Card Sleeves
Card Sleeves clears our launch bar: a $7.4M/yr market growing +4.1% this quarter with returns at 0.5%.
Flapen Score
Top 4% of 3,143 Toys & Games niches · +17 vs the category median of 46
Is Card Sleeves profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Card Sleeves is a $7.4M/yr Amazon United States market (6.5M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 60% of demand. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul. Verdict: Launch it — 63/100.
Card Sleeves: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Yes. Search demand moved +4.1% over the last 90 days and 10.2% of searches end in a purchase.
$7.4M
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 60% of demand, so 40% of the market is open.
40%
open market share
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 · 37 products
Top Card Sleeves products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
1000 Counts Card Sleeves Top Loaders for Trading Cards Penny Soft Sleeves Baseball Card Sleeves Protectors Fit for Sports Cards Football Game Card
- Price
- $10.10
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 4,730
- Age
- 6y ago
500 Counts Card Sleeves for Trading Cards Soft Penny Card Sleeves Clear Plastic Card Protectors Fit for Baseball Card Sports Cards MTG Game Card Standard Cards
- Price
- $7.96
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 7,515
- Age
- 5y ago
200 Card Sleeves Hard Plastic Arjiekwei 3X 4 Baseball Cards Protectors Plastic Trading Card Holder for Trading Sports Baseball Football Game Cards (100 Hard Sleeve + 100 Soft Sleeves)
- Price
- $15.26
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 7,090
- Age
- 4y ago
1000ct Clear Card Sleeves for Trading Cards Soft Baseball Sports Card Sleeves Soft Plastic Protector Fit for MTG Game Standard Cards
- Price
- $10.12
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 1,654
- Age
- 1y ago
Mlikero 600 Count Card Sleeves Clear Soft Trading Card Sleeves Polypropylene (PP) Fit for MTG TCG Baseball Football Game Cards
- Price
- $8.52
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 3,136
- Age
- 4y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Offical Pokemon TCG Sleeves - 1x Random Pack of 65 Count Sleeves (ETB Trainer Toolkit Collection Box etc.) Styles May Vary!
- Price
- $9.13
- Rating
- 3.7/5
- Reviews
- 44
- Age
- 7mo ago
600ct Clear Card Sleeves for Trading Cards Baseball Sports Soft Sleeves Ultra Soft Plastic Card Protector Sleeve for Football MTG PKM Game Standard Cards
- Price
- $7.55
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 1,407
- Age
- 1y ago
200 Card Sleeves Hard Plastic Arjiekwei 3X 4 Baseball Cards Protectors Plastic Trading Card Holder for Trading Sports Baseball Football Game Cards (100 Hard Sleeve + 100 Soft Sleeves)
- Price
- $15.26
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 7,090
- Age
- 4y ago
Ultra Pro - Premium Clear 100ct. Card Sleeves to Protect Sports Cards Baseball / Football Cards and Collectible Cards Standard Size
- Price
- $5.72
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 2,527
- Age
- 18y ago
600PCS Card Sleeves for Collectable Gaming Cards Matte Card Protectors Sleeves for Baseball Cards Game Cards and Trading Cards (6 Colors)
- Price
- $14.97
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 2,718
- Age
- 3y ago
Newest
by launch dateOffical Pokemon TCG Sleeves - 1x Random Pack of 65 Count Sleeves (ETB Trainer Toolkit Collection Box etc.) Styles May Vary!
- Price
- $9.13
- Rating
- 3.7/5
- Reviews
- 44
- Age
- 7mo ago
Empsun 600 Count Clear Penny Soft Sleeves: Trading Card Sleeves Soft Protectors Fit for Standard Cards Sports Cards TCG/MTG Game Cards Baseball Cards
- Price
- $8.19
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 412
- Age
- 1y ago
TRUGQ 200 Card Sleeves Toploads for Cards 3 x 4 Baseball Card Protectors Premium Standard Size Trading Hard Plastic Card Holder for Sports Football Cards(100 Hard Protectors +100 Soft Sleeves)
- Price
- $13.01
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 1,367
- Age
- 1y ago
200ct Card Sleeves Penny Sleeves for Trading Cards Pokemon Clear Card Sleeves Soft Sports Card Sleeve Plastic Card Protector Sleeves for TCG Pokemon Football Game MTG Cards
- Price
- $5.09
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 313
- Age
- 1y ago
1000ct Clear Card Sleeves for Trading Cards Soft Baseball Sports Card Sleeves Soft Plastic Protector Fit for MTG Game Standard Cards
- Price
- $10.12
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 1,654
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 44% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
Brands
22 flat
Sellers
168
Top-5 brand share
60%
Top 20: 98%
Top-5 click share
44%
Top 20: 83%
Open market
34%
- Kitoyz15%
- Ultra Pro15%
- Homthy12%
- Arjiekwei10%
- Mlikero7%
- COLQU6%
Card Sleeves demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
Peak months: Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×
Top Card Sleeves search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- card sleeves1.8M/yr
- penny sleeves947K/yr
- mtg sleeves588K/yr
- pokemon card sleeves559K/yr
- mtg card sleeves579K/yr
- trading card sleeves318K/yr
- penny sleeves for trading cards288K/yr
- pokemon sleeves242K/yr
- baseball card sleeves267K/yr
- penny sleeves for pokemon cards110K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Card Sleeves
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
86% of reviews“Amazing quality”
“Great Deal”
“Exactly as pictured”
“Fits well”
“easy to open”
What buyers complain about
68% of reviews“Bad Quality”
“Doesnt fit”
“Wrong description”
“Very flimsy”
“Not as thick as thought”
Card Sleeves return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.5%
Return rate
52%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Card Sleeves questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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