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Plastic Forks

Maybe

Buyers convert on 17.1% of searches. But prices span $1.29–$8.25, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plastic Forks is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 44% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +1 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£105K/yr119K searches / yr
90-day growth
+25.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 25 sellers

Flapen Score

Plastic Forks against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plastic Forks market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plastic Forks 119K times last year and spent an estimated £105K. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

17.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 119K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 17.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +25.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £105K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
119K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+25.2%
Conversion, latest week
17.1%
Market size, estimated
£105Ka year
Peak month
July1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
plastic forks82K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.16.

Listings sell for £5.16 on average, from £1.29 to £8.25. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £5.16 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.16under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.29–£8.25
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #16 within Cutlery. It carries 352 reviews at 4.32 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
9.6%
Average rank
#16in Cutlery
Average rating
4.32 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
352per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Plastic Forks 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 70% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£10K£21K£31K£42K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

16%

  • BLISSMART30%
  • Trendsetter17%
  • aaksh 55515%
  • Lisoviom8%
  • G4GADGET8%
  • 1ABOVE5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 16%)

Demand

Plastic Forks search demand

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

3K2KSpike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Plastic Forks search terms shoppers use

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

  • plastic forks82K/yr
  • plastic forks disposable 10019K/yr
  • plastic fork10K/yr
  • plastic forks disposable 505K/yr
  • forks plastic3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Forks

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

Complain

Strength28%−0.27

very fragile plastic

Small and flimsy

Very flimsy

Size-Overall14%−0.15

Completely not fit for purpose

Very small

The cake was quite tall

Weight Heavy12%−0.19

Theyre not very heavy duty

I don't find these to be heavy duty to be honest

Certainly cant describe as heavy duty

Quality-Overall8%+1.80

Bad quality

Rubbish

Thin quality, expensive waste of money

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.07

item not as described

False advertising

These ones also don't look like the picture

Love

Quality-Overall22%+1.80

Good quality disposable forks

Great items

Excellent quality

Value For Money18%+1.49

Good value

Excellent value for money

Value for money

Strength12%−0.27

Very sturdy

Strong forks

Good sturdy forks

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.07

did the job

As described

Does what it says

Durability7%+0.62

still feels strong enough for regular use

Very durable

Very durable especially as they go in the dishwasher

Return

0.6% Return rate 73% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall67%█▆▇▆█▇

Completely not fit for purpose

Very small

The cake was quite tall

Quality-Overall8%▇▃█▇▂▄

Bad quality

Rubbish

Thin quality, expensive waste of money

Strength8%▁█▂█▅▃

very fragile plastic

Small and flimsy

Very flimsy

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▄▇▄▅█▅

item not as described

False advertising

These ones also don't look like the picture

Value For Money3%▆██▁▁▄

Not worth the money at all

Wouldnt buy at any price

expensive waste of money

FAQ

Common Plastic Forks questions

Answered from the same tracked data.