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Plastic Cups with Lids

Maybe

An estimated 0.4% of orders come back. But prices span $3.08–$14.95, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plastic Cups with Lids is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 11% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +13 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£186K/yr405K searches / yr
90-day growth
+73.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 24 brands · 31 sellers

Flapen Score

Plastic Cups with Lids against its category

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

64Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plastic Cups with Lids market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plastic Cups with Lids 405K times last year and spent an estimated £186K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jul. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 405K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +73.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £186K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
405K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+73.4%
Conversion, latest week
4.3%
Market size, estimated
£186Ka year
Peak month
May2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
plastic cups with lids122K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.76.

Listings sell for £10.76 on average, from £3.08 to £14.95. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £10.76 that is £3K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.76under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.08–£14.95
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£5K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 85% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #72 within Party Supplies. It carries 105 reviews at 4.29 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
85%
Out of stock, average day
4.0%
Average rank
#72in Party Supplies
Average rating
4.29 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
105per listing
Listings tracked
46

04 · Newcomers

8 of last year's 18 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

18 products launched here in the last 12 months. 8 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
18
Successful launches
8Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Plastic Cups with Lids 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 38% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£6K£11K£17K£22K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

24 rising

Sellers

31

Est. top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 97%

Est. top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

23%

  • Artsotroly24%
  • Nationwide Paper18%
  • KAHEIGN17%
  • Caterserve8%
  • Zuvo6%
  • Sabco4%

Demand

Plastic Cups with Lids search demand

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

15K10KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26JunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

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

Search terms

Top Plastic Cups with Lids search terms shoppers use

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

  • plastic cups with lids122K/yr
  • plastic cups with lids and straws81K/yr
  • plastic coffee cups with lids43K/yr
  • iced coffee cup plastic20K/yr
  • plastic coffee cups23K/yr
  • plastic cup with straw and lid16K/yr
  • plastic iced coffee cups with lids12K/yr
  • disposable iced coffee cups with lids10K/yr
  • 16oz plastic cups with lids9K/yr
  • plastic cup with lid13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Cups with Lids

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

22%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
13%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.4%of orders come back
“Additionally, the dome lids do not fit the cups”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”13% 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.

14 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Plastic Cups with Lids 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