Plastic Gloves
FailPrices span $2.56–$8.62, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plastic Gloves is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 48 / 100Ranks 388 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −1 vs the category median of 4948
- Market size
- £55K/yr61K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -5.5%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 37%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 43 sellers
Flapen Score
Plastic Gloves against its category
The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Plastic Gloves is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Plastic Gloves market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plastic Gloves 61K times last year and spent an estimated £55K. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
19.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 61K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 19.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £55K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 61K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -5.5%
- Conversion, latest week
- 19.8%
- Market size, estimated
- £55Ka year
- Peak month
- September1.4× the quietest month
- Top search term
- medical gloves medium11K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £4.58.
Listings sell for £4.58 on average, from £2.56 to £8.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £4.58 that is £1K to £2K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £4.58under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £2.56–£8.62
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 13K–15K
- Units per listing a year
- 250–500
- Revenue per listing a year
- £1K–£2K
- Returns
- 0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 68% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #32 within Professional Medical Supplies. It carries 4,935 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 87%
- Prime listings
- 68%
- Out of stock, average day
- 2.1%
- Average rank
- #32in Professional Medical Supplies
- Average rating
- 4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 4,935per listing
- Listings tracked
- 47
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.
1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 58 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 1
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 58 months
Products
Top Plastic Gloves products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
PRAIMA Surgicals Powder Free Nitrile Gloves Food Grade Hand Disposable Gloves - 100 Count - Blue (100 Medium)
- Price
- £4.78
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 7,732
- Age
- 3y ago
by Amazon Blue Disposable Nitrile Gloves Powder-free Latex-free Size M Pack of 100
- Price
- £3.77
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 8,256
- Age
- 6y ago
PRAIMA Surgicals Powder Free Nitrile Gloves Food Grade Hand Disposable Gloves - 100 Count - Blue (100 Large)
- Price
- £4.77
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 7,720
- Age
- 3y ago
Healthy Home Disposable Gloves Plastic Food Safe Polyethylene Work Gloves for Kitchen Cooking Cleaning Safety Food Handling Pack of 100
- Price
- £3.19
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 289
- Age
- 2y ago
PRAIMA Black Nitrile Disposable Gloves - Latex-Free Powder-Free Pack of 100 Strong and Puncture-Resistant Medical Food Handling Tatoo Barber Shop Gloves (Large)
- Price
- £4.69
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 6,640
- Age
- 3y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
RAP Gloves Blue Nitrile Gloves Large - 200 Disposable Gloves Powder Free Latex Free - Tear Resistant Examination Gloves Food Safe - Multi Purpose for Care Catering Cleaning Salon DIY and Trade
- Price
- £8.11
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 151
- Age
- 3y ago
Farla MediHands Blue Medium Vinyl Gloves - Box of 200 Disposable Vinyl Medical Glove - Powder Latex & Protein Free Glove - Multi-Purpose Single Use Surgical Gloves
- Price
- £6.65
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 3,631
- Age
- 3y ago
Disposable Polyethylene Plastic Gloves for Food handling Cleaning Cooking Food Counters Crafting Hair Colouring Sanitary Multipurpose Powder & Latex Free - One Size Fits Most (500 Clear)
- Price
- £5.09
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 53
- Age
- 2y ago
MediHands Vinyl Clear Medium Gloves Disposable Surgical Gloves Box of 100 Powder Free Latex Free Protein Free Medical Food Multi-Use
- Price
- £3.72
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 6,143
- Age
- 7y ago
FleXcel Purple Nitrile Gloves (Box of 100) Size Medium - Multipurpose Powder Free Latex Free Medical Grade Food Safe Examination Gloves - AQL 1.5 PPE Regulation 2016/425 Category III Certified
- Price
- £4.99
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 428
- Age
- 1y ago
Newest
by launch date
United Clear Disposable Plastic Gloves 1000 Count for Food Prep and Kitchen - Ideal for Handling Cooking Cleaning and Parties
- Price
- £6.02
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 68
- Age
- 1y ago
FleXcel Purple Nitrile Gloves (Box of 100) Size Medium - Multipurpose Powder Free Latex Free Medical Grade Food Safe Examination Gloves - AQL 1.5 PPE Regulation 2016/425 Category III Certified
- Price
- £4.99
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 428
- Age
- 1y ago
200 Disposable Nitrile Gloves Medium Blue Medical Examination Powder-Free Latex-Free Strong Durable Tear-Resistant for Healthcare Dental Food Cleaning Automotive & Industrial Use (Medium)
- Price
- £8.62
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 483
- Age
- 1y ago
Healthy Home Disposable Gloves Plastic Food Safe Polyethylene Work Gloves for Kitchen Cooking Cleaning Safety Food Handling Pack of 100
- Price
- £3.19
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 289
- Age
- 2y ago
PRAIMA Clear Vinyl Gloves 100 Count Clear Disposable Gloves (100 Large)
- Price
- £3.24
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 3,309
- Age
- 2y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take only 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
21 rising
Sellers
43
Top-5 brand share
78%
Top 20: 99%
Top-5 click share
37%
Top 20: 76%
Open market
17%
- PRAIMA31%
- Farla Medical18%
- by Amazon18%
- firmsafeT7%
- Healthy Home5%
- UNIGLOVES5%
- Open — no brand owns it (15 brands, 17%)
Demand
Plastic Gloves search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Search terms
Top Plastic Gloves search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- medical gloves medium11K/yr
- plastic gloves disposable large13K/yr
- surgical gloves medium11K/yr
- latex free gloves large7K/yr
- non latex gloves medium8K/yr
- plastic disposable gloves4K/yr
- disposable plastic gloves4K/yr
- examination gloves medium3K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Gloves
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
Not true to size
Fit is too small
Don't fit
Absolutely rubbish quality
Awful quality
Cheap good quality
wanted them to be thicker
way to thin they just snap
The black too thick for my needs
breaks easily
Breaks after using
they are not very durable
Not so strong
A bit flimsy
Too fragile
Love
Good price:quality ratio
Reliable quality
Decent quality
Best price
Good value for money
Excellent value for money
Fits like a glove
fits true to size
Easy fit
Grip is good
so its easy to get a good grip on things
Easy to put on the hand dont get stuck
As advertised
Exactly as advertised
As described
Return
0.1% Return rate 79% Fixable by listing
Not true to size
Fit is too small
Don't fit
Absolutely rubbish quality
Awful quality
Cheap good quality
Not as advertised
Your description is very confusing
the image is perhaps a little misleading
Bad odour
my last order disappointed me singe 2 boxes out of the 4 ordered smell strongly of sulphur
Sulfur stench
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