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Meal Planner

Fail

Demand is soft, at -25.3% this quarter, so Meal Planner is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Top 45% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +1 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£149K/yr420K searches / yr
90-day growth
-25.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Meal Planner against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Meal Planner market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Meal Planner 420K times last year and spent an estimated £149K. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Sep. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 420K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -25.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £149K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
420K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-25.3%
Conversion, latest week
4.8%
Market size, estimated
£149Ka year
Peak month
January3.9× the quietest month
Top search term
meal planner119K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.38.

Listings sell for £7.38 on average, from £3.80 to £16.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £7.38 that is £4K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.38under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.80–£16.62
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
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #95 within Calendars, Planners & Personal Organisers. It carries 1,681 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.6%
Average rank
#95in Calendars, Planners & Personal Organisers
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,681per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 28 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
28 months

Products

Top Meal Planner 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£7K£15K£22K£30K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

36%

  • Thboxes22%
  • Smart Panda12%
  • SWEETZER & ORANGE11%
  • DumanAsen9%
  • Decorably5%
  • Templatables5%

Demand

Meal Planner search demand

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

25K15KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.9×

Search terms

Top Meal Planner search terms shoppers use

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

  • meal planner119K/yr
  • meal planner board48K/yr
  • weekly meal planner34K/yr
  • magnetic meal planner for fridge26K/yr
  • meal planner magnetic22K/yr
  • meal planner book27K/yr
  • food planner19K/yr
  • meal planner and shopping list20K/yr
  • magnetic meal planner14K/yr
  • fridge meal planner magnetic12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Meal Planner

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

Complain

Quality-Overall12%+0.15

They feel very low quality

Not the best

Awful quality

Size-Overall12%−0.09

The main issue is the size of the boxes

Small

Squares too small

Magnetic Strength/Adsorption9%+0.23

minus a star as the magnet isnt that strong

needs better magnet

Magnetic board wasnt magnetic

Value For Money7%−0.03

No wonder it was cheap

Not worth it

Waste of money

Writing Experience6%−0.04

which makes it difficult to write anything meaningful about what you are actually doing each day

Pens were awful - too thick for the space to write in

The writing on the board doesnt rub out very well can't even return as ive opened it now not worth the money

Love

Quality-Overall17%+0.15

Good quality

Great product, well made and quick delivery

Always great quality, great price & quick delivery

Ease Of Use17%+1.74

Easy to use

So handy

Makes my life easier

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%+0.65

Just as shown

Exactly as advertised

As described

Magnetic Strength/Adsorption8%+0.23

good magnet

Magnetic and secures well to the fridge

Magnet strength is good

Size-Overall7%−0.09

Good size

Perfect size for family

A good size for a weeks planning

Return

0.6% Return rate 51% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall42%▆▆▆█▆▆

The main issue is the size of the boxes

Small

Squares too small

Magnetic Strength/Adsorption14%█▅▇▃▄▅

minus a star as the magnet isnt that strong

needs better magnet

Magnetic board wasnt magnetic

Functionality-Overall8%█▆▃▁▆▆
Adhesion/Stickiness5%▄▅▆█▅▄
Quality-Overall5%▄▅▅█▃▅

They feel very low quality

Not the best

Awful quality

FAQ

Common Meal Planner questions

Answered from the same tracked data.