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Disposable Cutlery

Maybe

Buyers convert on 18.8% of searches. But prices span $3.23–$12.04, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Disposable Cutlery is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 29% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +5 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£130K/yr99K searches / yr
90-day growth
+66.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 24 sellers

Flapen Score

Disposable Cutlery against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Disposable Cutlery market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Disposable Cutlery 99K times last year and spent an estimated £130K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

18.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 99K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 18.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +66.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £130K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
99K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+66.3%
Conversion, latest week
18.8%
Market size, estimated
£130Ka year
Peak month
August2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
wooden cutlery72K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.97.

Listings sell for £6.97 on average, from £3.23 to £12.04. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £6.97 that is £3K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.97under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.23–£12.04
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£5K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #24 within Disposable Tableware. It carries 554 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
12.8%
Average rank
#24in Disposable Tableware
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
554per 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 33 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
33 months

Products

Top Disposable Cutlery 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£6K£13K£19K£26K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

24

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

25%

  • 1ABOVE22%
  • SunMoon19%
  • FOOGO Green15%
  • H&S7%
  • AVLASH7%
  • Rollay6%

Demand

Disposable Cutlery search demand

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

10K6KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Search terms

Top Disposable Cutlery search terms shoppers use

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

  • wooden cutlery72K/yr
  • wooden cutlery set8K/yr
  • wooden knives and forks6K/yr
  • paper cutlery4K/yr
  • wooden disposable cutlery3K/yr
  • wooden cutlery disposable6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Disposable Cutlery

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

Complain

Strength14%+0.85

though theyre not really suited to anything particularly tough

These are not that strong so will struggle with anything not soft

Size-Overall12%−0.04

a little small

spoons are quite small

The size is reminiscent of a chip shop size, quite small

Quality-Overall11%−0.19

Poor quality

Very poor quality

Durability11%+0.58

the fork broke

Flatness11%−0.11

they are totally flat so no good for milky cereal or soup

Love

Quality-Overall35%−0.19

good quality and handy box

Excellent product

These are high quality pieces

Value For Money16%+1.65

Good value

Great value for money

Good value set

Strength10%+0.85

They seem very sturdy

a sturdy build that doesnt splinter

the cutlery is sturdy

Eco Friendliness9%−0.02

Environmentally friendly

Eco Friendly Dinning Delight

eco-friendly

Size-Overall4%−0.04

Good size

Very versatile and also environmentally friendly plus a decent size

They are a good size

Return

0.5% Return rate 50% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall38%█▁▆▄▅▇

a little small

spoons are quite small

The size is reminiscent of a chip shop size, quite small

Quality-Overall14%▄█▁▂▃▃

Poor quality

Very poor quality

Value For Money11%▁█▇▅▁▅
Strength10%▁▁▄█▄▂

though theyre not really suited to anything particularly tough

These are not that strong so will struggle with anything not soft

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▁▁▁▅█▁

FAQ

Common Disposable Cutlery questions

Answered from the same tracked data.