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Putty Rubber

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.21–$6.65) — Putty Rubber doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

40
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Market size 13Growth 16Conversion 97Competition 21Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 11Brand share 39Review moat 39Quality gap 62
This niche Category average

Is Putty Rubber profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Putty Rubber is a £54K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (89K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand. Demand peaks in Feb–Aug–Sep–Oct. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.

Putty Rubber: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -17.2% over the last 90 days and 15.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£54K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr-17.2%89K
Conversion rate15.3%
Avg price£3.93

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand, so 19% of the market is open.

19%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 77
Top-5 product click share75%
Open market19%
Avg brand age39 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 · 14 products

Sponsored placement50%
New entrants (1y)5· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews2,577

Top Putty Rubber 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 capture 75% of clicks — a locked-up 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%)

Putty Rubber demand & seasonality

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

Volume89KCVR15.3%Products14Brands12Top 5 Brands81%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.4★Reviews2,577Avg BSR#110
5K3KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Top Putty Rubber search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Putty Rubber

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

What buyers love

84% of reviews
Erasability23%

Fabulous Kneadable Erasers

Quality-Overall21%

The actual product itself is brilliant

Value For Money11%

Some of the best money can buy

Ease Of Use6%

Easy to use

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

Does what it's advertised to do

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Erasability18%

doesn't erase anything

Ease Of Use10%

I found found kneadable erasers a bit difficult to work with

Measurement/Reading Accuracy10%

Dimensions not accurate

Flexibility5%

it is not very malleable as I would have expected

Shredding Quality5%

Just smushed together

Putty Rubber return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

54%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
29%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
18%
3Quality-Overall
11%
4Defective Material/Parts
7%
5Erasability
7%

Common Putty Rubber questions

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

Flapen scores Putty Rubber 40/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £54K/yr across 14 tracked products. 0 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -17.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Putty Rubber on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Feb–Aug–Sep–Oct, where the busiest month runs 3.0× the quietest.