Polymer Clay
MaybeAn 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 / 100Top 22% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +6 vs the category median of 4652
- 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.
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.
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.
“hard to soften”
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
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FAQ
Common Polymer Clay questions
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