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Flexi Tub

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But shoppers spend only $168K a year here, so Flexi Tub is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 8% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +12 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£168K/yr367K searches / yr
90-day growth
+43.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
45%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 57 sellers

Flapen Score

Flexi Tub against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Flexi Tub is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Flexi Tub market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Flexi Tub 367K times last year and spent an estimated £168K. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 367K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +43.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £168K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
367K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+43.2%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
£168Ka year
Peak month
May3.0× the quietest month
Top search term
flexi tub78K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.41.

Listings sell for £10.41 on average, from £4.93 to £24.00. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £10.41 that is £5K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.41under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.93–£24.00
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£8K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

64% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 15% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #182 within Cleaning Tools. It carries 669 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
64%
Prime listings
15%
Out of stock, average day
1.4%
Average rank
#182in Cleaning Tools
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
669per listing
Listings tracked
33

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Flexi Tub 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 45% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£17K£34K£50K£67K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 flat

Sellers

57

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

28%

  • Tuff Spot23%
  • Easy Shopping15%
  • Neat.12%
  • Best House Another Fine Product11%
  • Perry Equestrian6%
  • SPECTRAPLAST5%

Demand

Flexi Tub search demand

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

12K8KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×

Search terms

Top Flexi Tub search terms shoppers use

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

  • flexi tub78K/yr
  • trug39K/yr
  • garden bucket25K/yr
  • garden trug29K/yr
  • trug bucket16K/yr
  • garden tubs17K/yr
  • garden trugs plastic21K/yr
  • gorilla bucket18K/yr
  • gorilla tub16K/yr
  • flexi tubs with handles13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Flexi Tub

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

Complain

Quality-Overall14%−0.10

Bad quality

Very poor quality tubs

Drop in quality

Size-Overall12%−0.02

bigger than I thought they would be

Smaller than expected

Tub smaller than expected

Strength10%+0.98

flimsy

not very strong at all

Flimsy

Color10%−0.04

Got sent wrong colour

all dark/black received

all were black

Bin Capacity7%−0.03

Nothing just three bins

It's a plastic bin

Bin. To small

Love

Quality-Overall19%−0.10

seems very good quality - very sturdy

Decent quality

Good quality bucket

Strength19%+0.98

Good sturdy tub

Really sturdy

Strong ànd as advertised

Value For Money18%+1.56

Worth the money

Excellent value

Good value

Size-Overall9%−0.02

Small and versatile

Perfect size

Very useful size

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.76

Does the job for me

Just what I wanted

As described

Return

0.0% Return rate 87% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall77%▇▇▇▇█▇

bigger than I thought they would be

Smaller than expected

Tub smaller than expected

Defective Material/Parts4%▁▃▇██▄
Color3%▁█▆▇▃▂

Got sent wrong colour

all dark/black received

all were black

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%█▅▁▁▁▇

smacks of false advertisement

Misleading pictures

Not size it was advertised and filthy dirty

Quality-Overall3%▁█▃▁▁▂

Bad quality

Very poor quality tubs

Drop in quality

FAQ

Common Flexi Tub questions

Answered from the same tracked data.