Skip to content

Impossible Puzzle

Fail

Demand is soft, at -29.9% this quarter, so Impossible Puzzle is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Top 34% of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · +4 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£130K/yr311K searches / yr
90-day growth
-29.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
24%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 73 sellers

Flapen Score

Impossible Puzzle against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Impossible Puzzle is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Impossible Puzzle market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Impossible Puzzle 311K times last year and spent an estimated £130K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 311K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -29.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £130K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
311K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-29.9%
Conversion, latest week
3.6%
Market size, estimated
£130Ka year
Peak month
December4.3× the quietest month
Top search term
500 piece jigsaw puzzles102K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.45.

Listings sell for £11.45 on average, from £3.74 to £22.36. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £11.45 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.45under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.74–£22.36
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #457 within Jigsaws & Puzzles. It carries 367 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
6.8%
Average rank
#457in Jigsaws & Puzzles
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
367per listing
Listings tracked
80

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 36 launches as successful.

36 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
36
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Impossible Puzzle 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 24% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£3K£5K£8K£10K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 flat

Sellers

73

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

24%

Top 20: 60%

Open market

13%

  • Gibsons25%
  • Ravensburger24%
  • Besdretor16%
  • The House of Puzzles9%
  • HUADADA9%
  • Clementoni5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 13%)

Demand

Impossible Puzzle search demand

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

23K18KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.3×

Search terms

Top Impossible Puzzle search terms shoppers use

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

  • 500 piece jigsaw puzzles102K/yr
  • jigsaw puzzles for adults 50066K/yr
  • 500 piece jigsaw36K/yr
  • jigsaw puzzle 500 piece28K/yr
  • puzzle 500 pieces21K/yr
  • jigsaw puzzles 500 pieces15K/yr
  • jigsaw 50013K/yr
  • jigsaw 500 pieces13K/yr
  • jigsaw puzzle 50011K/yr
  • puzzels5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Impossible Puzzle

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

Complain

Size-Overall9%−0.07

I would say it's not fit for purpose

The box is small

The pieces are quite small

Quality-Overall9%+1.51

Poor quality and colours not very vibrant

Not the best quality

Poorly made

Hard Feel7%+0.30

Hard

very hard one

this one was quite hard

Value For Money6%+0.78

Not all the prices in the box :/ Took me a couple of weeks doing a little at a time then

Disappointing given price

This is a ripoff price

Shape/Style5%−0.06

Found hard different shapes

The pieces are not all of a few similar shapes

The pieces were strangely shaped

Love

Quality-Overall27%+1.51

Good Quality

Lovely puzzle,nice quality

Good quality puzzle

Fun/Entertainment Experience17%+0.53

Fun for the entire family

Good fun

Fun puzzle

Value For Money12%+0.78

Good price

Reasonably priced

Excellent value

Color8%−0.03

lots of colours

Colour pretty

bright colours

Size-Overall5%−0.07

The size is ideal

Enjoyed this small

Good sized pieces

Return

0.7% Return rate 62% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall56%█▇▇▇▄▆

I would say it's not fit for purpose

The box is small

The pieces are quite small

Defective Material/Parts22%▄▄▃▅▇█

Quality of pieces not brilliant

Pieces don't fit together properly

A PIECE IS MISSING

Quality-Overall6%▁▇▆▃█▁

Poor quality and colours not very vibrant

Not the best quality

Poorly made

Gifting Purpose5%█▁▄▄▆▃

very disappointed bought this for a gift

Shape/Style2%▁█▁▁▁▁

Found hard different shapes

The pieces are not all of a few similar shapes

The pieces were strangely shaped

FAQ

Common Impossible Puzzle questions

Answered from the same tracked data.