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Plastic Straws

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But prices span $2.08–$13.01, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plastic Straws is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 12% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +12 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£331K/yr711K searches / yr
90-day growth
+25.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
45%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Plastic Straws against its category

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

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plastic Straws market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plastic Straws 711K times last year and spent an estimated £331K. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 711K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +25.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £331K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
711K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+25.8%
Conversion, latest week
8.5%
Market size, estimated
£331Ka year
Peak month
August1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
plastic straws466K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.47.

Listings sell for £5.47 on average, from £2.08 to £13.01. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At £5.47 that is £7K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.47under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.08–£13.01
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
£7K–£8K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #90 within Barware. It carries 257 reviews at 4.29 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.1%
Average rank
#90in Barware
Average rating
4.29 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
257per listing
Listings tracked
29

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 25 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Plastic Straws 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 45% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£33K£66K£99K£132K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

29%

  • Sylva35%
  • Greenland12%
  • AUAUY8%
  • Xyedyaup6%
  • Coreint5%
  • upkpvid5%

Demand

Plastic Straws search demand

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

35K25KHoliday '24Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Plastic Straws search terms shoppers use

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

  • plastic straws466K/yr
  • plastic straws disposable66K/yr
  • straws plastic45K/yr
  • plastic straw25K/yr
  • plastic drinking straws16K/yr
  • drinking straws plastic13K/yr
  • disposable plastic straws10K/yr
  • plastic bendy straw7K/yr
  • plastic straws bendy10K/yr
  • thick plastic straws5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Straws

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

Complain

Size-Overall17%−0.06

i just did not read the size properly

Too small

These are very narrow

Value For Money12%−0.05

Hugely over priced

expensive in comparison

Not worth the price

Thickness8%−0.08

These are very thin straws

The first thing I noticed was how thick

the material is quite thin although a reasonable thickness so the hole in the middle is about 6mm

Recycle/Reuse7%−0.03

Not reusable

obviously not going to be reusing them

Feels like the enclosed brush is only there to pretend they are reusable

Ease Of Cleaning7%+0.40

so I found it a bit odd that they came with a cleaning brush - it really doesn't work. especially where it bends

Each straw can be a little bit difficult to clean

though - how are you meant to clean them

Love

Quality-Overall17%+1.81

Good quality and easy to clean

Excellent product

The quality of straws is really good

Value For Money12%−0.05

GOOD VALUE

Good value for money

Good value for money

Recycle/Reuse9%−0.03

very useful and reusable is a great asset

Great and reusable

reusable straws

Durability8%+0.84

They are durable

Durable straws

feel durable enough to last a long time

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%−0.05

Just what I needed

Better than expected

As described

Return

0.3% Return rate 54% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall42%▆▇▆▇█▇

i just did not read the size properly

Too small

These are very narrow

Material Quality11%▅▄▃█▂▆

They are cloudy plastic

Not as good as plastic type

Feels like a plastic straw

Quality-Overall9%█▂▃▂▄▄
Thin8%▁█▅▁▂▃
Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▁▂▁█▂▃

The picture does not resemble reality

Storter then advertised. 20cm instead of 31cm

The description lies

FAQ

Common Plastic Straws questions

Answered from the same tracked data.