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Plastic Cups

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.6% of orders. But prices span $2.07–$16.82, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plastic Cups is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 12% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +12 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£856K/yr1.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
+56.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Plastic Cups against its category

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

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plastic Cups market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plastic Cups 1.3M times last year and spent an estimated £856K. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +56.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £856K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+56.7%
Conversion, latest week
8.5%
Market size, estimated
£856Ka year
Peak month
July2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
plastic cups687K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.86.

Listings sell for £7.86 on average, from £2.07 to £16.82. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £7.86 that is £24K to £31K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.86under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.07–£16.82
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£24K–£31K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 75% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #136 within Disposable Tableware. It carries 503 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
75%
Out of stock, average day
5.2%
Average rank
#136in Disposable Tableware
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
503per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Plastic Cups 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 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£86K£171K£257K£342K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

30%

  • ACCURATE21%
  • G4GADGET17%
  • NAEEM SONS15%
  • 1ABOVE9%
  • Zuvo5%
  • Best House Another Fine Product4%

Demand

Plastic Cups search demand

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

35K25KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Plastic Cups search terms shoppers use

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

  • plastic cups687K/yr
  • plastic glasses144K/yr
  • party cups93K/yr
  • plastic cup42K/yr
  • clear plastic cups33K/yr
  • plastic cups reusable37K/yr
  • disposable glasses30K/yr
  • reusable plastic cups27K/yr
  • plastic cups disposable39K/yr
  • plastic party cups20K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Cups

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

Complain

Strength25%−0.20

Extremely flimsy

Quite flimsy

Not strong enough

Size-Overall19%−0.16

Basically not fit for the purpose

lile the duze as is pretty big too

Very small

Quality-Overall17%+0.57

Cheap,

Poor quality and many have holes in so completely unusable

Low quality

Thickness13%−0.08

not that thick

Cups are quite thin

They're on the thinner side with a bit of flexibility

Durability4%−0.01

These do get bent over time

Base was broke on most

Love

Quality-Overall22%+0.57

good quality cups

Brilliant quality

Good quality plastic cups

Value For Money21%+1.99

Worth the money

Good Value

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+0.82

Just what I needed

As described

Just like photo

Size-Overall11%−0.16

Good size and not too flimsy

Perfect size for kids cups, fab

The size is just right for little hands: they're perfect for juice or water without worrying about spills

Strength6%−0.20

not brittle like some others

Sturdy

Sturdy cups

Return

0.6% Return rate 60% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall55%█▆▇█▇▅

Basically not fit for the purpose

lile the duze as is pretty big too

Very small

Strength14%▄█▅▂▅▇

Extremely flimsy

Quite flimsy

Not strong enough

Quality-Overall13%▇█▃▄▄█

Cheap,

Poor quality and many have holes in so completely unusable

Low quality

Thin6%▁▁█▄▅▇
Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▁█▂▆▅▆

FAQ

Common Plastic Cups questions

Answered from the same tracked data.