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Playdoh

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $20.5M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 99% of clicks, so Playdoh is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 15% of 3,143 Toys & Games niches · +9 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$20.5M/yr13.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 101 sellers

Flapen Score

Playdoh against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Playdoh is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Playdoh market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Playdoh 13.5M times last year and spent an estimated $20.5M. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 13.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $20.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
13.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.3%
Conversion, latest week
8.2%
Market size, estimated
$20.5Ma year
Peak month
December4.5× the quietest month
Top search term
playdoh4.6M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.65.

Listings sell for $18.65 on average, from $7.48 to $33.54. Amazon reports units sold in ranges, and this niche reaches the top one: 1,000,000 units or more a year. The average listing sells 20,000 to 25,000 of them. At $18.65 that is $373K to $466K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.65inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.48–$33.54
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
1,000,000 or moreAmazon's top range
Units per listing a year
20,000–25,000
Revenue per listing a year
$373K–$466K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #63 within Clay & Dough. It carries 4,023 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#63in Clay & Dough
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
4,023per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Playdoh 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

101

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 191%
  • Brand 24%
  • Brand 32%
  • Brand 42%
  • Brand 51%
  • Brand 61%

Demand

Playdoh search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

700K500KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.5×

Search terms

Top Playdoh search terms shoppers use

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

  • playdoh4.6M/yr
  • play doh1.7M/yr
  • playdough1.4M/yr
  • playdoh set1.5M/yr
  • play dough550K/yr
  • play doh sets677K/yr
  • playdoh bulk237K/yr
  • playdough bulk pack classroom229K/yr
  • playdoh sets for kids ages 2-4236K/yr
  • playdough sets for kids ages 2-4295K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Playdoh

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

30%of positive reviews mention “Fun/Entertainment Experience”
16%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
1.1%of orders come back
“Did not work”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”16% of negative reviews mention the same topic

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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Playdoh questions

Answered from the same tracked data.