M/yr
  • funny birthday cards for men373K/yr
  • mens birthday cards148K/yr
  • male birthday card142K/yr
  • funny birthday card150K/yr
  • greeting cards102K/yr
  • birthday card for men71K/yr
  • pop up birthday card98K/yr
  • birthday card funny72K/yr
  • male birthday cards for men66K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Birthday Cards for Men

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

Complain

Size-Overall15%−0.04

Bit small,

Its a smaller card than normal

is huge

Quality-Overall14%+2.71

Poor quality card was used

Just not good enough

Awful quality

Functionality-Overall13%−0.08

.DIDN'T FUNCTION WHATSOEVER

Didn't play tunes or speak

Didnt work

Value For Money11%+0.55

Expensive

Price wise, it is not cheap

Not very happy about it especially with the price

Audio Quality8%−0.05

Sound doesnt work properly

Broken audio

Audio didn't play properly so item returned

Love

Quality-Overall40%+2.71

Good quality cards

Good Quality Card

Excellent Product

Value For Money19%+0.55

Great value for money

Good price

Excellent value

Fun/Entertainment Experience13%+0.95

Fun card

Good fun card

Brilliant fun

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.10

As pictured

As described

Exactly as advertised

Size-Overall5%−0.04

It is a good size with quality presentation

Good size

Nice size and suitable for older adults

Return

0.1% Return rate 40% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall22%█▄▅▅▂▃

.DIDN'T FUNCTION WHATSOEVER

Didn't play tunes or speak

Didnt work

Color21%▁▂▅▁▅█

Felt that the colours could have been bit brighter

Was sent a pink one instead of a black & gold one

The trees on the left are far too green & small, and look superimposed, not as if they're part of the same picture

Audio Quality15%▅█▅▄▂▂

Sound doesnt work properly

Broken audio

Audio didn't play properly so item returned

Size-Overall7%▁▄▃█▆▄

Bit small,

Its a smaller card than normal

is huge

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▁▄▂█▇▁

The picture online didn't really show the fact that the perspective is all wrong - the hill

Not as advertised

Not as expected

FAQ

Common Birthday Cards for Men questions

Answered from the same tracked data.