How competitive is the Lab Book niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

8 brands and 52 sellers compete in Lab Book on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Lab Book products take 58% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 96% of demand.

What does it cost to enter the Lab Book niche?

Lab Book sells for £13.64 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £3.12–£37.62. The average incumbent carries 1,018 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Lab Book

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 96% of clicks) — Lab Book doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

Skip it

This niche Category average

Is Lab Book profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Lab Book is a £105K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (49K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Lab Book: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -28.5% over the last 90 days and 15.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£105K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K

Search volume / yr-28.5%49K

Conversion rate15.8%

Avg price£13.64

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand, so 4% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 52

Top-5 product click share58%

Open market4%

Avg brand age58 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 20 products

Top Lab Book 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

Oxford Black n Red A4 Notebook Casebound Hardback 192 Pages Single Notepad

Price: £8.78
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,461
Age: 17y ago

Oxford Black n Red A4 Notebook Hardback Casebound Lined 192 pages (Pack of 3)

Price: £23.45
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 2,539
Age: 7y ago

Oxford Black n Red A4 Notebook Glossy Hardback Wirebound Pack of 3

Price: £21.63
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 2,193
Age: 7y ago

Oxford Black n Red A4 Hardback Wirebound Notebook Glossy 140 Pages 1 Notepad

Price: £8.89
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 597
Age: 17y ago

Oxford Black n Red A5 Notebook Hardback Casebound Lined 192 pages (Pack of 3)

Price: £15.28
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 2,539
Age: 10y ago

Newest

by launch date

Silvine A4 Laboratory Book feint & Margin Blue Cover x 1 Single

Price: £3.76
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 1
Age: 6y ago

Oxford Black n Red A4 Recycled Notebook Hardback Casebound Lined 192 pages (Pack of 3)

Price: £24.40
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 2,539
Age: 6y ago

Zengjo Striped T Shirts for Men(Black&Red WD M)

Price: £14.65
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 447
Age: 7y ago

Oxford Black n Red A4 Notebook Hardback Casebound Lined 192 pages (Pack of 3)

Price: £23.45
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 2,539
Age: 7y ago

Oxford Black n Red A4 Notebook Glossy Hardback Wirebound Pack of 3

Price: £21.63
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 2,193
Age: 7y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 58% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Black n' Red82%
Logix Books Ltd.�6%
Star and Stripes3%
Q-Connect3%
Clairefontaine2%
Zengjo2%
Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

Lab Book demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume49KCVR15.8%Products20Brands8Top 5 Brands96%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews1,018Avg BSR#124

Top Lab Book search terms shoppers use

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

black and red a4 notebook14K/yr -39.5%19.8% conv.
black n red notebook a44K/yr -4.1%20.4% conv.
red and black notebook a46K/yr -27.1%17.5% conv.
red and black4K/yr +23.9%2.5% conv.
black and red4K/yr -10.0%3.5% conv.
lab book6K/yr -25.1%2.8% conv.
lab notebook4K/yr -27.0%2.5% conv.
laboratory notebooks4K/yr -40.5%1.0% conv.
oxford black n red a4 notebook3K/yr -62.8%18.4% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lab Book

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

81% of reviews

Quality-Overall23%

“Great quality”

Size-Overall22%

“the sizing is accurate”

Paper Quality13%

“Quality, thick sheets of lined A4 pads with a strong cover and wired spin that lasts until the final sheet is used”

Thickness5%

“It is just the right thickness”

Value For Money5%

“Cheap as in good value for money”

What buyers complain about

38% of reviews

Value For Money29%

“A little expensive yes”

Durability4%

“doesnt feel very durable”

Paper Quality4%

“However, the paper quality could be better, as some pens tend to show through the pages”

Lab Book return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.4%

Return rate

72%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall

56%

2Advertised Vs Actual Product

10%

3Paper Quality

4Value For Money

5Smell

Common Lab Book questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Lab Book 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £105K/yr across 20 tracked products. Search demand moved -28.5% over the last 90 days.

Lab Book buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Value For Money, Durability, Paper Quality, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.4%.