Paper Clips
FailPrices span $0.97–$9.43, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Paper Clips is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 49 / 100Top 41% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +2 vs the category median of 4749
- Market size
- £245K/yr364K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -9.9%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 58%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 84 sellers
Flapen Score
Paper Clips against its category
The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Paper Clips is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Paper Clips market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Paper Clips 364K times last year and spent an estimated £245K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
16.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 364K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 16.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £245K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 364K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -9.9%
- Conversion, latest week
- 16.6%
- Market size, estimated
- £245Ka year
- Peak month
- February1.3× the quietest month
- Top search term
- paper clips236K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £4.05.
Listings sell for £4.05 on average, from £0.97 to £9.43. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £4.05 that is £12K to £16K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £4.05under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £0.97–£9.43
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 60K–80K
- Units per listing a year
- 3,000–4,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- £12K–£16K
- Returns
- 0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #41 within Office Supplies. It carries 1,060 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 67%
- Prime listings
- 95%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #41in Office Supplies
- Average rating
- 4.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 1,060per listing
- Listings tracked
- 21
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.
2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 2
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 35 months
Products
Top Paper Clips products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Q-Connect Paperclips Plain 32mm (Pack of 1000)
- Price
- £2.97
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 2,978
- Age
- 19y ago

APLI Paper Box Clips Nickel-Plated N2 32 mm Pack of 100
- Price
- £2.26
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,629
- Age
- 13y ago

Paper Clips Assorted Sizes Large Paper Clip Small Paper Clips Paper Clip Paperclips 100 Clips/Box
- Price
- £3.42
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 322
- Age
- 4y ago

Dohe - Nickel-Plated Clips for Holding Sheets (100 pcs.) - 32 mm No. 2 Office Supplies
- Price
- £0.97
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 299
- Age
- 2y ago

kuou 500 Pcs Coloured Paper Clips Plastic-Coated Metal Paperclips Paper Clips Clamps with Box for Office School Stationery Document Small Paper Clips(33mm Assorted Color)
- Price
- £5.93
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 465
- Age
- 8y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Caianwin 300 PCS Paper Clips Set Coloured Bulldog Clips Foldback Clips
- Price
- £6.14
- Rating
- 4.9/5
- Reviews
- 23
- Age
- 10mo ago

Dohe - Nickel-Plated Clips for Holding Sheets (100 pcs.) - 32 mm No. 2 Office Supplies
- Price
- £0.97
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 299
- Age
- 2y ago

TEAMIOULING Paper Clips 110Pcs Colored Paper Clip Assorted Sizes (2 inch & 1.3 inch 1.1 inch) Largr PaperClips Small Medium Paper Clips for Office School Supplies Document Organizing
- Price
- £2.82
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 53
- Age
- 8mo ago

kuou 500 Pcs Coloured Paper Clips Plastic-Coated Metal Paperclips Paper Clips Clamps with Box for Office School Stationery Document Small Paper Clips(33mm Assorted Color)
- Price
- £5.93
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 465
- Age
- 8y ago

Hongtellor Coloured Paper Clips 100 PCS Paper Clips Coloured Metal Paper Clip Paper Clip Clamps Document with Box for Office School Stationery Document (28mm)
- Price
- £4.06
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 100
- Age
- 2y ago
Newest
by launch date
TEAMIOULING Paper Clips 110Pcs Colored Paper Clip Assorted Sizes (2 inch & 1.3 inch 1.1 inch) Largr PaperClips Small Medium Paper Clips for Office School Supplies Document Organizing
- Price
- £2.82
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 53
- Age
- 8mo ago

Caianwin 300 PCS Paper Clips Set Coloured Bulldog Clips Foldback Clips
- Price
- £6.14
- Rating
- 4.9/5
- Reviews
- 23
- Age
- 10mo ago

Caianwin 100pcs Coloured Paper Clips Set Metal Paper Clips
- Price
- £3.88
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 63
- Age
- 1y ago

FZGUSYAF 120PCS Paperclips 28MM Assorted Colours Clamps for Office Supplies Home
- Price
- £2.79
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 206
- Age
- 1y ago

Hongtellor Coloured Paper Clips 100 PCS Paper Clips Coloured Metal Paper Clip Paper Clip Clamps Document with Box for Office School Stationery Document (28mm)
- Price
- £4.06
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 100
- Age
- 2y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
14 falling
Sellers
84
Top-5 brand share
69%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
58%
Top 20: 99%
Open market
25%
- Q-Connect25%
- APLI15%
- FUDAO FAMILY12%
- kuou9%
- DOHE9%
- Caianwin6%
Demand
Paper Clips search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Search terms
Top Paper Clips search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- paper clips236K/yr
- paperclips46K/yr
- paper clip18K/yr
- paperclips metal11K/yr
- paper clips assorted size11K/yr
- paperclip9K/yr
- paperclips coloured6K/yr
- paper clips medium6K/yr
- coloured paper clips6K/yr
- paper clips small5K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Paper Clips
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
mot much else to say really - holds paper together
Don't buy these paperclips
The container is less useful - it is thin and flat
The outer coating is very thin
Thin wire
Although bigger than expected
Small
The larger size is especially unusual
Really soft and bendy so pretty useless
To thin
Love
Reasonable price
Good price
Good value for the money
Good Quality and delivered on time
Good Quality
Great Variety and Good Value for Money
The colors are bright
Lovely colours
Excellent variety of colours
Good paperclips
Great set of paper clips
Good budget paperclips
Does the job
Exactly as shown in the image
As described
Return
0.1% Return rate 77% Fixable by listing
Although bigger than expected
Small
The larger size is especially unusual
Not as good quality as the photo depicts
mot much else to say really - holds paper together
Don't buy these paperclips
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