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Cardboard Boxes

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 89% of clicks, so Cardboard Boxes is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 32% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +4 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£958K/yr1.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
65%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

Cardboard Boxes against its category

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

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cardboard Boxes market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cardboard Boxes 1.8M times last year and spent an estimated £958K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £958K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.0%
Conversion, latest week
4.1%
Market size, estimated
£958Ka year
Peak month
November1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
cardboard boxes756K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.76.

Listings sell for £12.76 on average, from £4.00 to £25.97. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £12.76 that is £38K to £51K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.76under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.00–£25.97
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£38K–£51K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

65% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 18% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #7 within Envelopes & Mailing Supplies. It carries 3,846 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
65%
Prime listings
18%
Out of stock, average day
4.5%
Average rank
#7in Envelopes & Mailing Supplies
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,846per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Cardboard Boxes 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 65% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£96K£192K£288K£383K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • W.E. Roberts38%
  • Direct Global Trading24%
  • Pluto Packaging12%
  • Best House Another Fine Product9%
  • SAFARIPAK6%
  • Triplast6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

Demand

Cardboard Boxes search demand

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

40K30KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Cardboard Boxes search terms shoppers use

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

  • cardboard boxes756K/yr
  • boxes315K/yr
  • cardboard box110K/yr
  • shipping boxes101K/yr
  • large cardboard boxes for moving54K/yr
  • cardboard boxes for posting69K/yr
  • large cardboard box67K/yr
  • packaging box41K/yr
  • large box39K/yr
  • double walled cardboard box21K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cardboard Boxes

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

Complain

Size-Overall30%−0.23

Too big

NOT LARGE

Small Boxes

Strength27%−0.08

Not as sturdy

Very weak

Not Strong

Quality-Overall9%+0.72

very substandard quality

Poor quality, not strong at all

Bad quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.79

is misleading

Misleading description

Misleading information

Adhesion/Stickiness4%−0.02

Tape doesnt really stick to it

the tape is awful

poorly glued

Love

Strength28%−0.08

Good and strong

And of sturdy construction

They are sturdy boxes

Quality-Overall16%+0.72

Good strong quality

Decent quality

Very good quality box

Size-Overall14%−0.23

Great Size

the right size for my needs

Look like fantastic boxes, nice size

Value For Money11%+1.43

Excellent value

GOOD VALUE

Value for Money

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.79

As advertised

As described

Exactly what I needed

Return

0.0% Return rate 80% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall73%█▇█▇▇▇

Too big

NOT LARGE

Small Boxes

Strength7%▅▆▅▇█▆

Not as sturdy

Very weak

Not Strong

Quality-Overall4%▄▆██▆█

very substandard quality

Poor quality, not strong at all

Bad quality

Water Resistance2%▅█▂▃▄▅
Defective Material/Parts2%█▁▃▅▇▄

FAQ

Common Cardboard Boxes questions

Answered from the same tracked data.