Cardboard Folders
prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($3.72–$14.39) — Cardboard Folders doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Cardboard Folders profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cardboard Folders is a £126K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (116K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.
Cardboard Folders: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Not really. Search demand moved -22.2% over the last 90 days and 10.8% of searches end in a purchase.
£126K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand, so 13% of the market is open.
13%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 19 products
Top Cardboard Folders products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Exacompta Forever Document Wallets Pack of 25 - Designed for Storing Documents - Recycled 290 gsm Board - 34.5 x 24.5 cm in Size - A4/Foolscap - Assorted Colours
- Price
- £11.37
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 344
- Age
- 15y ago
Elba Foolscap Document Wallets Assorted Colours A4+ Pack of 10 Folders
- Price
- £8.25
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,938
- Age
- 8y ago
Q-Connect Document Wallets Foolscap Assorted (Pack of 50) KF01490
- Price
- £11.77
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 3,584
- Age
- 19y ago
Exacompta - Ref 211/1900Z - Guildhall - Plain Document Wallets 34.5 x 24.5cm 250gsm Medium Weight Premium Quality Manilla Holds A4 & Foolscap Documents - Blue Pack of 10
- Price
- £3.90
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 142
- Age
- 6y ago
Foolscap Document Wallets 285gsm Assorted Colours Pack of 10 Folders (Assorted)
- Price
- £6.16
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 565
- Age
- 3y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Foolscap Document Wallets 285gsm Assorted Colours Pack of 50 Folders (Assorted)
- Price
- £12.45
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 127
- Age
- 3y ago
Q-Connect Document Wallet Foolscap Yellow (Pack of 50) KF23017
- Price
- £11.06
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 774
- Age
- 19y ago
Q-Connect Square Cut Folder Medium Weight Foolscap KF01191 250 g - Blue Pack of 100
- Price
- £13.39
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 303
- Age
- 19y ago
Exacompta Forever Document Wallets Pack of 25 - Designed for Storing Documents - Recycled 290 gsm Board - 34.5 x 24.5 cm in Size - A4/Foolscap - Assorted Colours
- Price
- £11.37
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 344
- Age
- 15y ago
Elba A4+ Document Wallets Assorted Colours - Pack of 25 Foolscap Folders with Tuck-in Flap 300 Sheet Capacity Heavyweight Paper Filing for Office & School
- Price
- £12.70
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 2,492
- Age
- 8mo ago
Newest
by launch dateElba A4+ Document Wallets Assorted Colours - Pack of 25 Foolscap Folders with Tuck-in Flap 300 Sheet Capacity Heavyweight Paper Filing for Office & School
- Price
- £12.70
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 2,492
- Age
- 8mo ago
Railex Pocket Folder Foolscap Document Wallets - Cerise Folders Pack of 10 for Paperwork A4 and A4+ Recycled Board File Foolscap Document Wallet Premium Filing Folder for Office and Home
- Price
- £14.39
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 83
- Age
- 1y ago
Stuff 4 Office - Manilla Economy Foolscap Square Cut Folders 180gsm Buff (25/50/100 Pack Sizes) (25)
- Price
- £8.11
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 105
- Age
- 2y ago
Eastlight Document Wallet Foolscap Assorted Colours 100% Recycled Manilla Paper (Pack of 50)
- Price
- £14.13
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 514
- Age
- 3y ago
Foolscap Document Wallets 285gsm Assorted Colours Pack of 10 Folders (Assorted)
- Price
- £6.16
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 565
- Age
- 3y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
9 falling
Sellers
36
Top-5 brand share
87%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
62%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
8%
- Q-Connect22%
- Exacompta21%
- Elba18%
- Guildhall13%
- Nobel12%
- Eastlight5%
- Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 8%)
Cardboard Folders demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×
Top Cardboard Folders search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- cardboard folders18K/yr
- foolscap folders17K/yr
- cardboard folders for paperwork a410K/yr
- manilla folders a49K/yr
- card folders10K/yr
- foolscap document wallet9K/yr
- a4 folders cardboard10K/yr
- a4 cardboard folders7K/yr
- manilla folders4K/yr
- manila folders a44K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cardboard Folders
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
90% of reviews“Excellent quality wallets, helped me get my office in order, very pleased, good quality, speedy delivery & relatively strong enough for what I need them for”
“Exactly what I needed”
“Fair price”
“Very good to keep papers organised”
“Cool colours”
What buyers complain about
85% of reviews“Obviously the purchase by many is because they're cheap not quality”
“However, I find these very very thin. flimsy feel”
“Bit thin”
“Cannot get many A4 papers in it”
“Images are deceptive”
Cardboard Folders return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.2%
Return rate
52%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Cardboard Folders questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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