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Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws

Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws shows low returns (0.4%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

63
Worth a look
Market size 13Growth 89Conversion 40Competition 66Returns 98Price range 38Avg price 45Brand share 77Review moat 91Quality gap 80
This niche Category average

Is Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws is a £51K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (138K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 58% of demand. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Verdict: Worth a look — 63/100.

Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws: 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 +93.8% over the last 90 days and 3.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£51K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr4K
Search volume / yr+93.8%138K
Conversion rate3.2%
Avg price£11.44

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 58% of demand, so 42% of the market is open.

42%

open market share

Brands · sellers28 · 36
Top-5 product click share45%
Open market42%
Avg brand age28 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 38 products

Sponsored placement84%
New entrants (1y)13· 3 succeeded
Avg rating4.2★
Avg reviews170

Top Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws 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 45% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£4K£6K£8K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

28 falling

Sellers

36

Top-5 brand share

58%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

38%

  • Artsotroly21%
  • KAHEIGN21%
  • AUAUY6%
  • BELICOO6%
  • Nationwide Paper5%
  • Lekeeu4%

Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws demand & seasonality

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

Volume138KCVR3.2%Products38Brands28Top 5 Brands58%OOS Rate11.4%Rating4.2★Reviews170Avg BSR#82
6K4KSpike '26Prime Day '26JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.3×

Top Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws search terms shoppers use

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

  • plastic cups with lids and straws81K/yr
  • reusable cups with lids and straws15K/yr
  • cold cups17K/yr
  • plastic tumblers with lids and straws14K/yr
  • plastic cups with straws5K/yr
  • reusable cups with lids6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws

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

What buyers love

76% of reviews
Quality-Overall22%

fair priced for the quality

Size-Overall11%

Good size

Value For Money8%

Great value

Leak-Proof8%

therefore I would say it is leakproof

Color7%

Colours are all great with a little sparkle

What buyers complain about

58% of reviews
Size-Overall10%

Lids dont fit

Color8%

They are really pale when you wash them in hot water though

Quality-Overall7%

Poor quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

Another reviewer wrote that these cups are false advertised because there werent holes shown on the lids

Ease Of Use6%

The lid takes quite a bit of wriggling to get it to clip on

Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws return rate & reasons

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

0.4%

Return rate

80%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
65%
2Quality-Overall
9%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
5%
4Color
4%
5Leak-Proof
4%

Common Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws questions

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

Flapen scores Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws 63/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £51K/yr across 38 tracked products. 3 of 13 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +93.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in May–Jun–Jul, where the busiest month runs 3.3× the quietest.