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Stationary Supplies

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But buyers convert on only 1.8% of searches, so Stationary Supplies 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
£579K/yr3.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
+12.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
42%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 260 sellers

Flapen Score

Stationary Supplies against its category

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

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

Market

The Stationary Supplies market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Stationary Supplies 3.6M times last year and spent an estimated £579K. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 3.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +12.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £579K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+12.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.8%
Market size, estimated
£579Ka year
Peak month
August3.5× the quietest month
Top search term
stationery supplies555K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.77.

Listings sell for £8.77 on average, from £1.12 to £20.99. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At £8.77 that is £11K to £13K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.77under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.12–£20.99
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
£11K–£13K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #44 within Office Supplies. It carries 6,316 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.4%
Average rank
#44in Office Supplies
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,316per listing
Listings tracked
48

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Stationary Supplies 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 42% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£23K£46K£69K£93K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 falling

Sellers

260

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 76%

Open market

36%

  • Helix25%
  • Paper Mate10%
  • YIBONIKA9%
  • BIC8%
  • Four Candies6%
  • Focxoio5%

Demand

Stationary Supplies search demand

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

250K150KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.5×

Search terms

Top Stationary Supplies search terms shoppers use

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

  • stationery supplies555K/yr
  • stationery583K/yr
  • school supplies438K/yr
  • stationery set335K/yr
  • stationary259K/yr
  • school190K/yr
  • cute stationary179K/yr
  • japanese stationery152K/yr
  • office supplies150K/yr
  • back to school144K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Stationary Supplies

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

Complain

Quality-Overall13%+0.15

Cheap, nasty awful quality

Low quality

Shocking quality

Durability9%−0.05

Broke

Not durable

dont last at all

Adhesion/Stickiness7%

don't stick well

They don't stick

Not very sticky

Value For Money5%+1.42

Not worth the money

a bit overpriced

a touch pricey

Size-Overall3%+0.46

Quite small

not fit for purpose unfortunately

its too large

Love

Quality-Overall16%+0.15

Amazing quality

Good quality card

High quality bag

Value For Money16%+1.42

Worth it

Excellent price

Amazing value

Writing Experience8%+0.64

easy to write with

Smooth writing

Writes well

Adhesion/Stickiness6%

The adhesion is very good

great stickiness

Great sticks well

Color6%+0.12

the colours are super cute

Bright colours

Beautiful colours

Return

0.2% Return rate 50% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall21%▄▆▅█▆▇

Quite small

not fit for purpose unfortunately

its too large

Quality-Overall12%▇▅▅█▄█

Cheap, nasty awful quality

Low quality

Shocking quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%▅▆█▆▄▃
Color6%▅█▅▄▃▄
Functionality-Overall5%▄▅█▃▄▆

FAQ

Common Stationary Supplies questions

Answered from the same tracked data.