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Plastic Rake

Plastic Rake shows low returns (0.3%), but a small market ($30K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look
Market size 7Growth 53Conversion 75Competition 44Returns 98Price range 36Avg price 47Brand share 53Review moat 79Quality gap 90
This niche Category average

Is Plastic Rake profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Plastic Rake is a £30K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (36K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

Plastic Rake: 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 +24.3% over the last 90 days and 7.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£30K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr+24.3%36K
Conversion rate7.1%
Avg price£11.59

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand, so 27% of the market is open.

27%

open market share

Brands · sellers18 · 39
Top-5 product click share59%
Open market27%
Avg brand age38 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.1★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 24 products

Sponsored placement96%
New entrants (1y)9· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.1★
Avg reviews416

Top Plastic Rake 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

The top 5 products take 59% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£1K£3K£4K£6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 flat

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

23%

  • OLLIDOT35%
  • Easy Shopping16%
  • Barcetine12%
  • Colwelt6%
  • ORIENTOOLS6%
  • fuuwuu4%

Plastic Rake demand & seasonality

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

Volume36KCVR7.1%Products24Brands18Top 5 Brands73%OOS Rate3.0%Rating4.1★Reviews416Avg BSR#148
1K750Spike '26Nov '25Dec '25Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26Jun '26

Top Plastic Rake search terms shoppers use

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

  • plastic rake16K/yr
  • plastic garden rake8K/yr
  • plastic rakes for gardening5K/yr
  • plastic leaf rake6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Rake

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

What buyers love

74% of reviews
Value For Money12%

Well worth the price

Quality-Overall12%

The build quality seems decent overall

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%

As described

Strength8%

Very sturdy

Ease Of Use8%

Easy to store

What buyers complain about

66% of reviews
Quality-Overall16%

Shoddy build quality

Strength15%

Bit flimsy

Durability13%

it fell apart

Size-Overall8%

It stores down very small

Value For Money3%

It cost me £10

Plastic Rake return rate & reasons

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

0.3%

Return rate

12%

Fixable by listing

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

1Strength
17%
2Defective Material/Parts
15%
3Durability
13%
4Size-Overall
10%
5Quality-Overall
9%

Common Plastic Rake questions

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

Flapen scores Plastic Rake 55/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £30K/yr across 24 tracked products. 1 of 9 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +24.3% over the last 90 days.
Plastic Rake buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Quality-Overall, Strength, Durability, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.3%.