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Putty Rubber

Fail

Prices span $2.21–$6.65, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Putty Rubber is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 601 of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · −7 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£54K/yr89K searches / yr
90-day growth
-17.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 77 sellers

Flapen Score

Putty Rubber against its category

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

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Putty Rubber market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Putty Rubber 89K times last year and spent an estimated £54K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Aug–Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

15.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 89K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -17.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £54K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
89K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-17.2%
Conversion, latest week
15.3%
Market size, estimated
£54Ka year
Peak month
September3.0× the quietest month
Top search term
kneaded eraser23K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.93.

Listings sell for £3.93 on average, from £2.21 to £6.65. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £3.93 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.93under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.21–£6.65
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #110 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 2,577 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#110in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,577per listing
Listings tracked
14

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 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 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Putty Rubber 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 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£11K£16K£21K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

77

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • Faber-Castell48%
  • Derwent19%
  • SOPSTUO7%
  • LYRA4%
  • Jovrelant4%
  • Kaelix3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 15%)

Demand

Putty Rubber search demand

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

5K3KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Aug, Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×

Search terms

Top Putty Rubber search terms shoppers use

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

  • kneaded eraser23K/yr
  • putty rubber26K/yr
  • kneadable eraser19K/yr
  • putty rubber for artists9K/yr
  • putty eraser6K/yr
  • kneadable erasers for artists4K/yr
  • kneaded erasers for artists3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Putty Rubber

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

Complain

Erasability18%+0.87

doesn't erase anything

Didn't erase well

I find kneadable erasers a bit difficult to work with

Ease Of Use10%−0.02

I found found kneadable erasers a bit difficult to work with

Measurement/Reading Accuracy10%−0.06

Dimensions not accurate

Flexibility5%−0.03

it is not very malleable as I would have expected

Shredding Quality5%−0.03

Just smushed together

Love

Erasability23%+0.87

Fabulous Kneadable Erasers

Really good perfect for erasing

Great eraser

Quality-Overall21%+1.93

The actual product itself is brilliant

Excellent product

Good quality

Value For Money11%+0.68

Some of the best money can buy

Good value

Well worth the money

Ease Of Use6%−0.02

Easy to use

It was easy to get into finer point details

SOO useful

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.09

Does what it's advertised to do

Does the job

Return

0.1% Return rate 54% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall29%▁▇▁█▁▁
Advertised Vs Actual Product18%▁▅▁▁█▁

Buyer beware- photo shows a pack of 18 but I only received one. Deceptive.

Quality-Overall11%▁▁▁█▁▅
Defective Material/Parts7%▁█▁▁▁▁
Erasability7%▁▂▁▁█▁

doesn't erase anything

Didn't erase well

I find kneadable erasers a bit difficult to work with

FAQ

Common Putty Rubber questions

Answered from the same tracked data.