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Plates

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But demand is soft, at -20.3% this quarter, so Plates is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 29% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +5 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£518K/yr1.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
41%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 39 sellers

Flapen Score

Plates against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plates market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plates 1.4M times last year and spent an estimated £518K. The top 5 brands take 63% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £518K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.3%
Conversion, latest week
2.3%
Market size, estimated
£518Ka year
Peak month
December2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
plates412K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £16.24.

Listings sell for £16.24 on average, from £1.86 to £29.08. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £16.24 that is £8K to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£16.24inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.86–£29.08
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£8K–£12K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

87% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 83% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #46 within Dinnerware Sets. It carries 2,416 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
87%
Prime listings
83%
Out of stock, average day
13.9%
Average rank
#46in Dinnerware Sets
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,416per listing
Listings tracked
46

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 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 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Plates 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 41% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£21K£41K£62K£83K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

63%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

41%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

34%

  • Amazon Basics25%
  • Argon Tableware20%
  • vancasso8%
  • Vital Baby6%
  • simpa3%
  • MALACASA3%

Demand

Plates search demand

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

60K40KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Plates search terms shoppers use

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

  • plates412K/yr
  • dinner plates329K/yr
  • side plates92K/yr
  • plate101K/yr
  • dinner plates set of 679K/yr
  • dinner plates set of 450K/yr
  • small plates33K/yr
  • small dinner plates32K/yr
  • dessert plates33K/yr
  • white plates33K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plates

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

Complain

Size-Overall35%−0.19

Small plates

Bigger than a saucer

So small

Quality-Overall12%−0.01

Not up to desired quality

Bad quality

Poor quality, plates uneven, no glaze in places and one bowl smashed and one plate chipped on delivery

Weight Heavy7%−0.05

Much heavier than I expected

Slightly heavier than a normal plate

heavy

Value For Money7%+1.46

however a little expensive

Get these, dont go for the ones slightly cheaper, its not worth it

Look more expensive than they are

Thickness4%−0.01

thickish - a little overpriced

Too thin and lightweight need to use 2 just for a couple of sandwiches so false economy

They're also quite thick and heavy, though this is going to be a positive or negative depending on your own viewpoint

Love

Quality-Overall24%−0.01

Beautiful quality

Great plates good quality

Good quality plates

Value For Money15%+1.46

Good deal

Good value for money

worth the money

Size-Overall15%−0.19

Good size

true to size

the size was as I expected

Color10%+0.66

Beautiful colours

Love the colours

Vibrant colours

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%+0.15

As expected, good purchase

As Described

Just what I needed

Return

0.8% Return rate 79% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall70%██▇█▇▇

Small plates

Bigger than a saucer

So small

Quality-Overall6%█▇█▄▄█

Not up to desired quality

Bad quality

Poor quality, plates uneven, no glaze in places and one bowl smashed and one plate chipped on delivery

Material Quality5%▂▄▆▃█▆
Weight Heavy3%▄▄▂▄█▂

Much heavier than I expected

Slightly heavier than a normal plate

heavy

Defective Material/Parts2%▄▁▅█▅▄

FAQ

Common Plates questions

Answered from the same tracked data.