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Paper Straws

Maybe

An estimated 0.2% of orders come back. But prices span $2.07–$10.70, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Paper Straws is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 14% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +11 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£635K/yr981K searches / yr
90-day growth
+50.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 88 sellers

Flapen Score

Paper Straws against its category

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

62Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Paper Straws market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Paper Straws 981K times last year and spent an estimated £635K. The top 5 brands take 61% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 13.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 981K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 13.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +50.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £635K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
981K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+50.2%
Conversion, latest week
13.9%
Market size, estimated
£635Ka year
Peak month
June2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
straws500K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.65.

Listings sell for £4.65 on average, from £2.07 to £10.70. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £4.65 that is £9K to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.65under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.07–£10.70
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£12K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #44 within Barware. It carries 1,400 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.7%
Average rank
#44in Barware
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,400per listing
Listings tracked
29

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 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
34 months

Products

Top Paper Straws products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 27, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 48% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£63K£127K£190K£254K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 falling

Sellers

88

Est. top-5 brand share

61%

Top 20: 99%

Est. top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

35%

  • Beaumont22%
  • The Cheeky Panda15%
  • Caterserve9%
  • Rizzor8%
  • Sylva6%
  • Pillow Wad5%

Demand

Paper Straws search demand

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

30K20KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Paper Straws search terms shoppers use

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

  • straws500K/yr
  • straw185K/yr
  • paper straws129K/yr
  • drinking straws57K/yr
  • straws disposable33K/yr
  • paper straws drinking24K/yr
  • disposable straws13K/yr
  • paper straw7K/yr
  • staws5K/yr
  • straws paper4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Paper Straws

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

20%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
15%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.2%of orders come back
“Very big straws”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”15% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Paper Straws questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data