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Paper Plates

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But prices span $1.86–$14.88, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Paper Plates is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 23% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +7 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£1.2M/yr1.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
+44.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 21 sellers

Flapen Score

Paper Plates against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Paper Plates market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Paper Plates 1.8M times last year and spent an estimated £1.2M. The top 5 brands take 80% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.8M 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 +44.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+44.3%
Conversion, latest week
9.8%
Market size, estimated
£1.2Ma year
Peak month
July1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
paper plates913K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.70.

Listings sell for £6.70 on average, from £1.86 to £14.88. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £6.70 that is £54K to £67K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.70under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.86–£14.88
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£54K–£67K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #13 within Disposable Tableware. It carries 1,050 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
3.0%
Average rank
#13in Disposable Tableware
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,050per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

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

3 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 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Paper Plates 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£120K£240K£360K£480K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

18%

  • G4GADGET34%
  • 1ABOVE23%
  • Vivo Technologies12%
  • Talking Tables6%
  • Ask Packaging4%
  • CATERPACK BY ROBINSON YOUNG3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 18%)

Demand

Paper Plates search demand

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

50K30KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Paper Plates search terms shoppers use

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

  • paper plates913K/yr
  • disposable plates332K/yr
  • party plates185K/yr
  • paper plates and napkins113K/yr
  • paper plates and cups42K/yr
  • disposable plates for parties39K/yr
  • paper plates 10031K/yr
  • white paper plates24K/yr
  • strong paper plates18K/yr
  • paper plates and bowls17K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Paper Plates

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

Complain

Quality-Overall17%+1.16

Poor quality

Really cheap flimsy quality

Definitely not the best ones I've brought

Strength16%−0.05

a bit flimsy

Not very sturdy

Flimsy and cheap

Thickness16%−0.06

could be a bit thicker

These plates are so thin

Crazy thin and flimsy

Smell11%−0.14

Horrible smell

Extremely strong chemical smell that leeches onto the food

Strange smell

Value For Money9%+2.30

Expensive

Not worth the price

Not good value

Love

Value For Money26%+2.30

Good For Price

Excellent value for money

Value for money

Quality-Overall21%+1.16

Quality plates

These paper plates are great quality

Good Quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%+0.29

As described

Exactly what I wanted

Like photo

Strength14%−0.05

Very sturdy

Not flimsy

Great sturdy plates

Size-Overall10%−0.02

Good size

the large cake slices fit nicely

Perfect size for putting in my paint kits

Return

0.4% Return rate 64% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall59%█▇██▇▆

Wrong size

Too long

Size was misleading

Quality-Overall11%▁▄▅▆▃█

Poor quality

Really cheap flimsy quality

Definitely not the best ones I've brought

Strength10%▆▅▃▅█▅

a bit flimsy

Not very sturdy

Flimsy and cheap

Thin6%▄█▆█▆▇
Value For Money5%█▄▄▂▄▄

Expensive

Not worth the price

Not good value

FAQ

Common Paper Plates questions

Answered from the same tracked data.