Penny Sleeves
prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.62–$11.06) — Penny Sleeves doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Penny Sleeves profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Penny Sleeves is a £250K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (222K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.
Penny Sleeves: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Not really. Search demand moved -7.9% over the last 90 days and 18.8% of searches end in a purchase.
£250K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand, so 8% of the market is open.
8%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 18 products
Top Penny Sleeves products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
MintKeeper - Standard Soft Card Sleeves - Trading Card Penny Sleeves Compatible with Most Standard Sport and Trading Cards (2 Pack)
- Price
- £3.53
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 501
- Age
- 5y ago
Pack of 400 Ultra Pro standard regular soft penny card sleeves for trading cards such as Pokemon Magic sports cards standard size transparent
- Price
- £5.77
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 9,068
- Age
- 6y ago
Ultra Pro - 1000 Soft Sleeves - 10 Packs
- Price
- £9.73
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 3,164
- Age
- 10y ago
Ultra Pro standard regular soft penny card sleeves for trading cards such as Pokemon Magic sports cards standard size transparent
- Price
- £6.66
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 2,357
- Age
- 6y ago
Ultra Pro standard regular soft penny card sleeves for trading cards such as Pokemon Magic sports cards standard size transparent
- Price
- £4.95
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 9,068
- Age
- 6y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
800 Count Soft Clear Penny Sleeves for Trading Cards - Premium PP Plastic Card Protectors | Fits MTG TCG Baseball Football Sports Cards | Acid-Free Waterproof Anti-Scratch | Ultra Clear Display
- Price
- £9.58
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 242
- Age
- 1y ago
Ultra Pro standard regular soft penny card sleeves for trading cards such as Pokemon Magic sports cards standard size transparent
- Price
- £4.95
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 9,068
- Age
- 6y ago
Ultra Pro - 1000 Soft Sleeves - 10 Packs
- Price
- £9.73
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 3,164
- Age
- 10y ago
XShield 500-Pack Trading Card Sleeves 66 x 92mm Soft Clear Polypropylene Protectors for Pokémon Magic: The Gathering Flesh & Blood Sports & Collectible Cards
- Price
- £6.43
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 146
- Age
- 2y ago
MintKeeper - Standard Soft Card Sleeves - Trading Card Penny Sleeves Compatible with Most Standard Sport and Trading Cards (2 Pack)
- Price
- £3.53
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 501
- Age
- 5y ago
Newest
by launch date
300pcs Card Sleeves Top Loader Compatible Penny Sleeves
- Price
- £4.09
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 108
- Age
- 1y ago
400 Counts Card Sleeves Soft Penny Sleeves for Trading Cards Clear Plastic Card Protectors Fit for MTG TCG Baseball Football Sports Game Cards
- Price
- £6.72
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 242
- Age
- 1y ago
800 Count Soft Clear Penny Sleeves for Trading Cards - Premium PP Plastic Card Protectors | Fits MTG TCG Baseball Football Sports Cards | Acid-Free Waterproof Anti-Scratch | Ultra Clear Display
- Price
- £9.58
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 242
- Age
- 1y ago
MOXYOY Pokemon Card Sleeves 100 Penny Sleeves for Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards Collectible Card Games Sports Cards Football Cards TCG - 67 x 92 mm
- Price
- £3.49
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 127
- Age
- 1y ago
Smiths Standard Trading Card Sleeves | 100 Pack | Size: 66x91mm | 50 Micron | Ultra-Clear | Compatible with Pokemon TCG Magic: The Gathering Yu-Gi-Oh! Board & Sports Cards | Acid & PVC-Free
- Price
- £2.62
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 128
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 65% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
10 rising
Sellers
81
Top-5 brand share
92%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
65%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
6%
- Ultra Pro47%
- MintKeeper24%
- AMIGO12%
- TiopLior5%
- Vault X4%
- WAIZHIUA2%
- Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 6%)
Penny Sleeves demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×
Top Penny Sleeves search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- penny sleeves149K/yr
- penny sleeves pokemon30K/yr
- ultra pro card sleeves18K/yr
- pokemon penny sleeves8K/yr
- ultra pro penny sleeves8K/yr
- ultra pro sleeves8K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Penny Sleeves
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
92% of reviews“good quality and came fast”
“Budget friendly”
“snug fit with not being too tight”
“Exactly what I needed”
“Protect the cards well”
What buyers complain about
71% of reviews“Do not fit”
“got the thickest ones”
“the sleeves themselves are obviously not great quality as they get lots of marks on it even after a day”
“63mm x 88mm Not As Described”
“really difficult to open”
Penny Sleeves return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.1%
Return rate
60%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Penny Sleeves questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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