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title: "Plastic Mailbox — $264K/yr Amazon US Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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description: "Niche score 43/100 · $264K/yr market · 140K searches/yr · $64.37 avg price. Doesn't clear our bar today. Data updated Jul 2026."
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# **plastic mailbox**
**Skip it**
Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 97% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 48Growth 25Conversion 37Competition 62Returns 55Price range 46Avg price 88Brand share 7Review moat 50Quality gap 35
**Avg price**
**Great****$64.37**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Competition**
**Good****48%**
top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
**Returns**
**Good****2.8%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Review moat**
**Okay****1,523.93**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Market size**
**Okay****$264K**
$264K/yr · 140K searches
**Price range**
**Okay****$15.60–$198.19**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Conversion**
**Okay****2.9%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Quality gap**
**Okay****4.5★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Growth**
**Okay****+0.4%**
90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
**Brand share**
**Bad****97%**
top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
**Signals**[** High Price**](https://flapen.com/research/niches?market=us&signal=high_price "Avg price > $50")
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 ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **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.
4K3KSpike '24Spike '26 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/us/tools-home-improvement/plastic-mailbox/trend)
## **Top plastic mailbox search terms**
- **plastic mailbox**53K/yr+6.5%2.5% conv. - **plastic mailboxes for outside**20K/yr+9.3%2.5% conv. - **step 2 mailbox**18K/yr+1.5%2.5% conv. - **rubbermaid mailbox**11K/yr-14.5%1.8% conv. - **mailbox plastic**9K/yr+14.0%2.8% conv. - **plastic mailboxes**7K/yr+16.4%1.1% conv. - **step2 mailbox**7K/yr+0.4%2.4% conv. - **plastic mail box**7K/yr-31.6%3.0% conv. - **rubbermaid mailboxes**5K/yr-18.7%0.4% conv. - **rubbermaid mailboxes for outside**4K/yr-32.8%2.2% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/us/tools-home-improvement/plastic-mailbox/search-terms)
## **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.
0%5%$13K10%$26K15%$40K20%$53K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**Architectural Mailboxes Parsons Post Mount Mailbox Black Medium**ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES**$15.60**4.6★4,274 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BP3KS4FS) [2**Step2 MailMaster Plus Mailbox & Post Weather Resistant Large Outdoor Mailboxes Made of Durable Plastic Easy to Install Flag Included Black**Step2**$86.32**4.7★4,736 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004W42K) [3**Step2 MailMaster Express Mailbox & Post Weather Resistant Large Outdoor Mailboxes Made of Durable Plastic Easy to Install Flag Included Mocha**Step2**$67.16**4.7★1,432 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076DKHSDK) [4**Step2 Mailmaster Streamline Mailbox & Post Weather Resistant Large Outdoor Mailboxes Made of Durable Plastic Easy to Install Flag Included Mocha**Step2**$69.61**4.7★464 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BN7QTLR) [5**Architectural Mailboxes Classic Plastic Mailbox and Post Kit GCL100MAM Mocha**ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES**$68.24**4.6★819 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BP2Y9SQS)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**Postal Pro The Ambrose Mailbox Durable Plastic Easy to Install Flag Included Black**Postal Pro**$37.26**11 rev10mo ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FR12TWXB) [**Postal Pro The Hampton Mailbox Durable Plastic Easy to Install Flag Included Black**Postal Pro**$34.89**22 rev11mo ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLQTGBMF) [**Architectural Mailboxes BILT CRE8 Post Mount Mailbox Black Extra Large**ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES**$71.22**157 rev2y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9CDNPV1) [**Architectural Mailboxes Windsor Plastic Wall Mount Mailbox Black Small**ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES**$20.96**550 rev3y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BP312R6D) [**Architectural Mailboxes Gentry Plastic Dual Access Mailbox and Post Kit GGC1B00AM Black Large Capacity**ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES**$80.09**527 rev3y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BP2Z4FDJ)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**Architectural Mailboxes Windsor Plastic Wall Mount Mailbox White Small**ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES**$18.76**4.0★**▲ 172%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BP32R3SM) [**Architectural Mailboxes Parsons Plastic Post Mount Mailbox Compatibility Code A PL10W0AM White Medium Capacity 1 Count (Pack of 1)**ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES**$17.73**4.6★**▲ 170%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BP2X7VNS) [**Architectural Mailboxes Gentry Mailbox with Post Mocha Large**ARCHITECTURAL MAILBOXES**$77.93**4.4★**▲ 139%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BP2ZSDH8) [**Postal Pro The Ambrose Mailbox Durable Plastic Easy to Install Flag Included Black**Postal Pro**$37.26**4.5★**▲ 111%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FR12TWXB) [**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**$27.00**4.3★**▲ 50%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YEOF5BM)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about plastic mailbox**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Assembly/Installation**20%
*“Easy installation”*
**Size-Overall**14%
*“Great fit”*
**Quality-Overall**13%
*“Looks and performs great”*
**Strength**11%
*“Very strong mailbox”*
**Value For Money**9%
*“Great value”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**5%
*“Just what I wanted”*
**Durability**5%
*“didnt break”*
**Design-Overall**3%
*“Well built”*
**Ease Of Use**2%
*“Easy to use”*
**Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting**1%
*“instructions are clear”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Size-Overall**16%
*“Very large”*
**Quality-Overall**8%
*“UNFORTUNATELY there was yet another failure in quality control”*
**Assembly/Installation**8%
*“Not easy to install”*
**Strength**5%
*“Flimsy”*
**Durability**4%
*“can't really address the question of durability”*
**Material Quality**4%
*“Cheap plastic material mailbox”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**3%
*“NOT as described”*
**Ease Of Use**3%
*“It wouldnt close and open correctly”*
**Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting**3%
*“Instructions were a little hard to understand”*
**Design-Overall**3%
*“Very cheaply made”*
### **Top return reasons **
**Size-Overall**52%
**Material Quality**10%
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**6%
**Defective Material/Parts**5%
**Quality-Overall**4%
**Assembly/Installation**3%
**Color**2%
**Value For Money**2%
**Strength**2%
**Functionality-Overall**2%
## **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.
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