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Small Plastic Bags

Fail

Prices span $2.05–$8.76, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Small Plastic Bags is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 520 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£133K/yr443K searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 41 sellers

Flapen Score

Small Plastic Bags against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Small Plastic Bags market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Small Plastic Bags 443K times last year and spent an estimated £133K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 443K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £133K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
443K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.3%
Conversion, latest week
6.8%
Market size, estimated
£133Ka year
Peak month
February1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
small plastic bags83K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.39.

Listings sell for £4.39 on average, from £2.05 to £8.76. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At £4.39 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.39under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.05–£8.76
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£7K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #55 within Packaging & Shipping Supplies. It carries 1,689 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.5%
Average rank
#55in Packaging & Shipping Supplies
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,689per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Small 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 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£13K£27K£40K£53K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 flat

Sellers

41

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

24%

  • sent 4 u ltd42%
  • ezkart16%
  • QBL6%
  • Generic5%
  • Sabco3%
  • Wddeevoi3%

Demand

Small Plastic Bags search demand

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

10K6KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Small Plastic Bags search terms shoppers use

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

  • small plastic bags83K/yr
  • small ziplock bags45K/yr
  • resealable plastic bags38K/yr
  • grip seal bags33K/yr
  • plastic bags sealable24K/yr
  • sealable plastic bags25K/yr
  • zip lock bags small20K/yr
  • seal bags19K/yr
  • small sealable bags18K/yr
  • small plastic bags sealable17K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Small Plastic Bags

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

Complain

Size-Overall33%−0.02

Small bags

To big

Too small

Thickness17%−0.20

The plastic is thick

Thin and flimsy

a bit thin in places

Value For Money6%+0.38

Very overpriced

I'd thought they'd be better qual for the price

Shame, as the price hasnt changed at all

Strength6%−0.06

Thin and flimsy

Flimsy

Not very strong

Quality-Overall5%+0.88

This is the 2nd lot of bags that are poor quality

certainly not of the quality that I'd expected for something sold as strong

Disappointed in quality

Love

Quality-Overall21%+0.88

Decent item

These bags are excellent quality

Excellent quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%+1.71

As described

As advertised

Exactly what I wanted

Size-Overall14%−0.02

All as described good size just what I needed

they fit perfectly

and sell fit very well into the bags it gives you enough space to pack the bag out with extra padding to reduce any damage that could potentially happen

Value For Money13%+0.38

Good price

Excellent value

Good value for money

Ease Of Use8%+0.72

Ease of use

Lovely and handy

very easy to handle

Return

0.6% Return rate 83% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall80%█▇████

Small bags

To big

Too small

Thin5%▅█▅▄▂▇

Very thin

Plastic is thin

Thin wall

Strength4%▄▅█▄▅▁

Thin and flimsy

Flimsy

Not very strong

Quality-Overall3%▄▅▅▅▃█

This is the 2nd lot of bags that are poor quality

certainly not of the quality that I'd expected for something sold as strong

Disappointed in quality

Material Quality1%▄█▄▄▃▆

You made the plastic so cheap

poor quality plastic

They are plastic

FAQ

Common Small Plastic Bags questions

Answered from the same tracked data.