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Plastic Glasses

Plastic Glasses shows low returns (0.9%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

71
Worth a look
Market size 44Growth 80Conversion 58Competition 91Returns 95Price range 25Avg price 73Brand share 89Review moat 69Quality gap 60
This niche Category average

Is Plastic Glasses profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Plastic Glasses is a £232K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (318K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 46% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Verdict: Worth a look — 71/100.

Plastic Glasses: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +72.4% over the last 90 days and 4.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£232K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr+72.4%318K
Conversion rate4.9%
Avg price£14.79

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 46% of demand, so 54% of the market is open.

54%

open market share

Brands · sellers53 · 69
Top-5 product click share24%
Open market54%
Avg brand age39 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 86 products

Sponsored placement94%
New entrants (1y)16· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews758

Top Plastic Glasses products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (24% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£5K£9K£14K£19K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

53 rising

Sellers

69

Top-5 brand share

46%

Top 20: 80%

Top-5 click share

24%

Top 20: 58%

Open market

50%

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  • HEFTMAN4%

Plastic Glasses demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume318KCVR4.9%Products86Brands53Top 5 Brands46%OOS Rate5.7%Rating4.4★Reviews758Avg BSR#128
18K13KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Plastic Glasses search terms shoppers use

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

  • plastic tumblers74K/yr
  • plastic glasses reusable40K/yr
  • plastic tumblers for adults36K/yr
  • picnic glasses13K/yr
  • plastic drinking glasses20K/yr
  • unbreakable glasses22K/yr
  • plastic reusable cups13K/yr
  • plastic tumbler16K/yr
  • hard plastic cups14K/yr
  • plastic glasses reusable high quality9K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Glasses

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

73% of reviews
Quality-Overall20%

lovely quality cups

Value For Money13%

value for money

Size-Overall10%

They are a practical size

Color7%

Great colours

Strength7%

They are sturdy

What buyers complain about

71% of reviews
Dishwasher Safe12%

Not dishwasher proof

Size-Overall12%

Not fit for purpose

Durability11%

can break eventually with prolonged use

Quality-Overall8%

the control quality needs to be better

Thickness6%

not that thick

Plastic Glasses return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.9%

Return rate

61%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
50%
2Material Quality
10%
3Quality-Overall
10%
4Strength
7%
5Thin
3%

Common Plastic Glasses questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Plastic Glasses 71/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £232K/yr across 86 tracked products. 4 of 16 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +72.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Plastic Glasses on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jul–Aug, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.