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Pokemon Cards

Maybe

Shoppers spend $5.6M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Pokemon Cards is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 14% of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · +12 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£5.6M/yr22.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 273 sellers

Flapen Score

Pokemon Cards against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pokemon Cards market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pokemon Cards 22.2M times last year and spent an estimated £5.6M. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Apr–Jun. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 22.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £5.6M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
22.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.0%
Market size, estimated
£5.6Ma year
Peak month
June2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
pokemon cards8.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £24.43.

Listings sell for £24.43 on average, from £5.43 to £64.82. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £24.43 that is £73K to £98K a year per listing.

Average price
£24.43inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.43–£64.82
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£73K–£98K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

51% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #63 within Games & Accessories. It carries 2,353 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
51%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
16.6%
Average rank
#63in Games & Accessories
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,353per listing
Listings tracked
41

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 22 of last year's 29 launches as successful.

29 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 22 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
29
Successful launches
22Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Pokemon Cards 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 40% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£226K£451K£677K£903K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

273

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 78%

Open market

0%

  • Pokémon93%
  • Titan Cards6%
  • Pokemon1%
  • Zavvi1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Pokemon Cards search demand

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

600K400KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Pokemon Cards search terms shoppers use

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

  • pokemon cards8.3M/yr
  • pokemon tcg4.8M/yr
  • pokemon5.3M/yr
  • pokemon booster box773K/yr
  • pokemon etb458K/yr
  • pokémon cards363K/yr
  • pokemon packs266K/yr
  • pokémon257K/yr
  • pokémon tcg260K/yr
  • pokemon card183K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pokemon Cards

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

Complain

Value For Money35%−0.12

Overpriced

Overpriced

Too expensive

Advertised Vs Actual Product28%−0.29

false advertisement

Misleading description of the product

Very misleading

Quality-Overall8%+1.10

Low quality

Absolute rubbish

Poor card quality

Ease Of Use4%−0.02

hard to get

The box was extremely hard to open

Albeit a hard one to pull

Product Condition3%−0.04

Used product

Used cards

Definitely not new

Love

Value For Money28%−0.12

good value for money

Amazing value

Fair price

Collectibles24%+2.72

Great buy for the collection

Great pack for the collection

Great Collectible

Quality-Overall23%+1.10

Great product from a great seller

Excellent product

Good quality cards

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%−0.29

Exactly as shown

As advertised

As Described

Fun/Entertainment Experience4%+0.53

Great fun

Fun times

fun set

Return

0.4% Return rate 48% Fixable by listing

Advertised Vs Actual Product44%▆▇▅▆██

false advertisement

Misleading description of the product

Very misleading

Product Condition17%█▄▅▆▅█

Used product

Used cards

Definitely not new

Value For Money9%▇▇█▅▇▅

Overpriced

Overpriced

Too expensive

Quality-Overall9%▆▆█▄▄▃

Low quality

Absolute rubbish

Poor card quality

Scratch Resistance4%█▂▄▃▄▄

Was scratched

there was a scratch

Tin has scratch down front

FAQ

Common Pokemon Cards questions

Answered from the same tracked data.