Skip to content

Folder

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But demand is soft, at -16.0% this quarter, so Folder 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
£1.2M/yr2.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 28 brands · 62 sellers

Flapen Score

Folder against its category

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

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

Market

The Folder market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Folder 2.2M times last year and spent an estimated £1.2M. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.0%
Conversion, latest week
5.8%
Market size, estimated
£1.2Ma year
Peak month
September2.9× the quietest month
Top search term
folders472K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.82.

Listings sell for £8.82 on average, from £3.33 to £19.06. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £8.82 that is £18K to £22K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.82under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.33–£19.06
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£18K–£22K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #23 within Office Supplies. It carries 2,455 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
0.9%
Average rank
#23in Office Supplies
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,455per listing
Listings tracked
55

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Folder 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£35K£69K£104K£138K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

28 falling

Sellers

62

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 74%

Open market

34%

  • Rexel20%
  • ojussa11%
  • Elba10%
  • RAPESCO9%
  • Amazon Basics8%
  • Oxford7%

Demand

Folder search demand

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

150K100KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.9×

Search terms

Top Folder search terms shoppers use

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

  • folders472K/yr
  • folder413K/yr
  • a4 folder266K/yr
  • folders for paperwork a4199K/yr
  • document folder128K/yr
  • file110K/yr
  • files95K/yr
  • document wallets96K/yr
  • file folders52K/yr
  • a4 folders79K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Folder

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

Complain

Quality-Overall18%+0.46

Not great quality bit flimsy

Cheaply made

Awful quality

Strength15%−0.11

Not as strong as I thought

Not sturdy

Very flimsy

Size-Overall11%−0.08

Not fit for purpose

Smaller than it looks

Not generous sizing

Material Quality5%−0.02

feels more plastic

feels like cheap plastic

flimsy plastic

Value For Money5%+1.17

Make it cheaper if possible

it might be a little on the pricey side

It's a bit pricey for what it is

Love

Quality-Overall24%+0.46

Good quality wallets

Excellent product

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

Value For Money16%+1.17

Fair price

Excellent Price

Excellent value

Document Organizing/Classification11%+1.09

superb to keep those documents together

Perfect for keeping your documents organised

Very handy folders for your documents

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+0.79

Exactly as pictured

Exactly as advertised

As described

Color6%+0.22

Great colours

Colours as described

great colours

Return

0.4% Return rate 60% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall44%▆█▆▇▇▆

Not fit for purpose

Smaller than it looks

Not generous sizing

Quality-Overall12%█▃▆▅▄▆

Not great quality bit flimsy

Cheaply made

Awful quality

Strength9%▃▇█▆▅▅

Not as strong as I thought

Not sturdy

Very flimsy

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▃█▆▆▃▅

Not as shown in advert

Not as advertised

Not As Described

Thin3%▇▅▆█▇█

FAQ

Common Folder questions

Answered from the same tracked data.