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Postcards

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.5% of orders. But prices span $2.65–$10.92, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Postcards is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 32% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +4 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£41K/yr158K searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
32%top-5 click share · 33 brands · 77 sellers

Flapen Score

Postcards against its category

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

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Postcards market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Postcards 158K times last year and spent an estimated £41K. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 158K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £41K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
158K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.1%
Market size, estimated
£41Ka year
Peak month
September1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
postcards77K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.30.

Listings sell for £6.30 on average, from £2.65 to £10.92. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £6.30 that is £630 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.30under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.65–£10.92
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£630–£2K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #144 within Cards & Card Stock. It carries 284 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
6.0%
Average rank
#144in Cards & Card Stock
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
284per listing
Listings tracked
61

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 13 launches as successful.

13 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 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
13
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Postcards 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 only 32% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£814£2K£2K£3K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

33 rising

Sellers

77

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 91%

Top-5 click share

32%

Top 20: 70%

Open market

37%

  • SWEETZER & ORANGE26%
  • Olivia Samuel9%
  • Bear and Bee9%
  • Tallon7%
  • Papa Prints6%
  • PORUPAEL6%

Demand

Postcards search demand

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

4K3KPrime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Postcards search terms shoppers use

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

  • postcards77K/yr
  • postcard16K/yr
  • post cards11K/yr
  • postcards pack15K/yr
  • art postcards9K/yr
  • postcards for kids5K/yr
  • vintage postcards8K/yr
  • postcards 1004K/yr
  • post card4K/yr
  • postcards art4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Postcards

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

Complain

Quality-Overall16%+1.46

Not great quality

it's low quality

not high end artist quality

Print Quality12%−0.08

Most of the images are cropped very badly

print quaility is blurry

The printing is terrible

Thickness10%−0.05

The card stock is thick

too thin

the card is thinner than I normally buy

Size-Overall9%−0.03

Dont just look at the size

Small

They come up slightly smaller than a standard postcard

Value For Money7%+1.20

So having to spend again for envelopes not worth the price im afraid

Price at the time of this review was £9.95

Love

Quality-Overall24%+1.46

Good quality cards

Best quality

Good quality white card

Value For Money19%+1.20

Great value

Good Value

Great price

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.32

Just as described

As pictured

Just what I needed

Print Quality6%−0.08

the pictures well printed with a matt finish

Lovely printing

nice print face

Fun/Entertainment Experience5%+0.45

Cute and fun

Loved by the children

Fun postcards

Return

0.5% Return rate 49% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall28%▅▆▆▁▅█

Dont just look at the size

Small

They come up slightly smaller than a standard postcard

Quality-Overall15%▅▅▃█▁▂

Not great quality

it's low quality

not high end artist quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%▅▆▁▅█▄

with parts of the image cut off compared to how theyre advertised

Print Quality9%▇█▅▇▁▅

Most of the images are cropped very badly

print quaility is blurry

The printing is terrible

Thickness4%▁▁█▆▁▁

The card stock is thick

too thin

the card is thinner than I normally buy

FAQ

Common Postcards questions

Answered from the same tracked data.