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16 Oz Clear Plastic Cups

16 Oz Clear Plastic Cups shows low returns (0.6%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

57
Worth a look

Top 18% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +8 vs the category median of 49

Market size 50Growth 65Conversion 93Competition 18Returns 97Price range 81Avg price 95Brand share 45Review moat 49Quality gap 21
This niche Category average · 14,768 niches

Is 16 Oz Clear Plastic Cups profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, 16 Oz Clear Plastic Cups is a $277K/yr Amazon United States market (101K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand. Demand peaks in May. Verdict: Worth a look — 57/100.

16 Oz Clear Plastic 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 +43.6% over the last 90 days and 11.6% of searches end in a purchase.

$277K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr+43.6%101K
Conversion rate11.6%
Avg price$23.81

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand, so 22% of the market is open.

22%

open market share

Brands · sellers12 · 88
Top-5 product click share78%
Open market22%
Avg brand age36 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 · 12 products

Sponsored placement83%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews1,596

Top 16 Oz Clear Plastic 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 capture 78% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$42K$83K$125K$166K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

88

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

17%

  • Amazon Basics42%
  • TashiBox18%
  • Freshware7%
  • EconoHome6%
  • Lilymicky5%
  • Karat5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 17%)

16 Oz Clear Plastic Cups demand & seasonality

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

Volume101KCVR11.6%Products12Brands12Top 5 Brands78%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.7★Reviews1,596Avg BSR#204
3K2KSpike '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Top 16 Oz Clear Plastic Cups search terms shoppers use

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

  • 16 oz clear plastic cups24K/yr
  • clear plastic cups 16oz15K/yr
  • clear cups 16 oz12K/yr
  • 16oz clear plastic cups11K/yr
  • clear 16 oz plastic cups9K/yr
  • 16 oz clear cups8K/yr
  • clear plastic cups 16 oz7K/yr
  • 16oz clear cups4K/yr
  • clear 16 oz cups3K/yr
  • 16 oz cold cups3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 16 Oz Clear Plastic Cups

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Quality-Overall26%

The cups were good quality

Strength17%

not too flimsy

Value For Money15%

They are worth the money

Ease Of Use9%

Convenient

Durability7%

They hold up well

What buyers complain about

69% of reviews
Strength17%

Too flimsy

Adhesion/Stickiness8%

Cups stick to each other

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

Cheap because are not at all close to the 16z as it advertises

Thickness8%

They werent the thickest cups we have ever had

Quality-Overall6%

Kinda cheap

16 Oz Clear Plastic Cups return rate & reasons

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

0.6%

Return rate

64%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
49%
2Value For Money
12%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
9%
4Material Quality
6%
5Thin
5%

Common 16 Oz Clear Plastic Cups questions

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

Flapen scores 16 Oz Clear Plastic Cups 57/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $277K/yr across 12 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +43.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for 16 Oz Clear Plastic Cups on Amazon United States peaks in May, where the busiest month runs 2.1× the quietest.