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Polymer Clay

Maybe

An estimated 1.0% of orders come back. But buyers convert on only 1.4% of searches, so Polymer Clay is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 22% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$859K/yr3.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 53 sellers

Flapen Score

Polymer Clay against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Polymer Clay market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Polymer Clay 3.0M times last year and spent an estimated $859K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 3.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $859K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.5%
Conversion, latest week
1.4%
Market size, estimated
$859Ka year
Peak month
December2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
polymer clay1.7M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $20.77.

Listings sell for $20.77 on average, from $4.28 to $48.09. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At $20.77 that is $125K to $166K a year per listing.

Average price
$20.77inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.28–$48.09
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
$125K–$166K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #27 within Ceramics & Pottery. It carries 3,562 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#27in Ceramics & Pottery
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,562per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Polymer 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

53

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • Brand 129%
  • Brand 226%
  • Brand 316%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 15%)

Demand

Polymer Clay search demand

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

100K60KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Polymer Clay search terms shoppers use

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

  • polymer clay1.7M/yr
  • oven bake clay213K/yr
  • polymer clay kit285K/yr
  • sculpey clay220K/yr
  • sculpey92K/yr
  • fimo polymer clay79K/yr
  • sculpey polymer clay53K/yr
  • clay magnet making kit59K/yr
  • oven bake polymer clay38K/yr
  • arcilla polimrica27K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Polymer Clay

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
18%of negative reviews mention “Hard Feel”
1.0%of orders come back
“hard to soften”
A buyer, on “Hard Feel”18% 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 Polymer Clay questions

Answered from the same tracked data.