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title: "Trend — styrofoam - Flapen"
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  description: "Niche score 35/100 · £51K/yr market · 169K searches/yr · £9.24 avg price. Doesn't clear our bar today. Data updated Jul 2026."
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  "og:title": "Trend — styrofoam - Flapen"
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# **styrofoam**

**Skip it**

Prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($4.21–$15.46) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 13Growth 17Conversion 41Competition 23Returns 95Price range 4Avg price 27Brand share 31Review moat 91Quality gap 45

**Returns**

**Great****1.0%**

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

**Review moat**

**Great****187.93**

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

**Quality gap**

**Okay****4.5★**

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

**Conversion**

**Okay****3.3%**

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

**Brand share**

**Okay****87%**

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

**Avg price**

**Okay****£9.24**

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

**Competition**

**Bad****72%**

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

**Growth**

**Bad****-16.1%**

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

**Market size**

**Bad****£51K**

£51K/yr · 169K searches

**Price range**

**Bad****£4.21–£15.46**

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100