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Campus Notebook

Fail

Demand is soft, at -30.7% this quarter, so Campus Notebook is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 652 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −9 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£52K/yr130K searches / yr
90-day growth
-30.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
41%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 29 sellers

Flapen Score

Campus Notebook against its category

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

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Campus Notebook market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Campus Notebook 130K times last year and spent an estimated £52K. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 130K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -30.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £52K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
130K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-30.7%
Conversion, latest week
4.5%
Market size, estimated
£52Ka year
Peak month
September3.3× the quietest month
Top search term
oxford notebook23K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.81.

Listings sell for £8.81 on average, from £1.94 to £21.63. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £8.81 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.81under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.94–£21.63
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

69% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #105 within Notebooks, Writing Pads & Diaries. It carries 1,786 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
69%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.6%
Average rank
#105in Notebooks, Writing Pads & Diaries
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,786per listing
Listings tracked
36

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 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 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Campus Notebook 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 41% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£8K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

41%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

3%

  • Oxford70%
  • nu:18%
  • Black n' Red3%
  • KOKUYO3%
  • HIJYOO2%
  • FUYOAL1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 3%)

Demand

Campus Notebook search demand

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

10K6KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.3×

Search terms

Top Campus Notebook search terms shoppers use

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

  • oxford notebook23K/yr
  • nu notebook15K/yr
  • oxford notebook a433K/yr
  • campus notebook a49K/yr
  • pink notebook a49K/yr
  • oxford campus notebook a413K/yr
  • pink a4 notebook7K/yr
  • nu notebook a54K/yr
  • oxford a4 notebook4K/yr
  • nu notebooks a45K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Campus Notebook

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

Complain

Value For Money13%+1.09

It's not the cheapest

they are pricey

But the price varies a lot - it's nomally around £2

Paper Quality8%+0.07

low quality paper

The paper isnt very thick

The paper is quite thin and see-through, so wouldn't really be good for double-sided use,

Color7%−0.01

I'm not personally keen on pastel colours so the covers don't really do it for me

being purple and not entirely consistent in colour or thickness

Only thing coloured is the front cover

Thickness6%−0.05

Below average, quite thin

Size-Overall6%−0.01

Bigger than I expected

Love

Paper Quality24%+0.07

Quality paper

The paper thickness is substantial and feels really smooth and luxurious

The paper is excellent

Quality-Overall21%+2.27

Overall, they are good quality and look stylish

These notebooks are great quality

Excellent quality

Value For Money11%+1.09

Definitely worth the money

Great Value

Good price

Color10%−0.01

nice colour

A nice colourful pack

The attractive colours

Writing Experience4%+0.42

smooth to write on

they are easy to write on

smooth to write on

Return

0.3% Return rate 56% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall33%▅▄▄▁▇█

Bigger than I expected

Paper Quality14%▁▇▄▁█▃

low quality paper

The paper isnt very thick

The paper is quite thin and see-through, so wouldn't really be good for double-sided use,

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▁▆▆█▅▂

this particular set doesn't fulfil the product listing description

Smell6%█▁▄▃▁▁
Value For Money5%▁█▄█▁▁

It's not the cheapest

they are pricey

But the price varies a lot - it's nomally around £2

FAQ

Common Campus Notebook questions

Answered from the same tracked data.