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11x17 Sheet Protectors

11x17 Sheet Protectors shows a sweet-spot price point ($22.72 avg), but a small market ($24K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look

Top 24% of 426 Office Products niches · +4 vs the category median of 47

Market size 6Growth 31Conversion 79Competition 54Returns 86Price range 92Avg price 94Brand share 59Review moat 75Quality gap 23
This niche Category average · 426 niches

Is 11x17 Sheet Protectors profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, 11x17 Sheet Protectors is a $24K/yr Amazon United States market (13K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

11x17 Sheet Protectors: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +4.5% over the last 90 days and 7.9% of searches end in a purchase.

$24K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr2K
Search volume / yr+4.5%13K
Conversion rate7.9%
Avg price$22.72

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand, so 30% of the market is open.

30%

open market share

Brands · sellers18 · 22
Top-5 product click share53%
Open market30%
Avg brand age50 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 24 products

Sponsored placement92%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews516

Top 11x17 Sheet Protectors products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 53% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$1K$2K$4K$5K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

25%

  • Golden State Art35%
  • Dunwell10%
  • Prilino9%
  • Antner9%
  • Somime7%
  • AKONEGE6%

11x17 Sheet Protectors demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume13KCVR7.9%Products24Brands18Top 5 Brands70%OOS Rate0.3%Rating4.6★Reviews516Avg BSR#229
500300Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top 11x17 Sheet Protectors search terms shoppers use

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

  • 11x17 plastic sleeve6K/yr
  • 11x17 clear plastic sleeves4K/yr
  • 11x17 sleeves3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 11x17 Sheet Protectors

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

76% of reviews
Quality-Overall18%

Well-made

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%

does the job

Paper Quality9%

Great for laminating larger paper

Drop/Impact Protection9%

Great Protection

Strength8%

Sturdy

What buyers complain about

71% of reviews
Size-Overall12%

do not fit into my suitcase of items I take to conventions where I sell prints of my artwork

Color9%

It's a shade of blue not perfectly clear

Paper Quality9%

which will degrade paper/photos/art

Value For Money8%

WAAAAAY TOO expensive for what it is

Functionality-Overall6%

Not work

11x17 Sheet Protectors return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

1.5%

Return rate

80%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
62%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
7%
3Thin
3%
4Material Quality
3%
5Color
3%

Common 11x17 Sheet Protectors questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores 11x17 Sheet Protectors 51/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $24K/yr across 24 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +4.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for 11x17 Sheet Protectors on Amazon United States is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.