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Plastic Tubs with Lids

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.7% of orders. But demand is soft, at -25.0% this quarter, so Plastic Tubs with Lids is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 40% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +2 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£66K/yr156K searches / yr
90-day growth
-25.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
24%top-5 click share · 41 brands · 150 sellers

Flapen Score

Plastic Tubs with Lids against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plastic Tubs with Lids market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plastic Tubs with Lids 156K times last year and spent an estimated £66K. The top 5 brands take 60% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 156K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -25.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £66K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
156K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-25.0%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
£66Ka year
Peak month
January1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
plastic tubs with lids38K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.55.

Listings sell for £9.55 on average, from £2.20 to £36.82. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £9.55 that is £0 to £955 a year per listing.

Average price
£9.55under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.20–£36.82
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£955
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #102 within Food Storage. It carries 3,028 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
6.2%
Average rank
#102in Food Storage
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,028per listing
Listings tracked
80

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 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 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Plastic Tubs with Lids 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 24% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£1K£3K£4K£5K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

41 flat

Sellers

150

Top-5 brand share

60%

Top 20: 91%

Top-5 click share

24%

Top 20: 65%

Open market

36%

  • Sistema26%
  • We Can Source It Ltd12%
  • Zuvo12%
  • Décor5%
  • Checkmart5%
  • SmartStore5%

Demand

Plastic Tubs with Lids search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Plastic Tubs with Lids search terms shoppers use

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

  • plastic tubs with lids38K/yr
  • tubs with lids22K/yr
  • microwave containers28K/yr
  • microwave food containers21K/yr
  • plastic tubs with lids for food11K/yr
  • microwave containers with lids15K/yr
  • freezer tubs10K/yr
  • food tub4K/yr
  • microwavable containers3K/yr
  • microwavable containers with lids4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Tubs with Lids

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

Complain

Quality-Overall19%−0.04

Poor quality control

Average Quality

Not as good quality as I expected

Strength14%−0.14

Material is very flimsy

They are flimsy

Not robust

Size-Overall12%−0.01

They dont fit

Too small

are somewhat larger

Durability8%−0.09

Break easily

Broke after one use

Break very easily

Ease Of Use6%+0.22

hard to clip on and off

Difficult to close

Hard to open

Love

Quality-Overall22%−0.04

Good quality bowls

Brilliant quality

Great quality containers

Size-Overall13%−0.01

Perfect lid fit

Lovely one portion size

Good fit

Value For Money12%+1.58

very affordable

Excellent value

Good value for money

Ease Of Use7%+0.22

Ease of use

easy to open

Easy of handling

Storage Capacity7%+1.03

easy to store

Really great storage for all sorts

Good storage

Return

0.7% Return rate 72% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall63%█▇████

They dont fit

Too small

are somewhat larger

Defective Material/Parts7%▅▆█▅▇▇
Quality-Overall5%▆▆█▇▇▅

Poor quality control

Average Quality

Not as good quality as I expected

Strength3%▆█▅█▇▅

Material is very flimsy

They are flimsy

Not robust

Ease Of Use3%▇█▆▅▄▆

hard to clip on and off

Difficult to close

Hard to open

FAQ

Common Plastic Tubs with Lids questions

Answered from the same tracked data.