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Son Birthday Card

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But products sell for $3.81 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Son Birthday Card is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 11% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +10 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£410K/yr1.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 33 brands · 53 sellers

Flapen Score

Son Birthday Card against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Son Birthday Card market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Son Birthday Card 1.2M times last year and spent an estimated £410K. The top 5 brands take 58% of clicks. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £410K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.3%
Conversion, latest week
8.7%
Market size, estimated
£410Ka year
Peak month
January1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
son birthday card360K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.81.

Listings sell for £3.81 on average, from £2.62 to £16.66. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At £3.81 that is £5K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.81under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.62–£16.66
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£6K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,868 within Cards & Card Stock. It carries 592 reviews at 4.68 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
1.1%
Average rank
#1,868in Cards & Card Stock
Average rating
4.68 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
592per listing
Listings tracked
55

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 17 launches as successful.

17 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 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
17
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Son 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 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£12K£25K£37K£49K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

33 falling

Sellers

53

Top-5 brand share

58%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 75%

Open market

38%

  • Piccadilly Greetings26%
  • UK Greetings10%
  • Nokular9%
  • Cherry Orchard8%
  • cardbargainsuk6%
  • Jonny Javelin4%

Demand

Son Birthday Card search demand

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

25K15KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Son Birthday Card search terms shoppers use

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

  • son birthday card360K/yr
  • son birthday card adult224K/yr
  • birthday card son167K/yr
  • birthday cards for son83K/yr
  • birthday card for son75K/yr
  • birthday card son adult50K/yr
  • son birthday cards for men43K/yr
  • birthday card for son adult29K/yr
  • son birthday cards28K/yr
  • happy birthday son22K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Son Birthday Card

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

Complain

Value For Money36%−0.09

key ring for that price I paid

A little on the pricey side

bit pricey

Quality-Overall23%+2.55

Poor quality

Rubbish

Size-Overall14%

Card was not correct size and part of it was chopped off, very disappointed

Oversized, so can't just stick a stamp on

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.07

without gold ribbon as in picture

Adhesion/Stickiness9%+0.11

Excellent sentiment, however, the envelope doesn't stick

Love

Quality-Overall43%+2.55

Good quality card

Excellent quality

Good quality card

Value For Money20%−0.09

Very fair price

Good price

Excellent value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%−0.07

Perfect, better than expected

as advertised

As described

Size-Overall8%

Great size

Large and lovely

It's a good size with a strong envelope

Fun/Entertainment Experience3%+0.57

My son enjoyed the car

fun factor spot on

Fun

Return

0.1% Return rate 44% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall24%▁▅█▁▃▇

Card was not correct size and part of it was chopped off, very disappointed

Oversized, so can't just stick a stamp on

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%█▅▁▁▄▁

without gold ribbon as in picture

Quality-Overall13%▁▁▅█▃▁

Poor quality

Rubbish

Leak-Proof9%▁▁▁█▁▄
Design-Overall4%▁▁▁▁▁█

FAQ

Common Son Birthday Card questions

Answered from the same tracked data.