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Plastic Shims

Maybe

Buyers convert on 10.6% of searches. But the products selling today already average 4.6★, so Plastic Shims is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 10% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +11 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$228K/yr161K searches / yr
90-day growth
+32.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 18 sellers

Flapen Score

Plastic Shims against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Plastic Shims is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plastic Shims market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Plastic Shims 161K times last year and spent an estimated $228K. The top 5 brands take 68% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 161K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +32.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $228K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
161K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+32.1%
Conversion, latest week
10.6%
Market size, estimated
$228Ka year
Peak month
May1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
plastic shims81K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $13.38.

Listings sell for $13.38 on average, from $4.70 to $26.55. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $13.38 that is $7K to $10K a year per listing.

Average price
$13.38under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.70–$26.55
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$7K–$10K
Returns
1.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #577 within Furniture Hardware. It carries 979 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
96%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.8%
Average rank
#577in Furniture Hardware
Average rating
4.56 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
979per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Plastic Shims products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$11K$23K$34K$46K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

18

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

25%

  • Stock Your Home26%
  • WOBBLE WEDGES14%
  • PROPA11%
  • ZZJMCH10%
  • VOCOMO7%
  • Glazelock7%

Demand

Plastic Shims search demand

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

4K3KSpike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Plastic Shims search terms shoppers use

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

  • plastic shims81K/yr
  • plastic shims for leveling29K/yr
  • plastic wedges shims14K/yr
  • plastic shims for leveling outdoor5K/yr
  • plastic shim10K/yr
  • shims for leveling outdoor4K/yr
  • window shims6K/yr
  • masonry shims3K/yr
  • plastic door shims3K/yr
  • heavy duty shims3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastic Shims

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

16%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Use”
35%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
1.8%of orders come back
“Too small”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”35% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Plastic Shims questions

Answered from the same tracked data.