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Egg Boxes

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But the top 5 products take 78% of clicks, so Egg Boxes is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 27% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£258K/yr113K searches / yr
90-day growth
+2.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
78%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 10 sellers

Flapen Score

Egg Boxes against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Egg Boxes is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Egg Boxes market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Egg Boxes 113K times last year and spent an estimated £258K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

14.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 113K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +2.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £258K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
113K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+2.6%
Conversion, latest week
14.5%
Market size, estimated
£258Ka year
Peak month
April3.6× the quietest month
Top search term
egg boxes73K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.80.

Listings sell for £15.80 on average, from £6.21 to £38.91. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £15.80 that is £12K to £16K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.80inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.21–£38.91
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£12K–£16K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

60% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 47% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #35 within Agricultural Equipment & Supplies. It carries 301 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
60%
Prime listings
47%
Out of stock, average day
12.4%
Average rank
#35in Agricultural Equipment & Supplies
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
301per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 31 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top Egg Boxes 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 78% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£26K£52K£77K£103K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

10

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • Supa58%
  • MPC ERADICATE15%
  • HAPPY CHICKENS9%
  • Anglia Farm Supplies6%
  • SOUJAP4%
  • Thymera4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Egg Boxes search demand

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

4K3KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.6×

Search terms

Top Egg Boxes search terms shoppers use

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

  • egg boxes73K/yr
  • egg boxes cardboard for 6 eggs17K/yr
  • egg cartons16K/yr
  • egg boxes cardboard for 6 eggs 1003K/yr
  • egg cartons cardboard4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Egg Boxes

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

Complain

Quality-Overall42%−0.23

Reason they are cheap

Poor quality

Good vfm as not expensive However not the best quality so doubt if they could be used more than once

Durability13%−0.06

Does the job just not very durable

Fell apart

Strength13%+0.22

They're ok not the strongest of boxes

Flimsy and not worth the money

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.63

not as described

Recycle/Reuse8%−0.01

The catch at the front tears easily which makes it difficult to reuse the boxes

Love

Value For Money37%+3.23

Good egg boxes at a fair price

Good value

Good value for money

Quality-Overall33%−0.23

Good quality egg boxes, arrived quickly

Good quality

This is the second lot we have brought the quality is quite good for the price that you pay hence the second order

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%+0.63

exactly as described

Exactly what it says

What I was looking for

Strength7%+0.22

Sturdy boxes

These are sturdy egg boxes

Water Resistance7%+0.82

Great... waterproof packaging too, so handy when when the delivery driver throws them over the fence on a rainy day

Return

0.1% Return rate 19% Fixable by listing

Strength17%▁▁█▃▆▁

They're ok not the strongest of boxes

Flimsy and not worth the money

Defective Material/Parts11%█▁▁▁▁▁
Size-Overall11%▁▅█▁▁▁
Value For Money11%▁▁▁▅█▁
Stain Resistance8%▁▁▁▃█▁

FAQ

Common Egg Boxes questions

Answered from the same tracked data.