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Ephemera

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $32K a year here, so Ephemera is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 2,538 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −1 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$32K/yr280K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
27%top-5 click share · 43 brands · 64 sellers

Flapen Score

Ephemera against its category

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

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ephemera market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Ephemera 280K times last year and spent an estimated $32K. The top 5 brands take 37% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 280K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $32K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
280K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.9%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
$32Ka year
Peak month
January1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
ephemera117K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $10.32.

Listings sell for $10.32 on average, from $3.56 to $28.26. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $10.32 that is $0 to $1K a year per listing.

Average price
$10.32under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.56–$28.26
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$1K
Returns
1.0%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. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #222 within Scrapbooking & Stamping. It carries 5,358 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
2.2%
Average rank
#222in Scrapbooking & Stamping
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,358per listing
Listings tracked
55

04 · Newcomers

5 of last year's 9 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. 5 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
34 months

Products

Top Ephemera 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 only 27% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

43 falling

Sellers

64

Top-5 brand share

37%

Top 20: 81%

Top-5 click share

27%

Top 20: 67%

Open market

57%

  • Brand 19%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Ephemera search demand

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

10K6KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Search terms

Top Ephemera search terms shoppers use

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

  • ephemera117K/yr
  • junk journal book103K/yr
  • junk journal ephemera16K/yr
  • journal for junk journaling13K/yr
  • empherma for junk journals10K/yr
  • journal for scrapbooking11K/yr
  • vintage junk journal6K/yr
  • junk joirnal5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ephemera

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
24%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
1.0%of orders come back
“Bad adhesive”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”24% 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.

14 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Ephemera questions

Answered from the same tracked data.