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Polycarbonate Sheets

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But buyers convert on only 0.6% of searches, so Polycarbonate Sheets is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 18% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£57K/yr280K searches / yr
90-day growth
+13.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
41%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Polycarbonate Sheets against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Polycarbonate Sheets market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Polycarbonate Sheets 280K times last year and spent an estimated £57K. The top 5 brands take 53% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

0.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 280K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +13.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £57K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
280K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+13.3%
Conversion, latest week
0.6%
Market size, estimated
£57Ka year
Peak month
April2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
polycarbonate sheets108K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £32.18.

Listings sell for £32.18 on average, from £5.78 to £96.97. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £32.18 that is £0 to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£32.18inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.78–£96.97
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£3K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 33% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #129 within Raw Materials. It carries 433 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
33%
Out of stock, average day
6.6%
Average rank
#129in Raw Materials
Average rating
4.40 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
433per listing
Listings tracked
42

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 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 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Polycarbonate Sheets 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 41% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£3K£5K£7K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 rising

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

53%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

41%

Top 20: 80%

Open market

41%

  • Gardebruk23%
  • CHZIMADE8%
  • The Fellie7%
  • SANJIAOJIA7%
  • KARAT7%
  • Virtual Plastics6%

Demand

Polycarbonate Sheets search demand

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

8K6KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Polycarbonate Sheets search terms shoppers use

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

  • polycarbonate sheets108K/yr
  • polycarbonate roofing sheets46K/yr
  • plastic roofing sheets30K/yr
  • clear roofing sheets13K/yr
  • polycarbonate sheet12K/yr
  • plastic roof sheets9K/yr
  • polycarbonate9K/yr
  • polycarbonate greenhouse sheets8K/yr
  • greenhouse polycarbonate sheets10K/yr
  • clear polycarbonate sheet6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Polycarbonate Sheets

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

Complain

Advertised Vs Actual Product29%−0.21

advertisement is misleading

Not what it says

Give wrong info

Quality-Overall8%+2.48

Poor quality

Rubbish

Flexibility7%−0.04

They bend length ways which makes them smaller then they leave

I would imagine that this will not happen with the 5mm thickness as it would be more rigid

Size-Overall7%−0.04

Need to be 5mm wider

rather small shards

Material Quality6%−0.01

It's frosted plastic sheet

It's not acrylic

Love

Quality-Overall32%+2.48

the quality was consistent enough that I didn't mind

Excellent product

they're better quality than my original panes

Value For Money18%+0.75

Great value

Worth the price

Good value

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%−0.21

As description - exactly what I needed

Exactly what I needed

As described

Size-Overall11%−0.04

Easy to fit

Fits perfectly

The size was perfect for what I wanted

Strength4%+0.38

Strong items

Robust

Reliable

Return

0.4% Return rate 47% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall28%█▆█▆▃▆

Need to be 5mm wider

rather small shards

Defective Material/Parts10%▁▆▅▆▆█
Thickness10%█▅▆▅▆▂

The 6mm size seems so much thicker than the 4mm that I have used in the past

bit thinner tan I had expected although it does mention thickness

Strength9%█▃▂▁▄▂
Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▁▁▃▇▃█

advertisement is misleading

Not what it says

Give wrong info

FAQ

Common Polycarbonate Sheets questions

Answered from the same tracked data.