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4 Ply Toilet Rolls

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so 4 Ply Toilet Rolls is a Fail.

Flapen Score
35
35 / 100
Ranks 2,727 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −11 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£63K/yr60K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
79%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

4 Ply Toilet Rolls against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, 4 Ply Toilet Rolls is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

35Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 4 Ply Toilet Rolls market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 4 Ply Toilet Rolls 60K times last year and spent an estimated £63K. All 3 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 35 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

13.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 60K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £63K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
60K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.6%
Conversion, latest week
13.0%
Market size, estimated
£63Ka year
Peak month
February1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
amazon toilet roll38K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.06.

Listings sell for £8.06 on average, from £2.06 to £18.00. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £8.06 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.06under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.06–£18.00
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #15 within Kitchen Roll, Toilet Roll & Tissues. It carries 12,542 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#15in Kitchen Roll, Toilet Roll & Tissues
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
12,542per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

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

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top 4 Ply Toilet Rolls 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 79% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£6K£13K£19K£25K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • by Amazon93%
  • Velvet5%
  • Andrex2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

4 Ply Toilet Rolls search demand

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

2K1KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top 4 Ply Toilet Rolls search terms shoppers use

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

  • amazon toilet roll38K/yr
  • amazon toilet rolls10K/yr
  • toilet roll amazon9K/yr
  • presto toilet roll3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 4 Ply Toilet Rolls

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

Complain

Size-Overall18%−0.17

Smaller than expected

Tube bigger

Huge

Quality-Overall18%+0.39

Horrible quality

Far from quality

quality has reduced

Thickness12%−0.07

Thought 4ply would be thicker

Too thick

Fairly thin paper as well

Value For Money10%+3.10

a little expensive

Waste of money

Not worth it

Hard Feel9%−0.07

NOT Super Soft

Bit hard

not soft

Love

Value For Money39%+3.10

Great deal

Excellent value for money

Very affordable

Quality-Overall24%+0.39

Great quality and great discount

it delivers consistent quality at a reasonable price point

Best Quality

Soft Feel8%

as soft as they claim

Soft tissues

Feel soft

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.20

Arrived as said

As described

As advertised

Thickness2%−0.07

Good thickness

Great thick toilet rolls

Good price Soft thick Toilet Tissue

Return

0.1% Return rate 25% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall21%█▅▅▄▅█

Horrible quality

Far from quality

quality has reduced

Value For Money15%▂▃▇▃█▅

a little expensive

Waste of money

Not worth it

Size-Overall14%█▄▄▄▄▇

Smaller than expected

Tube bigger

Huge

Moist/Dry6%█▆▂▃▂▄
Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▁█▅▄▄▄

Totally misleading

Certainly not as described

Not as advertised

FAQ

Common 4 Ply Toilet Rolls questions

Answered from the same tracked data.