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Small Plastic Containers with Lids

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.9% of orders. But prices span $1.46–$13.92, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Small Plastic Containers with Lids 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
£139K/yr433K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 37 brands · 128 sellers

Flapen Score

Small Plastic Containers with Lids against its category

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

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

Market

The Small Plastic Containers with Lids market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Small Plastic Containers with Lids 433K times last year and spent an estimated £139K. The top 5 brands take 53% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 433K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £139K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
433K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.4%
Conversion, latest week
5.5%
Market size, estimated
£139Ka year
Peak month
October1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
small food containers with lids66K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.88.

Listings sell for £5.88 on average, from £1.46 to £13.92. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £5.88 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.88under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.46–£13.92
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #200 within Food Storage. It carries 2,510 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
1.7%
Average rank
#200in Food Storage
Average rating
4.40 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,510per listing
Listings tracked
51

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 30 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
30 months

Products

Top Small Plastic Containers 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 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£4K£8K£13K£17K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

37 falling

Sellers

128

Top-5 brand share

53%

Top 20: 88%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 76%

Open market

43%

  • Sistema20%
  • Concept4u12%
  • Sunpet7%
  • SmartStore7%
  • SOL7%
  • AVLASH4%

Demand

Small Plastic Containers with Lids search demand

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

15K10KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Small Plastic Containers with Lids search terms shoppers use

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

  • small food containers with lids66K/yr
  • small containers with lids57K/yr
  • small pots with lids40K/yr
  • small plastic pots19K/yr
  • small food containers28K/yr
  • small containers25K/yr
  • small pots22K/yr
  • small tupperware24K/yr
  • small tubs with lids21K/yr
  • small storage containers25K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Small Plastic Containers with Lids

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

Complain

Size-Overall43%−0.18

Small jars

Small container

Small size

Quality-Overall14%−0.07

Low quality, breaks easily

the plastic clearly isnt good quality

Bad quality

Leak-Proof5%

Not leak proof

They leak

some have leaked in bags

Strength5%−0.02

Very flimsy

Material is very flimsy

Flimsy

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.17

So a bit misleading

Not as advertised

Not what it says in the description

Love

Size-Overall21%−0.18

Very convenient size

Good, useful size

Lids fit well

Quality-Overall16%−0.07

Excellent quality, i love these wee tubs, perfect for what I need

Good quality little pots

Excellent product

Ease Of Use10%+1.17

very easy to use

So handy

Easy to open and close

Value For Money10%+1.34

Fantastic price

Good value for money

great value for money

Storage Capacity7%+1.53

Great storage

They definitely save space

Great storage tubs

Return

0.9% Return rate 91% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall86%▇█████

Small jars

Small container

Small size

Quality-Overall3%█▃▅▄▆▃

Low quality, breaks easily

the plastic clearly isnt good quality

Bad quality

Strength2%▆█▅▂▄▄

Very flimsy

Material is very flimsy

Flimsy

Advertised Vs Actual Product1%▆▄▄█▅▅

So a bit misleading

Not as advertised

Not what it says in the description

Leak-Proof1%▆█▂▅▄█

Not leak proof

They leak

some have leaked in bags

FAQ

Common Small Plastic Containers with Lids questions

Answered from the same tracked data.