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Plastic Scraper

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But prices span $2.50–$7.13, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plastic Scraper is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 33% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£92K/yr142K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Plastic Scraper against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Plastic Scraper is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plastic Scraper market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plastic Scraper 142K times last year and spent an estimated £92K. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

15.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 142K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £92K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
142K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.9%
Conversion, latest week
15.0%
Market size, estimated
£92Ka year
Peak month
July1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
plastic scraper69K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.33.

Listings sell for £4.33 on average, from £2.50 to £7.13. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £4.33 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.33under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.50–£7.13
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #77 within Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments. It carries 294 reviews at 4.24 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.7%
Average rank
#77in Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments
Average rating
4.24 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
294per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 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 27 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
27 months

Products

Top Plastic Scraper 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£9K£18K£28K£37K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

29%

  • mwellewm23%
  • Vayfoni21%
  • JUSJUBR10%
  • Fit For The Job6%
  • Tomoyuki6%
  • ASENTER5%

Demand

Plastic Scraper search demand

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

4K3KBlack Friday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Plastic Scraper search terms shoppers use

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

  • plastic scraper69K/yr
  • plastic scraper tool non scratch32K/yr
  • plastic razor blade scraper15K/yr
  • plastic scrapers6K/yr
  • plastic scraper tool6K/yr
  • plastic paint scraper4K/yr
  • plastic blade scraper4K/yr
  • plastic blades3K/yr
  • plastic scrapper3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Scraper

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

Complain

Strength14%−0.14

The tools themselves are not hugely strong

Very brittle blades

Very flimsy

Quality-Overall13%−0.05

Rubbish

Cheap rubbish

Poor quality and poor effectiveness

Durability11%−0.12

Rubbish broke on first use

I thought these wouldn't last long

The plastic one bent on first use

Functionality-Overall8%−0.13

Don't work

Doesnt work particularly well

It does nothing

Material Quality8%−0.05

being made completely of plastic

Not impressed with plastic

Plastic scraper

Love

Value For Money20%+1.46

Good price

Great value

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%+0.39

Exactly what you would expect

Did exactly what I needed it for

Does what you expect

Ease Of Use14%+1.20

Easy to use

Very handy

Great during use

Ease Of Cleaning8%+0.61

A useful little item for helping to clean

Cleaning

Brilliant for cleanly

Scratch Resistance8%+0.37

Non scratch

do the job well without scratching the surface

work very well with no scratches

Return

0.4% Return rate 16% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall24%▄▄▆▇▆█

Don't work

Doesnt work particularly well

It does nothing

Strength18%▃▆█▆▅█

The tools themselves are not hugely strong

Very brittle blades

Very flimsy

Quality-Overall14%▆▅▅▇▆█

Rubbish

Cheap rubbish

Poor quality and poor effectiveness

Size-Overall13%▆█▅▃▃▃

keep dropping out so not really fit for purpose

very small

Little on the small side

Material Quality10%▇▅▂▂█▁

being made completely of plastic

Not impressed with plastic

Plastic scraper

FAQ

Common Plastic Scraper questions

Answered from the same tracked data.