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Individually Wrapped Paper Towels

Maybe

An estimated 0.1% of orders come back. But the average product has 50,749 reviews to catch up to, so Individually Wrapped Paper Towels is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 28% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$96K/yr18K searches / yr
90-day growth
+3.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 173 sellers

Flapen Score

Individually Wrapped Paper Towels against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Individually Wrapped Paper Towels is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Individually Wrapped Paper Towels market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Individually Wrapped Paper Towels 18K times last year and spent an estimated $96K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 15.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 18K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 15.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +3.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $96K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
18K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+3.9%
Conversion, latest week
15.5%
Market size, estimated
$96Ka year
Peak month
August1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
bulk paper towels5K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $34.98.

Listings sell for $34.98 on average, from $7.43 to $71.40. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $34.98 that is $3K to $9K a year per listing.

Average price
$34.98inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.43–$71.40
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$9K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 86% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #50 within Paper Towels. It carries 50,749 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
86%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#50in Paper Towels
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
50,749per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

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

4 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 72 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Individually Wrapped Paper Towels 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 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

173

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

15%

  • Brand 121%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 316%
  • Brand 412%
  • Brand 512%
  • Brand 68%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 15%)

Demand

Individually Wrapped Paper Towels search demand

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

800600Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Individually Wrapped Paper Towels search terms shoppers use

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

  • bulk paper towels5K/yr
  • bulk paper towels 24 pack3K/yr
  • paper towels 30 rolls4K/yr
  • paper towel case3K/yr
  • pom paper towels2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Individually Wrapped Paper Towels

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

26%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
23%of negative reviews mention “Thickness”
0.1%of orders come back
“just not as thick as they advertise”
A buyer, on “Thickness”23% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Individually Wrapped Paper Towels questions

Answered from the same tracked data.