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Plastic Rake

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But shoppers spend only $30K a year here, so Plastic Rake is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 33% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +4 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£30K/yr36K searches / yr
90-day growth
+24.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 39 sellers

Flapen Score

Plastic Rake against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plastic Rake market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plastic Rake 36K times last year and spent an estimated £30K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 36K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +24.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £30K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
36K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+24.3%
Conversion, latest week
7.1%
Market size, estimated
£30Ka year
Top search term
plastic rake16K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.59.

Listings sell for £11.59 on average, from £5.88 to £20.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £11.59 that is £0 to £1K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.59under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.88–£20.21
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£1K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 58% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #148 within Garden Tools & Watering Equipment. It carries 416 reviews at 4.08 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
96%
Prime listings
58%
Out of stock, average day
3.0%
Average rank
#148in Garden Tools & Watering Equipment
Average rating
4.08 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
416per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 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 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Plastic Rake 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past 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%

Demand

Plastic Rake search demand

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

1K750Spike '26NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.0× · 9 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Plastic Rake search terms shoppers use

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

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

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Rake

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

Complain

Quality-Overall16%−0.11

Shoddy build quality

Bad quality

Cheap rubbish

Strength15%−0.12

Bit flimsy

Very flimsy

This garden rake isn't the most robust

Durability13%−0.17

it fell apart

Broke after a few hours

Broke after two uses

Size-Overall8%−0.09

It stores down very small

However it is a little bit smaller than I was expecting

is simply too short

Value For Money3%+0.34

It cost me £10

It is however a bit on the expensive side at time of my review. £24.99

I think its overpriced and not useful

Love

Value For Money12%+0.34

Well worth the price

Good price

Excellent value

Quality-Overall12%−0.11

The build quality seems decent overall

Excellent product

overall its been a pretty solid addition to my gardening tools

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.20

As described

As advertised

Just what i needed

Strength8%−0.12

Very sturdy

Very happy with rake very sturdy

Sturdy rake

Ease Of Use8%+0.27

Easy to store

Easy to carry

Easy to use

Return

0.3% Return rate 12% Fixable by listing

Strength17%▄█▇▇▆█

Bit flimsy

Very flimsy

This garden rake isn't the most robust

Defective Material/Parts15%██▆▆▆▇

Parts missing

Couple of prongs damaged

Durability13%█▄▅▅▆▄

it fell apart

Broke after a few hours

Broke after two uses

Size-Overall10%▄▄▆▃▄█

It stores down very small

However it is a little bit smaller than I was expecting

is simply too short

Quality-Overall9%▅▅▄▄█▃

Shoddy build quality

Bad quality

Cheap rubbish

FAQ

Common Plastic Rake questions

Answered from the same tracked data.