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Midori Planner

soft demand (-43.6% this quarter) — Midori Planner doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

43
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Ranks 282 of 426 Office Products niches · −4 vs the category median of 47

Market size 28Growth 3Conversion 30Competition 82Returns 74Price range 80Avg price 94Brand share 14Review moat 75Quality gap 21
This niche Category average · 426 niches

Is Midori Planner profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Midori Planner is a $122K/yr Amazon United States market (225K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.

Midori Planner: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -43.6% over the last 90 days and 2.4% of searches end in a purchase.

$122K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr-43.6%225K
Conversion rate2.4%
Avg price$22.48

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

6%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 162
Top-5 product click share33%
Open market6%
Avg brand age41 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 · 40 products

Sponsored placement60%
New entrants (1y)14· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews506

Top Midori Planner 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (33% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$4K$7K$11K$15K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

162

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

33%

Top 20: 77%

Open market

3%

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  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 3%)

Midori Planner demand & seasonality

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

Volume225KCVR2.4%Products40Brands10Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate14.9%Rating4.7★Reviews506Avg BSR#1,883
15K10KHoliday '25Spike '26Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26

Top Midori Planner search terms shoppers use

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

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What reviews say buyers love and hate about Midori Planner

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

What buyers love

76% of reviews
Paper Quality30%

The paper quality is solid

Quality-Overall11%

Good quality

Document Organizing/Classification6%

Keep organized

Value For Money6%

Worth the money

Writing Experience5%

Super nice to write on

What buyers complain about

58% of reviews
Paper Quality16%

The paper is thin

Value For Money12%

A tad expensive

Size-Overall7%

It's almost too small

Thickness6%

Thinner than I expected though

Writing Experience4%

it becomes tedious to try to write in a way you do not always write in to avoid the ghosting -

Midori Planner return rate & reasons

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

2.0%

Return rate

77%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
66%
2Value For Money
8%
3Paper Quality
7%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
6%
5Product Condition
2%

Common Midori Planner questions

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

Flapen scores Midori Planner 43/100 on Amazon United States — Skip it. The niche generates $122K/yr across 40 tracked products. 4 of 14 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -43.6% over the last 90 days.
Midori Planner buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Paper Quality, Value For Money, Size-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 2.0%.