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Plastic Spoons

Plastic Spoons shows low returns (0.5%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.84–$9.84) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look
Market size 36Growth 23Conversion 95Competition 39Returns 97Price range 0Avg price 14Brand share 72Review moat 84Quality gap 43
This niche Category average

Is Plastic Spoons profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Plastic Spoons is a £178K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (277K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 62% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Plastic Spoons: 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 -3.4% over the last 90 days and 12.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£178K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-3.4%277K
Conversion rate12.7%
Avg price£5.09

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 62% of demand, so 38% of the market is open.

38%

open market share

Brands · sellers17 · 33
Top-5 product click share62%
Open market38%
Avg brand age31 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 17 products

Sponsored placement65%
New entrants (1y)3· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews311

Top Plastic Spoons 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 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£18K£36K£53K£71K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

33%

  • BLISSMART24%
  • G4GADGET12%
  • Shefa9%
  • Best House Another Fine Product9%
  • Caterpack Enviro Range8%
  • ORCHIDS5%

Plastic Spoons demand & seasonality

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

Volume277KCVR12.7%Products17Brands17Top 5 Brands62%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews311Avg BSR#11
6K4KSpike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Plastic Spoons search terms shoppers use

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

  • plastic spoons108K/yr
  • disposable spoons58K/yr
  • plastic teaspoons20K/yr
  • plastic spoons disposable 10022K/yr
  • plastic spoon18K/yr
  • spoons disposable 1006K/yr
  • disposable spoon6K/yr
  • small plastic spoons6K/yr
  • plastic spoons disposable6K/yr
  • plastic dessert spoons5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Spoons

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

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Quality-Overall27%

They are really good quality spoons, strong & sturdy

Strength16%

Very strong

Value For Money14%

Excellent value for money

Eco Friendliness8%

Bonus that they are biodegradable

Size-Overall5%

Great size

What buyers complain about

85% of reviews
Size-Overall18%

Size close to useless

Flatness9%

go completely flat if in hot water when stirring hot drinks

Charging9%

Company charging nearly as much as they cost to return

Durability9%

They do break easily

Recycle/Reuse9%

Not recommended as a reusable plastic spoon

Plastic Spoons return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

69%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
64%
2Quality-Overall
12%
3Value For Money
8%
4Strength
4%
5Material Quality
2%

Common Plastic Spoons questions

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

Flapen scores Plastic Spoons 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £178K/yr across 17 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -3.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Plastic Spoons on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.