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Polystyrene Balls

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But prices span $2.79–$15.85, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Polystyrene Balls is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 44% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +1 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£92K/yr256K searches / yr
90-day growth
-18.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 43 sellers

Flapen Score

Polystyrene Balls against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Polystyrene Balls market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Polystyrene Balls 256K times last year and spent an estimated £92K. The top 5 brands take 54% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 256K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -18.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £92K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
256K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-18.8%
Conversion, latest week
4.3%
Market size, estimated
£92Ka year
Peak month
November3.8× the quietest month
Top search term
polystyrene balls162K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.28.

Listings sell for £8.28 on average, from £2.79 to £15.85. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £8.28 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.28under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.79–£15.85
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 77% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #5,102 within Art & Craft Supplies. It carries 1,943 reviews at 4.32 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
77%
Out of stock, average day
14.6%
Average rank
#5,102in Art & Craft Supplies
Average rating
4.32 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,943per listing
Listings tracked
43

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Polystyrene Balls 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 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£4K£7K£11K£15K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

29 rising

Sellers

43

Top-5 brand share

54%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 78%

Open market

39%

  • DIYASY14%
  • Craft Planet12%
  • Pllieay10%
  • Westminster9%
  • niCWhite8%
  • Smithers Oasis7%

Demand

Polystyrene Balls search demand

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

10K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.8×

Search terms

Top Polystyrene Balls search terms shoppers use

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

  • polystyrene balls162K/yr
  • styrofoam balls29K/yr
  • polystyrene ball9K/yr
  • foam balls for crafts9K/yr
  • large polystyrene balls9K/yr
  • 10cm polystyrene balls6K/yr
  • polystyrene balls large7K/yr
  • styrofoam ball4K/yr
  • craft balls4K/yr
  • 5cm polystyrene balls3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Polystyrene Balls

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

Complain

Size-Overall27%−0.21

Tiny bag

Bigger than I expected

Smaller than expected

Advertised Vs Actual Product16%+0.96

False advertising

Misleading description

absolutely misleading picture

Value For Money15%−0.07

Not worth the price

Very small amount for the price

Overpriced, disappointing

Quality-Overall7%+1.52

Poor quality

Quality lots more than I needed

quality is a bit poor

Smell4%−0.04

the smell on them when they were delivered was disgusting

Balls with a foul smell

It came with a red liquid all over the outside it smelled of a strong soap that was all over the outside packaging the delivery driver just dumped it informs of our door without ringing as we where home

Love

Advertised Vs Actual Product23%+0.96

As Described

Exactly what I wanted

Exactly as advertised

Quality-Overall22%+1.52

Good quality and arrived quickly

Good quality beans

Good quality

Value For Money12%−0.07

The amount is good

Great value

Good value

Color7%+0.74

Colourful

Lovely colours

🩷❤️🧡💛🩵💚love the colors as well

Ease Of Use6%+0.44

Easy to use

was easy to fill up

it also allows them to be posted through the letterbox easily

Return

0.4% Return rate 86% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall71%▇█▇▇█▇

Tiny bag

Bigger than I expected

Smaller than expected

Quality-Overall6%█▃▁▆▃▆

Poor quality

Quality lots more than I needed

quality is a bit poor

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▃▂█▂▄▃

False advertising

Misleading description

absolutely misleading picture

Color5%█▄▅▁▃▄
Value For Money2%▁█▁▅▄▅

Not worth the price

Very small amount for the price

Overpriced, disappointing

FAQ

Common Polystyrene Balls questions

Answered from the same tracked data.