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Whiteboard

Whiteboard shows low returns (0.8%), but soft demand (-21.1% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

54
Worth a look
Market size 90Growth 14Conversion 54Competition 44Returns 96Price range 72Avg price 75Brand share 38Review moat 21Quality gap 42
This niche Category average

Is Whiteboard profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Whiteboard is a £1.7M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (2.6M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 54/100.

Whiteboard: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -21.1% over the last 90 days and 4.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.7M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr125K
Search volume / yr-21.1%2.6M
Conversion rate4.5%
Avg price£15.08

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand, so 18% of the market is open.

18%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 17
Top-5 product click share59%
Open market18%
Avg brand age44 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 20 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews12,089

Top Whiteboard 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 take 59% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£173K£346K£519K£692K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

17

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

14%

  • Amazon Basics41%
  • VIZ-PRO25%
  • DumanAsen8%
  • QUEENLINK4%
  • ENOCENT4%
  • Ledivion3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 14%)

Whiteboard demand & seasonality

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

Volume2.6MCVR4.5%Products20Brands13Top 5 Brands82%OOS Rate0.6%Rating4.5★Reviews12,089Avg BSR#12
60K40KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Whiteboard search terms shoppers use

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

  • whiteboard1.5M/yr
  • white board535K/yr
  • magnetic whiteboard138K/yr
  • large whiteboard68K/yr
  • whiteboards51K/yr
  • big whiteboard40K/yr
  • white boards30K/yr
  • magnetic white board25K/yr
  • wipe board25K/yr
  • large whiteboard for wall25K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Whiteboard

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

What buyers love

78% of reviews
Quality-Overall18%

The pens are of a good quality

Size-Overall13%

Good size

Value For Money11%

Excellent value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%

Does the job

Magnetic Strength/Adsorption8%

The magnet is strong

What buyers complain about

68% of reviews
Quality-Overall22%

Not great quality control

Magnetic Strength/Adsorption12%

Not very magnetic

Ease Of Cleaning7%

Doesnt wipe clean properly

Size-Overall6%

screws to a bigger size

Value For Money5%

Waste of £20

Whiteboard return rate & reasons

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

0.8%

Return rate

69%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
58%
2Defective Material/Parts
6%
3Scratch Resistance
5%
4Quality-Overall
4%
5Functionality-Overall
2%

Common Whiteboard questions

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

Flapen scores Whiteboard 54/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £1.7M/yr across 20 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -21.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Whiteboard on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.