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Brother Birthday Cards

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But prices span $1.64–$5.43, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Brother Birthday Cards 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
£289K/yr907K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 52 sellers

Flapen Score

Brother Birthday Cards against its category

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

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

Market

The Brother Birthday Cards market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Brother Birthday Cards 907K times last year and spent an estimated £289K. The top 5 brands take 58% of clicks. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 907K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £289K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
907K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.1%
Conversion, latest week
10.0%
Market size, estimated
£289Ka year
Peak month
March1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
brother birthday cards393K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.18.

Listings sell for £3.18 on average, from £1.64 to £5.43. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £3.18 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.18under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.64–£5.43
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£3K
Returns
0.1%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. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #2,009 within Cards & Card Stock. It carries 374 reviews at 4.71 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
3.7%
Average rank
#2,009in Cards & Card Stock
Average rating
4.71 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
374per listing
Listings tracked
57

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Brother Birthday Cards 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£6K£12K£17K£23K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

52

Top-5 brand share

58%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 71%

Open market

36%

  • Piccadilly Greetings17%
  • Old English Company12%
  • UK Greetings12%
  • LimaLima10%
  • Emotional Rescue7%
  • Brainbox Candy5%

Demand

Brother Birthday Cards search demand

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

23K18KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Brother Birthday Cards search terms shoppers use

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

  • brother birthday cards393K/yr
  • brother birthday card129K/yr
  • birthday card brother109K/yr
  • birthday card for brother50K/yr
  • birthday cards for brother45K/yr
  • funny brother birthday card25K/yr
  • happy birthday brother card23K/yr
  • brother card22K/yr
  • brother birthday cards funny21K/yr
  • happy birthday brother14K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Brother Birthday Cards

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

Complain

Size-Overall29%−0.02

Small

Smaller than I expected

Not very big

Adhesion/Stickiness18%−0.08

quality also not suitable for posting as the envelope doesn't have any type of adhesive

no adhesive on the envelope so not good for posting

Envelope doesnt stick at all

Quality-Overall13%+2.85

The quality is a bit tacky

Average quality card

Poor quality

Ease Of Use12%−0.04

I could not use it

could not get it off

Value For Money12%+0.31

Expensive for what it is

This is not even worthy of a 99p card let alone this cost

Do not buy waste of money

Love

Quality-Overall40%+2.85

Excellent product

Good quality card at a great price

Good Quality Card

Value For Money23%+0.31

Excellent value

Good value

reasonably priced

Fun/Entertainment Experience11%+0.12

A Fun Card

Great fun

I like funny cards

Size-Overall8%−0.02

Nice size

Good size card

The card itself is a good size

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.89

As described

Just as it looks

Just what I need

Return

0.1% Return rate 38% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall25%▁█▁▁▁▁

Small

Smaller than I expected

Not very big

Adhesion/Stickiness13%▁▁▁▁█▁

quality also not suitable for posting as the envelope doesn't have any type of adhesive

no adhesive on the envelope so not good for posting

Envelope doesnt stick at all

Print Quality13%▁█▁▁▁▁
Ease Of Use13%▁▁█▁▁▁

I could not use it

could not get it off

Display Colors13%█▁▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Brother Birthday Cards questions

Answered from the same tracked data.