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Clear Plastic Bags

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But shoppers spend only $60K a year here, so Clear Plastic Bags is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 21% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +7 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£60K/yr101K searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 42 brands · 74 sellers

Flapen Score

Clear Plastic Bags against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Clear Plastic Bags is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Clear Plastic Bags market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Clear Plastic Bags 101K times last year and spent an estimated £60K. The top 5 brands take 36% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 101K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £60K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
101K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.2%
Conversion, latest week
7.3%
Market size, estimated
£60Ka year
Peak month
November1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
large plastic bags24K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.21.

Listings sell for £8.21 on average, from £4.17 to £22.74. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £8.21 that is £821 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.21under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.17–£22.74
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£821–£2K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #162 within Packaging & Shipping Supplies. It carries 1,156 reviews at 4.44 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
3.8%
Average rank
#162in Packaging & Shipping Supplies
Average rating
4.44 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,156per listing
Listings tracked
46

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 17 launches as successful.

17 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
17
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Clear Plastic Bags products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£4K£5K£7K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

42 flat

Sellers

74

Top-5 brand share

36%

Top 20: 83%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 80%

Open market

58%

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  • FRESH 3657%
  • Origuuds7%
  • saerryor6%
  • happygo6%

Demand

Clear Plastic Bags search demand

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

6K4KHoliday '24Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Clear Plastic Bags search terms shoppers use

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

  • large plastic bags24K/yr
  • large clear plastic bags22K/yr
  • heavy duty clear plastic bags7K/yr
  • heavy duty plastic bags6K/yr
  • extra large plastic bags6K/yr
  • large plastic storage bags6K/yr
  • large clear bags5K/yr
  • large plastic bags for storage5K/yr
  • heavy duty plastic bags large5K/yr
  • large plastic bag5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Clear Plastic Bags

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Quality-Overall17%−0.09

Not the usual quality

Cheap quality

Awful quality

Size-Overall14%+0.58

Too large

Very small

it didn't fit

Strength11%+0.72

flimsy

Not strong

Flimsy

Thickness9%−0.09

not as thick as I thought

Not thick enough

The material feels a bit thinner than expected

Durability7%−0.08

They broke very easily

Rips easily

just ended up breaking first use

Love

Strength16%+0.72

Nice bags - sturdy

Heavy duty

Lovely strong bags

Quality-Overall16%−0.09

These bags are good quality

Decent quality

Very good strong quality

Size-Overall14%+0.58

Perfect size

They did fit what I wanted them for

Nice size bags

Value For Money11%+0.69

Excellent value

excellent value

Good Value

Storage Capacity8%+1.09

Good storage capacity

Perfect for storage

Excellent storage bags

Return

0.2% Return rate 50% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall41%█▆▅▅█▆

Too large

Very small

it didn't fit

Quality-Overall12%▅▄▄██▂

Not the usual quality

Cheap quality

Awful quality

Thin12%▆▅▆█▄▅

Too thin

thin material

Quite thinly made

Strength7%▅▆▆▇▃█

flimsy

Not strong

Flimsy

Value For Money3%▄▄▄▁▅█

exaggerated price

Too expensive

waste of money for me

FAQ

Common Clear Plastic Bags questions

Answered from the same tracked data.