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Clay

Fail

The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so Clay is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 3,179 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −4 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$3.1M/yr7.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
88%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 44 sellers

Flapen Score

Clay against its category

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

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Clay market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Clay 7.7M times last year and spent an estimated $3.1M. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 7.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $3.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
7.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.4%
Conversion, latest week
3.5%
Market size, estimated
$3.1Ma year
Peak month
December1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
air dry clay2.6M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $11.47.

Listings sell for $11.47 on average, from $7.04 to $19.37. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 600K to 800K a year. The average listing sells 60,000 to 80,000 of them. At $11.47 that is $688K to $918K a year per listing.

Average price
$11.47under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.04–$19.37
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
600K–800K
Units per listing a year
60,000–80,000
Revenue per listing a year
$688K–$918K
Returns
1.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #5 within Ceramics & Pottery. It carries 14,564 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#5in Ceramics & Pottery
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
14,564per listing
Listings tracked
9

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Clay 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 88% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

44

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 156%
  • Brand 217%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Clay search demand

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

250K150KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Clay search terms shoppers use

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

  • air dry clay2.6M/yr
  • clay2.0M/yr
  • modeling clay470K/yr
  • clay for kids375K/yr
  • air dry clay for kids395K/yr
  • air dry clay for adults420K/yr
  • clay kit198K/yr
  • air dry clay kit175K/yr
  • air clay169K/yr
  • modeling clay for kids149K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Clay

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

13%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Use”
15%of negative reviews mention “Moist/Dry”
1.3%of orders come back
“doesnt dry well at all”
A buyer, on “Moist/Dry”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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Clay questions

Answered from the same tracked data.