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Masking Tape

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.5% of orders. But shoppers spend only $114K a year here, so Masking Tape is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 24% of 104 Arts & Crafts niches · +5 vs the category median of 52
Market size
$114K/yr63K searches / yr
90-day growth
+12.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 22 sellers

Flapen Score

Masking Tape against its category

The dotted line is the Arts & Crafts average. Past it, Masking Tape is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Masking Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Arab Emirates searched for Masking Tape 63K times last year and spent an estimated $114K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

13.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 63K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Arab Emirates for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +12.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $114K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
63K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+12.8%
Conversion, latest week
13.9%
Market size, estimated
$114Ka year
Peak month
June1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
masking tape39K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $13.10.

Listings sell for $13.10 on average, from $3.24 to $40.48. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $13.10 that is $7K to $10K a year per listing.

Average price
$13.10under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.24–$40.48
Amazon United Arab Emirates median price
$60.52across 3,090 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$7K–$10K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Arab Emirates median 1.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

89% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #65 within Arts & Crafts. It carries 228 reviews at 4.20 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
89%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#65in Arts & Crafts
Average rating
4.20 starsAmazon United Arab Emirates average 4.27 stars
Average reviews
228per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Masking Tape 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 64% 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

12 falling

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

  • Maxi45%
  • MARKQ22%
  • GINI9%
  • MOMENT6%
  • ECVV4%
  • valuxe3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 11%)

Demand

Masking Tape search demand

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

2K1KSpike '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Masking Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • masking tape39K/yr
  • paper tape9K/yr
  • painters tape9K/yr
  • masking tape for painting6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Masking Tape

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

44%of positive reviews mention “الالتصاق”
40%of negative reviews mention “الالتصاق”
0.5%of orders come back
“Not sticky at all”
A buyer, on “الالتصاق”40% 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.

11 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Masking Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.