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Plastic Plates

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.1% of orders. But prices span $3.15–$19.97, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plastic Plates is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
61
61 / 100
Top 17% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +10 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£287K/yr611K searches / yr
90-day growth
+48.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 75 sellers

Flapen Score

Plastic Plates against its category

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

61Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plastic Plates market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plastic Plates 611K times last year and spent an estimated £287K. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 611K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +48.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £287K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
611K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+48.7%
Conversion, latest week
4.3%
Market size, estimated
£287Ka year
Peak month
July2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
plastic plates282K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.93.

Listings sell for £10.93 on average, from £3.15 to £19.97. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £10.93 that is £5K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.93under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.15–£19.97
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£8K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #47 within Party Supplies. It carries 728 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.2%
Average rank
#47in Party Supplies
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
728per listing
Listings tracked
45

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 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
6
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Plastic Plates 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 only 40% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£9K£17K£26K£34K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

75

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 93%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

34%

  • MATANA28%
  • Shefa12%
  • XIMOGO9%
  • Cedilis6%
  • Wrova6%
  • ABENA4%

Demand

Plastic Plates search demand

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

20K15KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Search terms

Top Plastic Plates search terms shoppers use

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

  • plastic plates282K/yr
  • picnic plates46K/yr
  • plastic plates reusable63K/yr
  • plastic plates disposable36K/yr
  • disposable plastic plates22K/yr
  • plastic plate20K/yr
  • plastic party plates18K/yr
  • plastic dinner plates21K/yr
  • reusable plastic plates16K/yr
  • plastic picnic plates10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Plates

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

Complain

Size-Overall18%−0.07

Wrong size

bigger than a side

Too small

Value For Money10%−0.09

expensive

it was half the price

Expensive

Quality-Overall7%−0.06

Really cheap flimsy quality

Poor Quality

Such a shame that the quality is not as expected or described

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.01

they should not be advertised as plates

Not as described

Thickness6%−0.05

a little thin

I thought they felt a bit thinner / less robust than I expected

Too thin,

Love

Quality-Overall24%−0.06

Good quality plates

Excellent quality

Quality is reasonable

Value For Money12%−0.09

Excellent value

Worth it

Good value

Strength11%+0.76

Love the fact that they are not flimsy

Plates look lovely, quite sturdy

Very sturdy

Size-Overall8%−0.07

Good size

big enough for children of all ages

Lovey plates nice size

Color6%−0.04

Colourful

Lovely range of colours

Colours are lovely

Return

1.1% Return rate 68% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall62%▇▆█▇▇▆

Wrong size

bigger than a side

Too small

Quality-Overall10%▂▇▄█▆▇

Really cheap flimsy quality

Poor Quality

Such a shame that the quality is not as expected or described

Strength9%▆█▃▅▆▆

Flimsy and cheap

a little bit wobbly

Thin4%█▂▃▂▂▃
Material Quality3%▁▅█▁▃▂

FAQ

Common Plastic Plates questions

Answered from the same tracked data.