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Cousin Birthday Card

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But prices span $2.08–$3.37, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Cousin Birthday Card is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 18% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +7 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£83K/yr203K searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 41 sellers

Flapen Score

Cousin Birthday Card against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cousin Birthday Card market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cousin Birthday Card 203K times last year and spent an estimated £83K. The top 5 brands take 60% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

13.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 203K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £83K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
203K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.6%
Conversion, latest week
13.5%
Market size, estimated
£83Ka year
Peak month
January1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
cousin birthday card91K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.04.

Listings sell for £3.04 on average, from £2.08 to £3.37. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £3.04 that is £760 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.04under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.08–£3.37
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£760–£2K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #2,259 within Cards & Card Stock. It carries 202 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
4.0%
Average rank
#2,259in Cards & Card Stock
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
202per listing
Listings tracked
45

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Cousin Birthday Card 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 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£3K£7K£10K£13K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

41

Top-5 brand share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 74%

Open market

31%

  • Old English Company15%
  • UK Greetings13%
  • Piccadilly Greetings11%
  • Purple Fox10%
  • Me To You10%
  • Hey Chimp9%

Demand

Cousin Birthday Card search demand

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

5K4KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Cousin Birthday Card search terms shoppers use

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

  • cousin birthday card91K/yr
  • cousin birthday card female47K/yr
  • cousin birthday card male24K/yr
  • cousin card9K/yr
  • cousin birthday cards9K/yr
  • birthday card cousin9K/yr
  • birthday card cousin female adult8K/yr
  • cousin birthday card boy6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cousin Birthday Card

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

Complain

Value For Money44%−0.14

Poor value for money

I feel overall it is overpriced and underwhelming

Size-Overall33%−0.05

Smaller than I realised

Brightness/Shine/Glow11%−0.03

Cousin card with not much sparkle

Love

Quality-Overall51%+3.58

Good Quality cards

Quality cards

Brilliant quality

Value For Money12%−0.14

Very reasonable price

Good value

Great value for money

Fun/Entertainment Experience11%+0.59

Good laugh

Great fun card well made

Most amusing

Size-Overall5%−0.05

Nice size

Good size card

Im happy with the size

Design-Overall4%+0.22

Great design

Well designed card

Good choice design

Return

0.1% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Defective Material/Parts33%▁▁█▁▁▁
Flatness33%▁█▁▁▁▁
Ease Of Use33%▁▁▁▁▁█

FAQ

Common Cousin Birthday Card questions

Answered from the same tracked data.