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Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But shoppers spend only $51K a year here, so Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 5% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +15 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£51K/yr138K searches / yr
90-day growth
+93.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
45%top-5 click share · 28 brands · 36 sellers

Flapen Score

Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws 138K times last year and spent an estimated £51K. The top 5 brands take 58% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 138K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +93.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £51K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
138K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+93.8%
Conversion, latest week
3.2%
Market size, estimated
£51Ka year
Peak month
June3.3× the quietest month
Top search term
plastic cups with lids and straws81K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.44.

Listings sell for £11.44 on average, from £3.34 to £22.12. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £11.44 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.44under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.34–£22.12
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£1K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #82 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 170 reviews at 4.23 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
11.4%
Average rank
#82in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
4.23 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
170per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 13 launches as successful.

13 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 28 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
13
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
28 months

Products

Top Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws 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£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%

Demand

Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws search demand

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

6K4KSpike '26Prime Day '26JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

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

Search terms

Top Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws search terms shoppers use

The exact words 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

Reviews and returns

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

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

Complain

Size-Overall10%−0.19

Lids dont fit

Theses look large on picture

Lids don't fit otherwise would be fine

Color8%+0.25

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

colour changing can be a bit odd

These do not change colour

Quality-Overall7%+0.84

Poor quality

Not the best quality

Poor product

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.06

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

Not as shown in picture

photos misleading lids are all paper not plastic not clear from photos

Ease Of Use6%

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

are a bit tricky to secure

press quite hard

Love

Quality-Overall22%+0.84

fair priced for the quality

Brilliant, great quality cups

Amazing quality

Size-Overall11%−0.19

Good size

They are a very practical size

The lids fit snugly

Value For Money8%+0.81

Great value

the price was also good

Really good value for a pack as well

Leak-Proof8%

therefore I would say it is leakproof

they don't leak

no leaks were had

Color7%+0.25

Colours are all great with a little sparkle

Nice colours

Great colour change

Return

0.4% Return rate 80% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall65%█▄▇▇▇▆

Lids dont fit

Theses look large on picture

Lids don't fit otherwise would be fine

Quality-Overall9%▁█▂▂▂▄

Poor quality

Not the best quality

Poor product

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▁▁█▃▅▃

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

Not as shown in picture

photos misleading lids are all paper not plastic not clear from photos

Color4%▁█▁▁▄▆

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

colour changing can be a bit odd

These do not change colour

Leak-Proof4%█▁▁▄▁▂

the hold leaks when you place a straw in them

It will leak if knocked over when full

with potential spills

FAQ

Common Plastic Cups with Lids and Straws questions

Answered from the same tracked data.