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Cocktail Straws

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But prices span $2.95–$7.91, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Cocktail Straws is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 40% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +2 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£36K/yr71K searches / yr
90-day growth
+78.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Cocktail Straws against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Cocktail Straws is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cocktail Straws market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cocktail Straws 71K times last year and spent an estimated £36K. The top 5 brands take 61% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Dec. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 71K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +78.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £36K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
71K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+78.8%
Conversion, latest week
9.8%
Market size, estimated
£36Ka year
Peak month
July2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
cocktail straws33K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.20.

Listings sell for £5.20 on average, from £2.95 to £7.91. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £5.20 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.20under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.95–£7.91
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #60 within Barware. It carries 780 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.6%
Average rank
#60in Barware
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
780per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 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
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
28 months

Products

Top Cocktail 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£7K£11K£14K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

61%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

34%

  • Caterpack Enviro Range28%
  • The Cheeky Panda11%
  • winbest10%
  • Sylva7%
  • Ailvor5%
  • Kiemeu5%

Demand

Cocktail Straws search demand

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

2K2KBlack Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Cocktail Straws search terms shoppers use

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

  • cocktail straws33K/yr
  • short straws9K/yr
  • party straws9K/yr
  • cocktail straws for drinks5K/yr
  • small straws6K/yr
  • short straws for cocktails3K/yr
  • cocktail straw3K/yr
  • mini straws3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cocktail Straws

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

Complain

Durability21%−0.07

Unless you drink super fast, these things won't last a drink

now nowhere near as durable

Color Fading/Discoloration14%−0.07

The black colouring comes off on your hands / lips

Moist/Dry14%−0.07

go soggy very quickly

Soggy straws

Quality-Overall11%−0.01

as they are sometimes of awful quality

Such a shame as they used to be great quality

Size-Overall7%+0.70

Personally not a fan of the size of them

Love

Quality-Overall20%−0.01

Great product for a great price

Lovely quality set

Excellent quality

Value For Money20%+2.52

Value for money

Good value

Worth buying

Size-Overall11%+0.70

They also have a very good size

I like the different sizes too

which is my preferred size for general use

Strength8%−0.03

They are sturdy

Really strong straws very pleased

Sturdy

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%−0.03

As advertised

Just as described

as described

Return

0.3% Return rate 79% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall64%▁▆██▇▇

Personally not a fan of the size of them

Color6%▁▁▁▆▁█
Compatibility-Overall4%▁█▁▁▁▃
Quality-Overall4%

as they are sometimes of awful quality

Such a shame as they used to be great quality

Strength4%▁▁▇█▁▁

FAQ

Common Cocktail Straws questions

Answered from the same tracked data.