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Kids

Pass

Kids scores 67 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $2.9M a year here, search demand grew +7.1% this quarter, and returns run at 0.8% of orders.

Flapen Score
67
67 / 100
Top 2% of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · +23 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£2.9M/yr11.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
+7.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
20%top-5 click share · 93 brands · 321 sellers

Flapen Score

Kids against its category

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

67Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Kids market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Kids 11.1M times last year and spent an estimated £2.9M. The top 5 brands take 22% of clicks. Flapen scores it 67 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

2.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 11.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +7.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.9M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
11.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+7.1%
Conversion, latest week
2.0%
Market size, estimated
£2.9Ma year
Top search term
kids toys1.5M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.95.

Listings sell for £12.95 on average, from £3.56 to £36.77. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £12.95 that is £10K to £13K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.95under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.56–£36.77
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£13K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 99% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #19 within Arts & Crafts. It carries 4,852 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
99%
Out of stock, average day
1.0%
Average rank
#19in Arts & Crafts
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,852per listing
Listings tracked
121

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 7 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 7 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
7Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Kids 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 20% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£58K£116K£175K£233K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

93 falling

Sellers

321

Top-5 brand share

22%

Top 20: 54%

Top-5 click share

20%

Top 20: 43%

Open market

75%

  • Naturally KIDS7%
  • QPAU6%
  • MELAND3%
  • LeapFrog3%
  • Dreamon3%
  • Pourbibi3%

Demand

Kids search demand

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

150K100KPrime Day '26NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.9× · 9 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Kids search terms shoppers use

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

  • kids toys1.5M/yr
  • kids993K/yr
  • boys toys769K/yr
  • girls birthday presents471K/yr
  • toddler toys879K/yr
  • girls toys1.0M/yr
  • toys for 3 year old boys645K/yr
  • toys for 2 year old boy755K/yr
  • boys291K/yr
  • toys for 2 year old girls613K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Kids

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

Complain

Size-Overall14%−0.05

Too small

they are way too narrow

Size is bigger than expected

Durability10%−0.06

can break quite easily

Broken

Broke within a few days

Quality-Overall9%

Bad quality

Rubbish quality

Cheap low quality

Value For Money6%+0.46

A little pricey

Too expensive

Look more expensive than they were

Functionality-Overall6%−0.04

Didn't work

Doesn't work well

Wont turn on

Love

Fun/Entertainment Experience24%+2.08

Fun for Kids

Fun Game

Very engaging

Quality-Overall14%

The beads are good quality

Amazing quality

The build quality is excellent

Gifting Purpose13%+1.05

Cute gift

Fun Gift

Amazing gift

Value For Money11%+0.46

Excellent value

Excellent for the money

Good value for money

Ease Of Use4%+0.22

Ease of use

Easy to control

easy to fix

Return

0.8% Return rate 29% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall18%▇███▇▇

Too small

they are way too narrow

Size is bigger than expected

Functionality-Overall13%█▆▄▆▅▅

Didn't work

Doesn't work well

Wont turn on

Quality-Overall12%▅▇█▅█▇

Bad quality

Rubbish quality

Cheap low quality

Gifting Purpose10%▄▇█▇▇█

The material and looks of it is so cheap you'd feel embarrassed to gift anyone

rendering it unsuitable to give as a gift

Such a shame as its a present

Defective Material/Parts10%▇▅██▇▇

FAQ

Common Kids questions

Answered from the same tracked data.