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Paper Plates and Cups

Maybe

An estimated 0.3% of orders come back. But shoppers spend an estimated $84K a year here, so Paper Plates and Cups is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
61
61 / 100
Top 9% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +12 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$84K/yr91K searches / yr
90-day growth
+19.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
24%top-5 click share · 53 brands · 158 sellers

Flapen Score

Paper Plates and Cups against its category

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

61Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Paper Plates and Cups market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Paper Plates and Cups 91K times last year and spent an estimated $84K. The top 5 brands take 42% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 91K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +19.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $84K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
91K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+19.3%
Conversion, latest week
3.9%
Market size, estimated
$84Ka year
Peak month
November1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
paper plates set16K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $23.57.

Listings sell for $23.57 on average, from $4.18 to $59.95. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $23.57 that is $0 to $2K a year per listing.

Average price
$23.57inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.18–$59.95
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$2K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

98% 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 #602 within Disposable Plates, Bowls & Cutlery. It carries 6,054 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
98%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#602in Disposable Plates, Bowls & Cutlery
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,054per listing
Listings tracked
93

04 · Newcomers

11 of last year's 20 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

20 products launched here in the last 12 months. 11 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 25 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
20
Successful launches
11Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
25 months

Products

Top Paper Plates and Cups 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 24% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

53 rising

Sellers

158

Top-5 brand share

42%

Top 20: 82%

Top-5 click share

24%

Top 20: 57%

Open market

53%

  • Brand 111%
  • Brand 29%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Paper Plates and Cups search demand

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

4K3KBlack Friday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Paper Plates and Cups search terms shoppers use

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

  • paper plates set16K/yr
  • paper plate set17K/yr
  • paper plates and cups14K/yr
  • paper plates and napkins sets10K/yr
  • paper plate sets9K/yr
  • plates and utensils set10K/yr
  • paper plates cups and utensils set6K/yr
  • party sets5K/yr
  • plates cups and napkins for a party4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Paper Plates and Cups

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
17%of negative reviews mention “Strength”
0.3%of orders come back
“Cheap and Flimsy”
A buyer, on “Strength”17% 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.

13 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Paper Plates and Cups questions

Answered from the same tracked data.