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Postal Scales

Postal Scales shows a sweet-spot price point ($23.73 avg), but soft demand (-13.0% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

52
Worth a look
Market size 25Growth 18Conversion 78Competition 47Returns 63Price range 76Avg price 95Brand share 60Review moat 87Quality gap 57
This niche Category average

Is Postal Scales profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Postal Scales is a £99K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (53K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.

Postal Scales: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -13.0% over the last 90 days and 7.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£99K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr-13.0%53K
Conversion rate7.8%
Avg price£23.73

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 69% of demand, so 31% of the market is open.

31%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 19
Top-5 product click share57%
Open market31%
Avg brand age62 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 28 products

Sponsored placement93%
New entrants (1y)6· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews256

Top Postal Scales products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 57% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£4K£8K£12K£16K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

23%

  • Adamson23%
  • MUNBYN13%
  • ALETO12%
  • ZENO11%
  • Letron9%
  • KUAIVO8%

Postal Scales demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume53KCVR7.8%Products28Brands15Top 5 Brands69%OOS Rate14.4%Rating4.4★Reviews256Avg BSR#28
2K1KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Postal Scales search terms shoppers use

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

  • postal scales20K/yr
  • parcel scales15K/yr
  • postage scales5K/yr
  • parcel weighing scales4K/yr
  • parcel scale4K/yr
  • postal scale4K/yr
  • postage scale2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Postal Scales

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

78% of reviews
Ease Of Use20%

Very handy

Value For Money13%

Excellent value for money

Quality-Overall13%

The quality is good and the reading display is clear and accurate

Display-Overall10%

I also like how the display has been thought through

Strength6%

I appreciate how stable it is

What buyers complain about

54% of reviews
Size-Overall8%

Not fit for purpose

Weight Heavy8%

it is quite bulky

Display-Overall7%

Display doesnt work properly

Functionality-Overall6%

Did not work

Battery Life5%

Batteries non functioning

Postal Scales return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

2.5%

Return rate

52%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
42%
2Functionality-Overall
22%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
7%
4Quality-Overall
6%
5Defective Material/Parts
6%

Common Postal Scales questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Postal Scales 52/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £99K/yr across 28 tracked products. 3 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -13.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Postal Scales on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.