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Polytunnel Plastic

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.5% of orders. But shoppers spend only $40K a year here, so Polytunnel Plastic is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 14% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£40K/yr52K searches / yr
90-day growth
-25.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 38 sellers

Flapen Score

Polytunnel Plastic against its category

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

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

Market

The Polytunnel Plastic market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Polytunnel Plastic 52K times last year and spent an estimated £40K. The top 5 brands take 61% of clicks. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 52K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -25.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £40K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
52K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-25.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.5%
Market size, estimated
£40Ka year
Top search term
polytunnel cover15K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £17.03.

Listings sell for £17.03 on average, from £5.15 to £65.99. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £17.03 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£17.03inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.15–£65.99
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–£2K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 84% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #97 within Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments. It carries 614 reviews at 4.30 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
84%
Out of stock, average day
6.5%
Average rank
#97in Painting Supplies, Tools & Wall Treatments
Average rating
4.30 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
614per listing
Listings tracked
43

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

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

Products

Top Polytunnel Plastic 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 only 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£3K£5K£6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 falling

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

61%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

35%

  • CHESTAF21%
  • Atoke12%
  • Outsunny12%
  • TEYIAN10%
  • WAIZHIUA7%
  • KAHEIGN4%

Demand

Polytunnel Plastic search demand

Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.

2K1KApr '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26Jul '26

Search terms

Top Polytunnel Plastic search terms shoppers use

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

  • polytunnel cover15K/yr
  • polytunnel plastic10K/yr
  • greenhouse plastic sheeting8K/yr
  • clear polythene sheeting8K/yr
  • clear plastic sheeting5K/yr
  • polytunnel sheeting4K/yr
  • poly tunnel plastic sheeting4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Polytunnel Plastic

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

Complain

Thickness23%−0.20

This is not as thick as mentioned

Not really thick plastic

Not thick enough for that

Quality-Overall14%+1.94

not perfect

Bad quality

Absolute rubbish

Size-Overall13%−0.05

Way way to big

The size may be smaller than advertised

It does not fit

Durability12%−0.08

Rips

not long lasting

Ripped after 4 months

Strength5%+0.83

The cover is now brittle and essentially disintegrating

Not UV stable, crumbles away

it has no strength whatsoever

Love

Quality-Overall27%+1.94

Good Quality

A great product

Excellent item

Size-Overall11%−0.05

Cover fitted well

Fitted perfectly

Fits perfectly on the frame

Strength10%+0.83

Nothing flimsy about this

Good and strong

Strong sheeting

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

It does the job

Product is as described

Exactly what you ordered

Thickness7%−0.20

The poly sheet is quite thick

Looks nice and thick,

The sheets are quite thick

Return

0.5% Return rate 44% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall33%█▇▄▆▅▃

Way way to big

The size may be smaller than advertised

It does not fit

Thin19%▆▅▆▅▄█
Thickness10%▅▁▄▄▆█

This is not as thick as mentioned

Not really thick plastic

Not thick enough for that

Material Quality6%▁▁▄▁█▁

Ended up buying heavy duty plastic from tool station much cheaper than this

Plastic

Plastic sheeting

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▁▁▂▆▃█

quite disappointed by the description

The sizing of the cover i received does not match what is being advertised

Misrepresented Quality

FAQ

Common Polytunnel Plastic questions

Answered from the same tracked data.