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Sister Birthday Card

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But prices span $1.65–$7.86, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Sister Birthday Card is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 5% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +13 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£431K/yr1.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
29%top-5 click share · 38 brands · 60 sellers

Flapen Score

Sister Birthday Card against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sister Birthday Card market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sister Birthday Card 1.3M times last year and spent an estimated £431K. The top 5 brands take 44% of clicks. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £431K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.0%
Conversion, latest week
9.8%
Market size, estimated
£431Ka year
Peak month
January1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
sister birthday card732K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.36.

Listings sell for £3.36 on average, from £1.65 to £7.86. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £3.36 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.36under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.65–£7.86
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
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 low.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,592 within Cards & Card Stock. It carries 255 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
2.1%
Average rank
#1,592in Cards & Card Stock
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
255per listing
Listings tracked
68

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 20 launches as successful.

20 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 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
20
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Sister Birthday Card 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 29% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£9K£17K£26K£35K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

38 falling

Sellers

60

Top-5 brand share

44%

Top 20: 89%

Top-5 click share

29%

Top 20: 69%

Open market

50%

  • Piccadilly Greetings13%
  • Cherry Orchard9%
  • Printperfect8%
  • Me To You7%
  • Central 237%
  • Emotional Rescue6%

Demand

Sister Birthday Card search demand

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

30K20KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Sister Birthday Card search terms shoppers use

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

  • sister birthday card732K/yr
  • birthday card sister132K/yr
  • birthday card for sister65K/yr
  • birthday cards for sister59K/yr
  • sister birthday cards47K/yr
  • funny sister birthday card38K/yr
  • sister birthday card funny38K/yr
  • happy birthday sister card36K/yr
  • sister card33K/yr
  • happy birthday sister19K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sister Birthday Card

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall24%−0.14

The card arrived yesterday not working

Didn't work

Doesnt work

Advertised Vs Actual Product21%−0.07

Not quite what it looks like

Which makes the whole sentiment appear false

Not as advertised

Size-Overall10%

Quite small

Slightly smaller than expected so upgrade to larger size for best impact

smaller than expected

Value For Money10%+1.02

This card was poor value for the price

yes you can get cheaper

Also a little more expensive than I use to pay

Gifting Purpose6%−0.03

disappointed that it did not come with an envelope is that normal procedure when buying a birthday card confused

Was supposed to be a special card for a special birthday - disappointing

Love

Quality-Overall41%+3.24

Brilliant quality

Good quality card

A well made quality card

Value For Money22%+1.02

Good Price

Excellent value

Worth the money

Fun/Entertainment Experience7%+0.05

Good quality funny card

Brilliant fun card

was great fun

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.07

Just as it was advertised

better than what I expected

As described

Size-Overall5%

nice size

great size love the candle

Nice card good size

Return

0.1% Return rate 10% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall53%▆▆▆█▆▅

The card arrived yesterday not working

Didn't work

Doesnt work

Quality-Overall12%▇▁▁█▅▃

Cheap and not as in photo

but don't be fooled, the image and quality are misleading

The inner is also wrinkled - quality very disappointing overall

Defective Material/Parts6%▁▁▁▁▄█
Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▁▁▁▁▅█

Not quite what it looks like

Which makes the whole sentiment appear false

Not as advertised

Display Colors2%▁▁█▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Sister Birthday Card questions

Answered from the same tracked data.