plastic mailbox
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 97% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Avg price
Great$64.37avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Competition
Good48%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Returns
Good2.8%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Review moat
Okay1,523.93avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Market size
Okay$264K$264K/yr · 140K searches
Price range
Okay$15.60–$198.19cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Conversion
Okay2.9%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Quality gap
Okay4.5★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Okay+0.4%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Brand share
Bad97%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, plastic mailbox is a $264K/yr Amazon United States market (140K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.
Data updated Jul 27, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
plastic mailbox market data
- Units sold / yr
- 3K–4K
- avg 100–250/product
- Revenue / yr
- $193K–$257K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 2.9%
- Avg BSR
- #50
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 79%
- Sponsored
- 64%
- Out of stock
- 0.9%
- Avg brand age
- 52 months
- Avg seller age
- 151 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
6 falling
Sellers
64
Top-5 brand share
97%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
48%
Top 20: 89%
Open market
0%
- ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES44%
- Step241%
- Postal Pro5%
- Gibraltar Mailboxes4%
- Solar Guard3%
- Simplay33%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +0.4% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×
Top plastic mailbox search terms
- plastic mailbox53K/yr
- plastic mailboxes for outside20K/yr
- step 2 mailbox18K/yr
- rubbermaid mailbox11K/yr
- mailbox plastic9K/yr
- plastic mailboxes7K/yr
- step2 mailbox7K/yr
- plastic mail box7K/yr
- rubbermaid mailboxes5K/yr
- rubbermaid mailboxes for outside4K/yr
Top plastic mailbox products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Architectural Mailboxes Parsons Post Mount Mailbox Black Medium
ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES$15.604.6★4,274 rev
Step2 MailMaster Plus Mailbox & Post Weather Resistant Large Outdoor Mailboxes Made of Durable Plastic Easy to Install Flag Included Black
Step2$86.324.7★4,736 rev
Step2 MailMaster Express Mailbox & Post Weather Resistant Large Outdoor Mailboxes Made of Durable Plastic Easy to Install Flag Included Mocha
Step2$67.164.7★1,432 rev
Step2 Mailmaster Streamline Mailbox & Post Weather Resistant Large Outdoor Mailboxes Made of Durable Plastic Easy to Install Flag Included Mocha
Step2$69.614.7★464 rev
Architectural Mailboxes Classic Plastic Mailbox and Post Kit GCL100MAM Mocha
ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES$68.244.6★819 rev
Newest
by launch date
Postal Pro The Ambrose Mailbox Durable Plastic Easy to Install Flag Included Black
Postal Pro$37.2611 rev
Postal Pro The Hampton Mailbox Durable Plastic Easy to Install Flag Included Black
Postal Pro$34.8922 rev
Architectural Mailboxes BILT CRE8 Post Mount Mailbox Black Extra Large
ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES$71.22157 rev
Architectural Mailboxes Windsor Plastic Wall Mount Mailbox Black Small
ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES$20.96550 rev
Architectural Mailboxes Gentry Plastic Dual Access Mailbox and Post Kit GGC1B00AM Black Large Capacity
ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES$80.09527 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
Architectural Mailboxes Windsor Plastic Wall Mount Mailbox White Small
ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES$18.764.0★
Architectural Mailboxes Parsons Plastic Post Mount Mailbox Compatibility Code A PL10W0AM White Medium Capacity 1 Count (Pack of 1)
ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES$17.734.6★
Architectural Mailboxes Gentry Mailbox with Post Mocha Large
ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES$77.934.4★
Postal Pro The Ambrose Mailbox Durable Plastic Easy to Install Flag Included Black
Postal Pro$37.264.5★
Gibraltar Deluxe Polybox Plastic Post Mounted Black Mailbox 9-9/16 in. H x 7-7/8 in. W x 19-3/8 in. L
Solar Guard$27.004.3★
What buyers say about plastic mailbox
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Easy installation”
“Great fit”
“Looks and performs great”
“Very strong mailbox”
“Great value”
“Just what I wanted”
“didnt break”
“Well built”
“Easy to use”
“instructions are clear”
What buyers complain about
“Very large”
“UNFORTUNATELY there was yet another failure in quality control”
“Not easy to install”
“Flimsy”
“can't really address the question of durability”
“Cheap plastic material mailbox”
“NOT as described”
“It wouldnt close and open correctly”
“Instructions were a little hard to understand”
“Very cheaply made”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is plastic mailbox profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $264K/yr across 28 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +0.4%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (43/100).
- How competitive is the plastic mailbox niche?
- 6 brands and 64 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 48% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 97% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in plastic mailbox?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Size-Overall, Quality-Overall, Assembly/Installation. The return rate is 2.8%.
- When does demand for plastic mailbox peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the plastic mailbox niche?
- Listings span $15.60–$198.19; the average listing price is $64.37 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,524 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.