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Compostable Plates

Pass

Compostable Plates scores 72 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $1.3M a year here, search demand grew +35.0% this quarter, and an estimated 0.4% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
72
72 / 100
Top 1% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +23 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$1.3M/yr823K searches / yr
90-day growth
+35.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 42 brands · 585 sellers

Flapen Score

Compostable Plates against its category

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

72Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Compostable Plates market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Compostable Plates 823K times last year and spent an estimated $1.3M. The top 5 brands take 43% of clicks. Demand peaks in May. Flapen scores it 72 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 823K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +35.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
823K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+35.0%
Conversion, latest week
6.5%
Market size, estimated
$1.3Ma year
Peak month
May1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
compostable plates244K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $23.66.

Listings sell for $23.66 on average, from $3.88 to $53.98. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At $23.66 that is $30K to $35K a year per listing.

Average price
$23.66inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.88–$53.98
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
$30K–$35K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #258 within Disposable Plates, Bowls & Cutlery. It carries 2,738 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#258in Disposable Plates, Bowls & Cutlery
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,738per listing
Listings tracked
58

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 31 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top Compostable 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 only 34% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

42 rising

Sellers

585

Top-5 brand share

43%

Top 20: 80%

Top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 68%

Open market

53%

  • Brand 116%
  • Brand 29%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Compostable Plates search demand

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

20K15KBlack Friday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Compostable Plates search terms shoppers use

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

  • compostable plates244K/yr
  • party plates and cups and napkins sets211K/yr
  • party plates and napkins63K/yr
  • biodegradable plates52K/yr
  • paper plates and napkins38K/yr
  • compostable paper plates37K/yr
  • wedding paper plates31K/yr
  • paper party plates24K/yr
  • paper plates compostable18K/yr
  • biodegradable paper plates15K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Compostable Plates

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Strength”
14%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.4%of orders come back
“these plates are smaller than I usually order”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”14% 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.

14 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Compostable Plates questions

Answered from the same tracked data.