Is cigarette tubes profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?

The niche generates £58K/yr across 15 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -2.7%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (49/100).

How competitive is the cigarette tubes niche?

10 brands and 28 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 72% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 78% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in cigarette tubes?

Top complaints mined from reviews: Size-Overall, Filtration. The return rate is 0.4%.

When does demand for cigarette tubes peak?

Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.2× the quietest.

What does it cost to enter the cigarette tubes niche?

Listings span £5.85–£17.78; the average listing price is £11.47 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 132 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

cigarette tubes

Skip it

A small market ($58K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Returns

Incredible0.4%

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

Review moat

Great132.27

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Conversion

Great10.9%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Quality gap

Great4.3★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Avg price

Okay£11.47

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Brand share

Okay78%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Growth

Bad-2.7%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Competition

Bad72%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Price range

Bad£5.85–£17.78

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Market size

Bad£58K

£58K/yr · 46K searches

Signals Low Review Barrier

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, cigarette tubes is a £58K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (46K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Data updated Jul 27, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

Competition & brand share

The top 5 products capture 72% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

ONGROK24%
Mascotte20%
Imperator15%
Unbekannt10%
Generic9%
GIZEH Raucherbedarf GmbH7%
Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 15%)

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 85 weeks — -2.7% search growth over the last 90 days.

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Open Trend

Top cigarette tubes search terms

cigarette tubes23K/yr -1.0%1.7% conv.
make your own cigarette tubes10K/yr -0.1%0.6% conv.
cigarette tubes with filter8K/yr -12.5%1.4% conv.
filter tube5K/yr -0.6%0.1% conv.

All search terms

Top cigarette tubes products on Amazon

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 15 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

ONGROK Premium Storage Tube Keychain Pocket-Sized Airtight Aluminum Metal Holder and Case (Gold)

ONGROK£11.904.1★154 rev

Imperator Black 200 filtered Cigarette tubes - 1 box with 200 tubes

Imperator£7.223.6★33 rev

200-2000 x MASCOTTE CLASSIC Filter TUBES Tips Paper Smoking Cigarette Rolling Filling Tobacco UK FREE P&P (1000 x MASCOTTE CLASSIC FILTER TUBES)

Mascotte£9.764.5★149 rev

ZIG-ZAG Empty Filter Tubes Pack of 200

Unbekannt£6.184.2★98 rev

SLIM Empty Filter Tubes 6 8 mm diameter - 1000 Tubes

Generic£15.014.4★72 rev

Newest

by launch date

ONGROK Premium Storage Tube Keychain Pocket-Sized Airtight Aluminum Metal Holder and Case (Gold)

ONGROK£11.90154 rev

3y ago

Santa Cruz Shredder J Tube Premium King Size Storage Container for Travel Made from Durable Hemp Material - Lightweight and Discreet -

Santa Cruz Shredder£6.6369 rev

4y ago

SLIM Empty Filter Tubes 6 8 mm diameter - 1000 Tubes

Generic£15.0172 rev

4y ago

King Size Regular 8mm Empty Filter Tubes Copper Edition - 400 Tubes

Reds Global£10.6243 rev

4y ago

200-2000 x MASCOTTE CLASSIC Filter TUBES Tips Paper Smoking Cigarette Rolling Filling Tobacco UK FREE P&P (200 x MASCOTTE CLASSIC FILTER TUBES)

Mascotte£5.8555 rev

4y ago

What buyers say about cigarette tubes

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Advertised Vs Actual Product33%

“As per advert”

Quality-Overall33%

“Very well produced”

Taste-Overall17%

“Don't have any weird taste”

What buyers complain about

Size-Overall50%

“e. g., the size, little too long of a smoke for me,”

Filtration33%

“Short filters”

Top return reasons

Ease Of Use33%

Defective Material/Parts17%

Hard Feel17%

Filtration17%

Functionality-Overall17%

Common questions

Is cigarette tubes profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?: The niche generates £58K/yr across 15 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -2.7%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (49/100).
How competitive is the cigarette tubes niche?: 10 brands and 28 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 72% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 78% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in cigarette tubes?: Top complaints mined from reviews: Size-Overall, Filtration. The return rate is 0.4%.
When does demand for cigarette tubes peak?: Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.2× the quietest.
What does it cost to enter the cigarette tubes niche?: Listings span £5.85–£17.78; the average listing price is £11.47 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 132 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

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Competition & brand share

Demand & seasonality

Top cigarette tubes search terms