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Dad Birthday Cards

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But prices span $2.43–$7.72, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Dad Birthday Cards is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 7% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +12 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£424K/yr1.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 32 brands · 45 sellers

Flapen Score

Dad Birthday Cards against its category

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

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Dad Birthday Cards market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Dad Birthday Cards 1.2M times last year and spent an estimated £424K. The top 5 brands take 45% of clicks. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.2M 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 -0.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £424K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.8%
Conversion, latest week
10.0%
Market size, estimated
£424Ka year
Peak month
March1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
dad birthday card642K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.44.

Listings sell for £3.44 on average, from £2.43 to £7.72. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £3.44 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.44under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.43–£7.72
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
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. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #923 within Cards & Card Stock. It carries 332 reviews at 4.70 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.8%
Average rank
#923in Cards & Card Stock
Average rating
4.70 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
332per listing
Listings tracked
56

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 11 launches as successful.

11 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 28 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
11
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
28 months

Products

Top Dad 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£13K£25K£38K£51K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

32 falling

Sellers

45

Top-5 brand share

45%

Top 20: 92%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

49%

  • Piccadilly Greetings12%
  • Cheeky Chops10%
  • Old English Company10%
  • Huxters7%
  • Absolutely Yours7%
  • Oscar Finks6%

Demand

Dad Birthday Cards search demand

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

30K20KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Dad Birthday Cards search terms shoppers use

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

  • dad birthday card642K/yr
  • birthday card dad122K/yr
  • happy birthday dad card63K/yr
  • birthday card for dad67K/yr
  • happy birthday dad60K/yr
  • birthday cards for dad51K/yr
  • dad birthday card from daughter31K/yr
  • dad birthday card funny32K/yr
  • funny dad birthday card27K/yr
  • dad card19K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dad Birthday Cards

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

Complain

Size-Overall41%−0.21

Amazon either ship things in cardboard boxes 80 times too big

Too small

Not very big

Value For Money12%+0.19

Expensive

Honestly, it looks like it cost more than it did

Quality-Overall9%+2.42

Awful quality

Writing Experience9%−0.01

wish there had been writing inside and not left blank

No clear place to write on it

Paper Quality3%+0.15

Envelope feels like it's made from recycled material too

Love

Quality-Overall40%+2.42

Good Quality Card

Good quality card at a great price

Fabulous quality

Fun/Entertainment Experience18%+0.33

cool and fun

Fun card

Great fun card

Value For Money14%+0.19

Good price

Great value

Reasonable price

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.87

Exactly what I wanted and in time

As described

As pictured

Size-Overall3%−0.21

Amazing size

it wasnt too small either – a really nice size

size would recommend

Return

0.1% Return rate 70% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall40%▁█▇▁▁▁

Amazon either ship things in cardboard boxes 80 times too big

Too small

Not very big

Quality-Overall20%▁▁▅▁█▁

Awful quality

Strength10%▁▁▁▁▁█
Advertised Vs Actual Product10%▁█▁▁▁▁
Color10%▁█▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Dad Birthday Cards questions

Answered from the same tracked data.