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Greeting Cards

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But prices span $3.20–$13.36, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Greeting Cards is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 37% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +3 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£178K/yr362K searches / yr
90-day growth
-25.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
39%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Greeting Cards against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Greeting Cards market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Greeting Cards 362K times last year and spent an estimated £178K. The top 5 brands take 68% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 362K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -25.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £178K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
362K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-25.4%
Conversion, latest week
6.5%
Market size, estimated
£178Ka year
Peak month
January2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
birthday cards multipack137K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.53.

Listings sell for £7.53 on average, from £3.20 to £13.36. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £7.53 that is £4K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.53under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.20–£13.36
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£6K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #2,006 within Cards & Card Stock. It carries 1,107 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
8.9%
Average rank
#2,006in Cards & Card Stock
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,107per listing
Listings tracked
41

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 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 31 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top Greeting 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 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£7K£14K£21K£28K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 falling

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 80%

Open market

28%

  • SWEETZER & ORANGE22%
  • the lazy panda card company19%
  • DEEPLAY14%
  • SOL7%
  • Piccadilly Greetings6%
  • feela5%

Demand

Greeting Cards search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Greeting Cards search terms shoppers use

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

  • birthday cards multipack137K/yr
  • birthday card pack29K/yr
  • pack of birthday cards30K/yr
  • greetings cards20K/yr
  • birthday cards pack13K/yr
  • greeting cards multipack13K/yr
  • multipack birthday cards11K/yr
  • pack of birthday cards mixed adults11K/yr
  • birthday card packs11K/yr
  • birthday card multipack11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Greeting Cards

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

Complain

Size-Overall25%−0.15

slightly larger than A6

very small

Small cards

Quality-Overall18%+1.33

Extremely poor quality

Whilst the quality is fairly basic

Card quality very poor

Adhesion/Stickiness5%−0.05

Not stick,as they have nothing

no adhesive on envelopes

Envelopes didn't stick

Thickness3%−0.02

The cards are thin

The card stock is thick

The thickness is somewhere between wrapping paper

Value For Money3%+2.64

Not cheap

Initially thought these were maybe a bit expensive for birthday cards

A waste of money I am afraid

Love

Value For Money33%+2.64

Great deal

Excellent value

Good value for the money

Quality-Overall31%+1.33

Good Quality Cards

good quality cards

Excellent product

Design-Overall8%+0.09

Cute designs

Good design

The designs are classic

Color5%+0.19

the colors are gorgeous

the colours are vibrant

Lovely colours

Paper Quality3%+0.20

Very good quality of the paper

These cards are modern, bright, and printed on very sturdy card stock

are attractive and peel away well from the backing paper and stick well

Return

0.3% Return rate 65% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall58%█▇▆▇▆▅

slightly larger than A6

very small

Small cards

Quality-Overall20%▃▇▅▆▃█

Extremely poor quality

Whilst the quality is fairly basic

Card quality very poor

Design-Overall5%▁▁▃▁▅█
Advertised Vs Actual Product3%▁█▁▅▁▅
Paper Quality2%▁▁█▆▁▁

FAQ

Common Greeting Cards questions

Answered from the same tracked data.