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Padded Envelopes A3

Fail

Shoppers spend only $23K a year here, so Padded Envelopes A3 is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 652 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −9 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£23K/yr53K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Padded Envelopes A3 against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Padded Envelopes A3 is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Padded Envelopes A3 market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Padded Envelopes A3 53K times last year and spent an estimated £23K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

5.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 53K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £23K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
53K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.8%
Conversion, latest week
5.2%
Market size, estimated
£23Ka year
Peak month
November1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
large padded envelopes15K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.36.

Listings sell for £8.36 on average, from £2.03 to £17.31. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £8.36 that is £0 to £836 a year per listing.

Average price
£8.36under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.03–£17.31
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£836
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 58% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #40 within Envelopes & Mailing Supplies. It carries 1,860 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
58%
Out of stock, average day
4.3%
Average rank
#40in Envelopes & Mailing Supplies
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,860per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Padded Envelopes A3 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 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£930£2K£3K£4K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

7%

  • Merrimen53%
  • nu:16%
  • iSOUL9%
  • UK SUPPLIES LIMITED7%
  • SuperGift.com4%
  • Double Dragon4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 7%)

Demand

Padded Envelopes A3 search demand

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

2K1KSpike '25Holiday '25JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Padded Envelopes A3 search terms shoppers use

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

  • large padded envelopes15K/yr
  • a3 padded envelopes14K/yr
  • padded envelopes a314K/yr
  • jiffy bags a36K/yr
  • a3 padded envelopes for posting4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Padded Envelopes A3

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

Complain

Quality-Overall32%−0.10

Terrible quality, I understand theyre cheap

Rubbish quality

Awful quality

Thickness21%−0.17

As thin as tissue paper

Wafer thin material

Not as thick

Adhesion/Stickiness11%−0.08

Poor label adhesion

Tape wont stick

Nothing will stick to the bags

Size-Overall7%+1.25

Too small

Not fit for purpose

Small bags are really small

Strength5%+0.22

Flimsy

not at robust

Very flimsy

Love

Quality-Overall21%−0.10

Excellent product

Good quality bags

Good variety

Size-Overall20%+1.25

Great mix of sizes

Good mix of sizes

Good size

Value For Money15%+1.40

EXCELLENT VALUE FOR MONEY

Affordable price

Amazing value

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.51

As advertised

As described

Exactly what I needed

Ease Of Use5%+0.54

Easy to use

Theyre handy to have

Theyre easy to fold over

Return

0.1% Return rate 73% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall68%▇▇▇▇▇█

Too small

Not fit for purpose

Small bags are really small

Quality-Overall10%▆▇██▄▇

Terrible quality, I understand theyre cheap

Rubbish quality

Awful quality

Thin7%▁█▃▅▆▄
Thickness3%▁▃▃▆█▄

As thin as tissue paper

Wafer thin material

Not as thick

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%█▁▂▃▃▂

The photo is misleading

Not as advertised

Very different to the photos

FAQ

Common Padded Envelopes A3 questions

Answered from the same tracked data.