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Padded Envelopes A4

Fail

Prices span $2.03–$15.38, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Padded Envelopes A4 is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 518 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −4 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£101K/yr107K searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 22 sellers

Flapen Score

Padded Envelopes A4 against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Padded Envelopes A4 is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Padded Envelopes A4 market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Padded Envelopes A4 107K times last year and spent an estimated £101K. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

10.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 107K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £101K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
107K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.0%
Conversion, latest week
10.8%
Market size, estimated
£101Ka year
Peak month
December1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
a4 padded envelopes31K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.68.

Listings sell for £8.68 on average, from £2.03 to £15.38. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £8.68 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.68under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.03–£15.38
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 55% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #40 within Envelopes & Mailing Supplies. It carries 939 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
55%
Out of stock, average day
7.7%
Average rank
#40in Envelopes & Mailing Supplies
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
939per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Padded Envelopes A4 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£10K£20K£30K£40K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

  • NaXew25%
  • Merrimen19%
  • Nagsxiw15%
  • STORM TRADING GROUP10%
  • Postmaster7%
  • nu:4%

Demand

Padded Envelopes A4 search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Padded Envelopes A4 search terms shoppers use

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

  • a4 padded envelopes31K/yr
  • padded envelopes a436K/yr
  • jiffy bags a417K/yr
  • a4 bubble envelopes8K/yr
  • bubble envelopes a47K/yr
  • a4 jiffy bags6K/yr
  • a4 jiffy bags for posting3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Padded Envelopes A4

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

Complain

Size-Overall27%−0.11

Wrong size

Too small

these are to wide

Paper Compatibility20%−0.12

A4 size document\Paper doesnt fit in the envelope

Doesn't fit an A4 piece of paper

You cant get an A4 piece of paper in them

Adhesion/Stickiness13%−0.02

the sticky label is dry so you need to add more tape

not used as the sticky was no longer usable

Quality-Overall7%+1.21

Poor Quality

Value For Money7%+3.20

Cheap

Love

Quality-Overall30%+1.21

Excellent quality and good padding

The envelopes appear to be of good quality

Good quality

Value For Money30%+3.20

Affordable price

Good value

Great value

Size-Overall11%−0.11

Good size and nice condition

Good size for my parcels

Good size for small, flat items

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

Does the job

As described

Exactly as described

Strength7%0.00

Useful size and strong

Nice and sturdy to protect your post

Sturdy enough, you may want extra bubblewrap for fragile items

Return

0.3% Return rate 89% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall86%▇▇█▇██

Wrong size

Too small

these are to wide

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%▆▄█▆▁▅

Misleading

Thickness3%▁▁▁█▅▁
Quality-Overall3%▁█▁▃▁▃

Poor Quality

Compatibility-Overall2%▁█▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Padded Envelopes A4 questions

Answered from the same tracked data.