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Short Straws

Maybe

An estimated 0.6% of orders come back. But shoppers spend an estimated $75K a year here, so Short Straws is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 21% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +7 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$75K/yr99K searches / yr
90-day growth
+33.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

Short Straws against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Short Straws market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Short Straws 99K times last year and spent an estimated $75K. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 99K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +33.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $75K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
99K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+33.4%
Conversion, latest week
8.0%
Market size, estimated
$75Ka year
Peak month
September1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
short straws46K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.54.

Listings sell for $9.54 on average, from $1.88 to $19.49. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $9.54 that is $954 to $2K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.54under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$1.88–$19.49
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$954–$2K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #204 within Disposable Drinkware. It carries 1,141 reviews at 4.68 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.2%
Average rank
#204in Disposable Drinkware
Average rating
4.68 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,141per listing
Listings tracked
43

04 · Newcomers

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

7 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 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Short Straws 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 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 80%

Open market

37%

  • Brand 116%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Short Straws search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Short Straws search terms shoppers use

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

  • short straws46K/yr
  • short straws for cocktails9K/yr
  • short cocktail straws8K/yr
  • short plastic straws8K/yr
  • 6 inch straws6K/yr
  • 5 inch straws7K/yr
  • short straw7K/yr
  • straws short4K/yr
  • short straws disposable3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Short Straws

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
30%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.6%of orders come back
“These are really short”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”30% 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 Short Straws questions

Answered from the same tracked data.