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Paper Towel Roll

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Paper Towel Roll is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 1,592 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −1 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£1.0M/yr623K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 111 sellers

Flapen Score

Paper Towel Roll against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Paper Towel Roll is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Paper Towel Roll market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Paper Towel Roll 623K times last year and spent an estimated £1.0M. All 4 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

19.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 623K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 19.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
623K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.7%
Conversion, latest week
19.0%
Market size, estimated
£1.0Ma year
Top search term
regina blitz kitchen rolls129K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.79.

Listings sell for £8.79 on average, from £2.30 to £17.11. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £8.79 that is £26K to £35K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.79under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.30–£17.11
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£26K–£35K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

68% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 79% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #42 within Kitchen Roll, Toilet Roll & Tissues. It carries 13,674 reviews at 4.68 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
68%
Prime listings
79%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#42in Kitchen Roll, Toilet Roll & Tissues
Average rating
4.68 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
13,674per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 58 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Paper Towel Roll 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 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£52K£104K£156K£208K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

111

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Regina63%
  • PLENTY29%
  • UINCLU6%
  • by Amazon2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Paper Towel Roll search demand

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

15K10KSpike '26NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4× · 9 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Paper Towel Roll search terms shoppers use

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

  • regina blitz kitchen rolls129K/yr
  • plenty kitchen roll61K/yr
  • blitz kitchen roll70K/yr
  • regina blitz48K/yr
  • blitz64K/yr
  • regina39K/yr
  • plenty37K/yr
  • regina kitchen roll33K/yr
  • kitchen roll regina13K/yr
  • plenty kitchen towel74K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Paper Towel Roll

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

Complain

Size-Overall18%−0.11

Small in size

Huge

Sheets are smaller

Thickness15%−0.11

THINNER THAN I EXPECTED

Not as thick as some

not very thick

Quality-Overall15%+0.19

Reduced quality

The quality has deteriorated

Extremely poor quality

Value For Money10%+2.88

Expensive

Not worth money

overpriced

Absorbency7%−0.02

aren't as absorbent

definitely not ultra absorbent

don't absorb Liquids well

Love

Value For Money31%+2.88

Amazing value

GOOD VALUE

Good value for money

Quality-Overall24%+0.19

Brilliant quality

Amazon affordable quality product

It satisfies the price n quality

Absorbency9%−0.02

Absorbent enough

absorbs water well

It is super absorbent for sure

Thickness5%−0.11

these sheets are incredibly thick

good thickness

happy with the thickness

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%+0.15

As described

As Described by seller

Does it job

Return

0.1% Return rate 19% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall20%▅█▇▄▇▄

Reduced quality

The quality has deteriorated

Extremely poor quality

Value For Money13%▆▃▃▄█▃

Expensive

Not worth money

overpriced

Thin9%▄█▂▅▄▅
Size-Overall8%▆▁▅▂▃█

Small in size

Huge

Sheets are smaller

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%▂▂█▁▁▁

so its deceiving

Definitely not as described

Not as indicated

FAQ

Common Paper Towel Roll questions

Answered from the same tracked data.