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Black Paper Plates

Maybe

Buyers convert on 8.9% of searches. But the products selling today already average 4.5★, so Black Paper Plates is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 13% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +10 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$214K/yr157K searches / yr
90-day growth
+22.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 30 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Paper Plates against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Black Paper Plates is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Paper Plates market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Black Paper Plates 157K times last year and spent an estimated $214K. The top 5 brands take 58% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Oct. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 157K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +22.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $214K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
157K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+22.0%
Conversion, latest week
8.9%
Market size, estimated
$214Ka year
Peak month
October2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
black paper plates130K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $15.26.

Listings sell for $15.26 on average, from $5.89 to $34.57. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $15.26 that is $4K to $8K a year per listing.

Average price
$15.26inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.89–$34.57
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$8K
Returns
2.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #440 within Disposable Plates, Bowls & Cutlery. It carries 885 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#440in Disposable Plates, Bowls & Cutlery
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
885per listing
Listings tracked
35

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Black Paper Plates products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

22 rising

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

58%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

37%

  • Brand 118%
  • Brand 212%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Black Paper Plates search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Black Paper Plates search terms shoppers use

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

  • black paper plates130K/yr
  • black paper plates disposable for party13K/yr
  • paper plates black8K/yr
  • black paper plates 10 inch5K/yr
  • black paper dinner plates2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Paper Plates

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

16%of positive reviews mention “Strength”
29%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
2.3%of orders come back
“Poor quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”29% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Paper Plates questions

Answered from the same tracked data.