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Impossible Puzzle

soft demand (-29.9% this quarter) — Impossible Puzzle doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
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Market size 29Growth 10Conversion 46Competition 91Returns 97Price range 40Avg price 45Brand share 39Review moat 82Quality gap 24
This niche Category average

Is Impossible Puzzle profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Impossible Puzzle is a £130K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (311K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Impossible Puzzle: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -29.9% over the last 90 days and 3.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£130K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-29.9%311K
Conversion rate3.6%
Avg price£11.45

Who owns the niche?

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

18%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 73
Top-5 product click share24%
Open market18%
Avg brand age42 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 80 products

Sponsored placement81%
New entrants (1y)36· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews367

Top Impossible Puzzle 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (24% combined) — 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%)

Impossible Puzzle demand & seasonality

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

Volume311KCVR3.6%Products80Brands15Top 5 Brands82%OOS Rate6.8%Rating4.6★Reviews367Avg BSR#457
23K18KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Top Impossible Puzzle search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Impossible Puzzle

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

What buyers love

84% of reviews
Quality-Overall27%

Good Quality

Fun/Entertainment Experience17%

Fun for the entire family

Value For Money12%

Good price

Color8%

lots of colours

Size-Overall5%

The size is ideal

What buyers complain about

50% of reviews
Size-Overall9%

I would say it's not fit for purpose

Quality-Overall9%

Poor quality and colours not very vibrant

Hard Feel7%

Hard

Value For Money6%

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

Shape/Style5%

Found hard different shapes

Impossible Puzzle return rate & reasons

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

0.7%

Return rate

62%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
56%
2Defective Material/Parts
22%
3Quality-Overall
6%
4Gifting Purpose
5%
5Shape/Style
2%

Common Impossible Puzzle questions

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

Flapen scores Impossible Puzzle 48/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £130K/yr across 80 tracked products. 3 of 36 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -29.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Impossible Puzzle on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 4.3× the quietest.