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Washing Up Sponge with Liquid Handle

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Washing Up Sponge with Liquid Handle is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 2,496 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −8 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£482K/yr233K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
88%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 89 sellers

Flapen Score

Washing Up Sponge with Liquid Handle against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Washing Up Sponge with Liquid Handle is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Washing Up Sponge with Liquid Handle market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Washing Up Sponge with Liquid Handle 233K times last year and spent an estimated £482K. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Aug. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

31.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 233K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 31.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £482K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
233K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.7%
Conversion, latest week
31.0%
Market size, estimated
£482Ka year
Peak month
August1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
dishmatic refill sponges167K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.66.

Listings sell for £6.66 on average, from £3.15 to £10.88. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At £6.66 that is £33K to £40K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.66under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.15–£10.88
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
£33K–£40K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 75% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #174 within Cleaning Tools. It carries 1,760 reviews at 4.70 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
75%
Out of stock, average day
1.3%
Average rank
#174in Cleaning Tools
Average rating
4.70 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,760per listing
Listings tracked
8

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 47 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
47 months

Products

Top Washing Up Sponge with Liquid Handle 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 88% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£72K£144K£217K£289K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

89

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Dishmatic75%
  • JD17%
  • Caraselle7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Washing Up Sponge with Liquid Handle search demand

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

8K6KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Washing Up Sponge with Liquid Handle search terms shoppers use

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

  • dishmatic refill sponges167K/yr
  • dish matic sponge refill15K/yr
  • dishmatic sponges10K/yr
  • dishmatic refills6K/yr
  • dishmatic refill7K/yr
  • dishmatic heads4K/yr
  • washing up brush heads3K/yr
  • sponge heads4K/yr
  • dish o matic sponges3K/yr
  • washing up sponge refill heads5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Washing Up Sponge with Liquid Handle

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

Complain

Quality-Overall27%−0.09

Awful quality

I read a few bad reviews so wasnt sure what these would be like

Terrible quality

Durability19%−0.04

Pretty good - just don't last very long

Fell apart at first use

Came apart very quickly

Adhesion/Stickiness19%−0.08

The glue is rubbish

The glue comes undone

Glue comes off easy as pie

Ease Of Wearing8%+0.10

Hard wearing

Leak-Proof8%

these leak wasting washing up liquid

Love

Value For Money22%+1.57

Cost effective

Excellent value

Good value for money

Quality-Overall17%−0.09

Good quality

Great product

The actual product is good, Ive used them for years and would recommend

Advertised Vs Actual Product16%+1.19

As advertised

Exactly what I needed

As described

Ease Of Use8%+0.44

Easy to use

These pads are very easy to replace

Easy to use does not scratch glass

Washability8%+0.52

Excellent way of washing up

Overall, these are high-quality, durable cleaning sponges that make washing up much quicker

They are suited to normal everyday washing up rather than hardcore cleaning

Return

0.1% Return rate 39% Fixable by listing

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FAQ

Common Washing Up Sponge with Liquid Handle questions

Answered from the same tracked data.