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Plasticine

Fail

Prices span $2.42–$12.65, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plasticine is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 1,079 of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · −4 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£126K/yr160K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Plasticine against its category

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

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plasticine market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plasticine 160K times last year and spent an estimated £126K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 10.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 160K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 10.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £126K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
160K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.2%
Conversion, latest week
10.7%
Market size, estimated
£126Ka year
Peak month
December1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
plasticine80K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.41.

Listings sell for £7.41 on average, from £2.42 to £12.65. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £7.41 that is £7K to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.41under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.42–£12.65
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£9K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #73 within Arts & Crafts. It carries 534 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
8.2%
Average rank
#73in Arts & Crafts
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
534per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Plasticine products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£13K£25K£38K£50K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

33

Est. top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Plasticine78%
  • SOL9%
  • scola6%
  • ART BOX5%
  • ReArt1%
  • Artecho1%

Demand

Plasticine search demand

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

5K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Plasticine search terms shoppers use

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

  • plasticine80K/yr
  • plasticine for kids30K/yr
  • plasticine modelling clay31K/yr
  • plasticine for adults5K/yr
  • plastercine5K/yr
  • plasticine clay3K/yr
  • plasterscene3K/yr
  • plastacine2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plasticine

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

22%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
15%of negative reviews mention “Hard Feel”
0.4%of orders come back
“It was extremely hard”
A buyer, on “Hard Feel”15% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Plasticine questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data