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strong incumbent ratings (4.7★) — Lists doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

49
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Top 35% of 426 Office Products niches · +2 vs the category median of 47

Market size 68Growth 19Conversion 32Competition 55Returns 96Price range 35Avg price 29Brand share 76Review moat 44Quality gap 18
This niche Category average · 426 niches

Is Lists profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Lists is a $683K/yr Amazon United States market (2.8M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 59% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Lists: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -11.8% over the last 90 days and 2.5% of searches end in a purchase.

$683K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr100K
Search volume / yr-11.8%2.8M
Conversion rate2.5%
Avg price$9.52

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 59% of demand, so 41% of the market is open.

41%

open market share

Brands · sellers18 · 19
Top-5 product click share52%
Open market41%
Avg brand age37 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 31 products

Sponsored placement87%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews2,142

Top Lists 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 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$34K$68K$102K$137K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

32%

  • Of a Happy Kind20%
  • CICPAP11%
  • Thboxes10%
  • Taja10%
  • KAICN9%
  • Forvencer8%

Lists demand & seasonality

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

Volume2.8MCVR2.5%Products31Brands18Top 5 Brands59%OOS Rate10.7%Rating4.7★Reviews2,142Avg BSR#149
100K60KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Top Lists search terms shoppers use

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

  • to do list notepad681K/yr
  • list470K/yr
  • to do list403K/yr
  • lists354K/yr
  • to do list notebook260K/yr
  • to do list notebook for work156K/yr
  • to do notebook85K/yr
  • daily to do list notepad70K/yr
  • todo list notepad52K/yr
  • to do notepad46K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lists

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

What buyers love

81% of reviews
Document Organizing/Classification24%

WELL ORGANIZED

Quality-Overall11%

Good quality

Paper Quality9%

The paper is also very sturdy

Ease Of Use8%

easy to write on

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

As pictured

What buyers complain about

61% of reviews
Value For Money12%

Not worth the price

Size-Overall8%

I did not read the actual size

Thickness8%

But these were thicker before

Paper Quality6%

has thinner paper

Double-Sided Printing6%

I took stars off because it says this is printed on both sides

Lists return rate & reasons

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

0.8%

Return rate

69%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
50%
2Value For Money
8%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
7%
4Paper Quality
5%
5Quality-Overall
5%

Common Lists questions

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

Flapen scores Lists 49/100 on Amazon United States — Skip it. The niche generates $683K/yr across 31 tracked products. Search demand moved -11.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Lists on Amazon United States peaks in Jan–Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.