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Paper Clips

Fail

Prices span $0.97–$9.43, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Paper Clips is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 41% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +2 vs the category median of 47
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.

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

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.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£24K£49K£73K£98K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

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.

8K6KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Paper Quality14%−0.06

mot much else to say really - holds paper together

Don't buy these paperclips

Thickness13%−0.07

The container is less useful - it is thin and flat

The outer coating is very thin

Thin wire

Size-Overall10%0.00

Although bigger than expected

Small

The larger size is especially unusual

Flexibility7%−0.05

Really soft and bendy so pretty useless

Thin7%−0.02

To thin

Love

Value For Money19%+1.84

Reasonable price

Good price

Good value for the money

Quality-Overall14%+0.65

Good Quality and delivered on time

Good Quality

Great Variety and Good Value for Money

Color12%+0.22

The colors are bright

Lovely colours

Excellent variety of colours

Paper Quality12%−0.06

Good paperclips

Great set of paper clips

Good budget paperclips

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%−0.02

Does the job

Exactly as shown in the image

As described

Return

0.1% Return rate 77% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall70%▇█▆▆▇▇

Although bigger than expected

Small

The larger size is especially unusual

Quality-Overall8%▁▁▅▁▆█

Not as good quality as the photo depicts

Leak-Proof3%▁▁█▁▁▁
Paper Quality3%▁▁▁▁▁█

mot much else to say really - holds paper together

Don't buy these paperclips

Ease Of Use2%▁█▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Paper Clips questions

Answered from the same tracked data.