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Plastic Cups with Lids

Pass

Plastic Cups with Lids scores 72 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $5.5M a year here, search demand grew +17.4% this quarter, and an estimated 0.9% 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
$5.5M/yr5.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
+17.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 40 brands · 53 sellers

Flapen Score

Plastic Cups with Lids against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Plastic Cups with Lids is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Plastic Cups with Lids market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Plastic Cups with Lids 5.7M times last year and spent an estimated $5.5M. The top 5 brands take 47% of clicks. Flapen scores it 72 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 5.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +17.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $5.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
5.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+17.4%
Conversion, latest week
5.2%
Market size, estimated
$5.5Ma year
Peak month
August1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
iced coffee cups with lids1.4M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $18.33.

Listings sell for $18.33 on average, from $9.08 to $28.89. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At $18.33 that is $92K to $110K a year per listing.

Average price
$18.33inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.08–$28.89
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
$92K–$110K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #170 within Disposable Drinkware. It carries 1,689 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.2%
Average rank
#170in Disposable Drinkware
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,689per listing
Listings tracked
64

04 · Newcomers

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

20 products launched here in the last 12 months. 20 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Plastic Cups with Lids 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 30% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

40 rising

Sellers

53

Top-5 brand share

47%

Top 20: 86%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 67%

Open market

48%

  • Brand 114%
  • Brand 210%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Plastic Cups with Lids search demand

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

225K175KPrime Day '24Spike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Plastic Cups with Lids search terms shoppers use

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

  • iced coffee cups with lids1.4M/yr
  • plastic cups with lids and straws647K/yr
  • cups with lids and straws522K/yr
  • ice coffee cups with lids448K/yr
  • plastic coffee cups with lids443K/yr
  • iced coffee cups327K/yr
  • 16 oz plastic cups with lids239K/yr
  • ice coffee cups290K/yr
  • clear cups with lids and straws128K/yr
  • disposable cups with lids and straws123K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Cups with Lids

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
16%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.9%of orders come back
“Not true to size”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”16% 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 Plastic Cups with Lids questions

Answered from the same tracked data.