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Shredder

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $5.4M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Shredder is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 23% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +6 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£5.4M/yr2.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 25 sellers

Flapen Score

Shredder against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Shredder market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Shredder 2.1M times last year and spent an estimated £5.4M. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £5.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.5%
Conversion, latest week
8.1%
Market size, estimated
£5.4Ma year
Peak month
January1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
paper shredder680K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £32.01.

Listings sell for £32.01 on average, from £17.42 to £100.53. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £32.01 that is £256K to £320K a year per listing.

Average price
£32.01inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£17.42–£100.53
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£256K–£320K
Returns
1.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #10 within Office Electronics. It carries 3,406 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.8%
Average rank
#10in Office Electronics
Average rating
4.40 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,406per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
46 months

Products

Top Shredder products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£537K£1.1M£1.6M£2.1M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

25

Est. top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Bonsaii47%
  • Amazon Basics35%
  • Fellowes16%
  • VidaTeco2%

Demand

Shredder search demand

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

60K40KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Shredder search terms shoppers use

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

  • paper shredder680K/yr
  • shredder519K/yr
  • shredders home use260K/yr
  • paper shredders for home use uk130K/yr
  • shredders100K/yr
  • shredder heavy duty64K/yr
  • cross cut shredder49K/yr
  • paper shredder heavy duty home35K/yr
  • paper shredders28K/yr
  • cardboard shredder30K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shredder

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

18%of positive reviews mention “Shredding Quality”
17%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
1.7%of orders come back
“Doesnt last”
A buyer, on “Durability”17% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Shredder questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data