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Black Cardstock

Maybe

Buyers convert on 16.8% of searches. But the products selling today already average 4.7★, so Black Cardstock is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 16% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +8 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$528K/yr299K searches / yr
90-day growth
+17.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 61 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Cardstock against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Black Cardstock is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Cardstock market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Black Cardstock 299K times last year and spent an estimated $528K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Oct. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 16.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 299K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 16.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +17.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $528K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
299K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+17.9%
Conversion, latest week
16.8%
Market size, estimated
$528Ka year
Peak month
October1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
black cardstock165K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $10.48.

Listings sell for $10.48 on average, from $5.08 to $28.61. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At $10.48 that is $26K to $31K a year per listing.

Average price
$10.48under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.08–$28.61
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
$26K–$31K
Returns
1.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #87 within Paper & Paper Crafts. It carries 686 reviews at 4.69 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.4%
Average rank
#87in Paper & Paper Crafts
Average rating
4.69 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
686per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

6 of last year's 10 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. 6 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
6Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Black Cardstock products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

14 rising

Sellers

61

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

17%

  • Brand 127%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 413%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 17%)

Demand

Black Cardstock search demand

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

8K6KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Black Cardstock search terms shoppers use

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

  • black cardstock165K/yr
  • black cardstock 8.5 x 1145K/yr
  • black card stock34K/yr
  • black cardstock paper15K/yr
  • black card stock 8.5 x 1112K/yr
  • cardstock black9K/yr
  • cartulina negra9K/yr
  • card stock black5K/yr
  • cardstock paper black3K/yr
  • black card stock paper3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Cardstock

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

24%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
7%of negative reviews mention “Compatibility-Overall”
1.3%of orders come back
“Will NOT work with printers”
A buyer, on “Compatibility-Overall”7% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Cardstock questions

Answered from the same tracked data.