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Disposable Plates and Cutlery Set

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But shoppers spend only $23K a year here, so Disposable Plates and Cutlery Set 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
£23K/yr40K searches / yr
90-day growth
+54.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Disposable Plates and Cutlery Set against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Disposable Plates and Cutlery Set 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 Plates and Cutlery Set market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Disposable Plates and Cutlery Set 40K times last year and spent an estimated £23K. The top 5 brands take 56% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 40K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +54.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £23K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
40K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+54.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.6%
Market size, estimated
£23Ka year
Peak month
August2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
disposable plates and cutlery set19K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.81.

Listings sell for £12.81 on average, from £3.28 to £26.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £12.81 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.81under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.28–£26.60
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
1K–2K
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 ads.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #113 within Dinnerware Sets. It carries 543 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
10.5%
Average rank
#113in Dinnerware Sets
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
543per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 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
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Disposable Plates and Cutlery Set 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£937£2K£3K£4K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

56%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

40%

  • Anstore25%
  • 1ABOVE15%
  • Aschef7%
  • DISPOSABLE GREEN5%
  • CEILIWEN4%
  • Eco Leaf Products4%

Demand

Disposable Plates and Cutlery Set search demand

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

2K1KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Disposable Plates and Cutlery Set search terms shoppers use

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

  • disposable plates and cutlery set19K/yr
  • disposable tableware12K/yr
  • disposable party tableware9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Disposable Plates and Cutlery Set

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

Complain

Quality-Overall16%+0.46

Cheap and cheerful

Poor quality

They werent the best

Size-Overall15%−0.05

Size was misleading

a little small

Plates are smaller than they appear

Durability10%+0.28

breaks very easily

the fork broke

Thickness10%−0.03

A bit thin

Too thin and lightweight need to use 2 just for a couple of sandwiches so false economy

Its a bit too thin

Value For Money7%+1.85

Not worth the price

overpriced

Love

Quality-Overall28%+0.46

These paper plates are great quality

Excellent product

Quality plates

Value For Money19%+1.85

Good price

Excellent value for money

Value for money

Strength14%+0.97

Very strong

Great sturdy plates

The cups feel sturdy enough for normal use

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%−0.03

As described

Exactly what I wanted

Did the job perfectly

Size-Overall5%−0.05

Good size

generous size

the large cake slices fit nicely

Return

0.4% Return rate 56% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall43%▇▇█▇▆▄

Size was misleading

a little small

Plates are smaller than they appear

Quality-Overall14%▅▇▄██▆

Cheap and cheerful

Poor quality

They werent the best

Value For Money11%▃▂█▃▄▅

Not worth the price

overpriced

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▆▄▂▂▂█
Strength9%▁█▁█▅▄

Its too flimsy

Not heavy duty, pretty bendy and flimsy

Just dont expect them to be solid

FAQ

Common Disposable Plates and Cutlery Set questions

Answered from the same tracked data.