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1 Oz Cups

1 Oz Cups shows low returns (0.7%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

58
Worth a look

Top 16% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +9 vs the category median of 49

Market size 39Growth 38Conversion 86Competition 60Returns 96Price range 76Avg price 78Brand share 68Review moat 45Quality gap 20
This niche Category average · 14,768 niches

Is 1 Oz Cups profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, 1 Oz Cups is a $201K/yr Amazon United States market (126K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 64% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 58/100.

1 Oz Cups: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +10.3% over the last 90 days and 9.7% of searches end in a purchase.

$201K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr+10.3%126K
Conversion rate9.7%
Avg price$16.35

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 64% of demand, so 36% of the market is open.

36%

open market share

Brands · sellers25 · 47
Top-5 product click share49%
Open market36%
Avg brand age52 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 39 products

Sponsored placement85%
New entrants (1y)6· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews1,974

Top 1 Oz Cups products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$6K$12K$18K$24K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

25 rising

Sellers

47

Top-5 brand share

64%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

31%

  • Lilymicky19%
  • ReliMedPro19%
  • VersaPro10%
  • Zcaukya8%
  • JOLLY CHEF8%
  • Amazon Basics4%

1 Oz Cups demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume126KCVR9.7%Products39Brands25Top 5 Brands64%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.7★Reviews1,974Avg BSR#188
4K3KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top 1 Oz Cups search terms shoppers use

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

  • 1 oz cups38K/yr
  • 1oz cups24K/yr
  • 1 oz plastic cups9K/yr
  • 1 ounce cups7K/yr
  • small plastic cups 1 oz7K/yr
  • 1oz plastic cups6K/yr
  • 1 oz4K/yr
  • 1 oz cup5K/yr
  • 1 oz sample cups3K/yr
  • sample cups 1 oz4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 1 Oz Cups

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Advertised Vs Actual Product19%

exactly as pictured

Size-Overall17%

Perfect size

Quality-Overall16%

Amazing Quality

Value For Money10%

Best price

Ease Of Use9%

Comes in handy

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Size-Overall26%

Won't fit

Dispensing Mechanism9%

Do not fit in standard dispense

Ease Of Use9%

Difficult to read

Measurement/Reading Accuracy7%

They're frosted and can't read the calibrations on the cup

Strength7%

Very brittle and easily broken

1 Oz Cups return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.7%

Return rate

88%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
81%
2Advertised Vs Actual Product
6%
3Value For Money
4%
4Quality-Overall
1%
5Material Quality
1%

Common 1 Oz Cups questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores 1 Oz Cups 58/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $201K/yr across 39 tracked products. 4 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +10.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for 1 Oz Cups on Amazon United States is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.