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Sink Strainer

Sink Strainer shows low returns (1.1%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.44–$9.79) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look
Market size 54Growth 16Conversion 86Competition 34Returns 92Price range 0Avg price 15Brand share 64Review moat 43Quality gap 70
This niche Category average

Is Sink Strainer profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Sink Strainer is a £378K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (722K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Sink Strainer: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -18.4% over the last 90 days and 9.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£378K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr80K
Search volume / yr-18.4%722K
Conversion rate9.8%
Avg price£5.34

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand, so 33% of the market is open.

33%

open market share

Brands · sellers19 · 36
Top-5 product click share65%
Open market33%
Avg brand age31 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 22 products

Sponsored placement95%
New entrants (1y)3· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews2,239

Top Sink Strainer products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 65% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£38K£76K£113K£151K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

36

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

30%

  • Tomario24%
  • Toced24%
  • Ibergrif8%
  • Anicy6%
  • ILLUVA5%
  • wokdada4%

Sink Strainer demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume722KCVR9.8%Products22Brands19Top 5 Brands67%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.3★Reviews2,239Avg BSR#106
20K15KSpike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Sink Strainer search terms shoppers use

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

  • sink strainer357K/yr
  • kitchen sink strainer97K/yr
  • sink plug strainer60K/yr
  • kitchen sink plugs and strainers18K/yr
  • sink strainer plug24K/yr
  • sink food catcher20K/yr
  • sink drainer plug21K/yr
  • sink filter16K/yr
  • drain strainer9K/yr
  • plug hole sink strainer12K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sink Strainer

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

86% of reviews
Size-Overall22%

Easy fit

Quality-Overall17%

Quality sink plug

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%

Works as advertised

Value For Money12%

Competitive price

Ease Of Use7%

Ease of use

What buyers complain about

65% of reviews
Size-Overall26%

Didn't fit

Quality-Overall12%

Low quality

Adhesion/Stickiness6%

suckers dont stick that good

Ease Of Use5%

Cant use it

Suction4%

not so good at suction

Sink Strainer return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

1.1%

Return rate

86%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
81%
2Compatibility-Overall
4%
3Functionality-Overall
3%
4Quality-Overall
2%
5Water Resistance
1%

Common Sink Strainer questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Sink Strainer 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £378K/yr across 22 tracked products. 2 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -18.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Sink Strainer on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.