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Builders Bags

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.5% of orders. But the products selling today already average 4.6★, so Builders Bags is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 7% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +13 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£359K/yr231K searches / yr
90-day growth
+51.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 25 sellers

Flapen Score

Builders Bags against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Builders Bags is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

62Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Builders Bags market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Builders Bags 231K times last year and spent an estimated £359K. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Demand peaks in May. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 231K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +51.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £359K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
231K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+51.1%
Conversion, latest week
10.7%
Market size, estimated
£359Ka year
Peak month
May2.6× the quietest month
Top search term
tonne bags33K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.54.

Listings sell for £14.54 on average, from £6.60 to £28.65. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £14.54 that is £15K to £18K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.54under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.60–£28.65
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£15K–£18K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 62% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #40 within Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies. It carries 663 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
62%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#40in Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
663per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Builders Bags 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£36K£72K£108K£144K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

22%

  • A&A SUPPLIES UK26%
  • HUNNYGOODS LTD16%
  • STORM TRADING GROUP11%
  • Primes DIY9%
  • AirTech-UK9%
  • Singwow8%

Demand

Builders Bags search demand

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

7K5KSpike '25Spike '26MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.6×

Search terms

Top Builders Bags search terms shoppers use

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

  • tonne bags33K/yr
  • builders bags32K/yr
  • ton bags27K/yr
  • 1 tonne builders bag16K/yr
  • hippo bag17K/yr
  • dumpy bags18K/yr
  • bulk bags15K/yr
  • tonne bags heavy duty9K/yr
  • ton bags heavy duty10K/yr
  • ton bag6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Builders Bags

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Size-Overall29%−0.01

Quite large

much much smaller

Not fit for anything

Durability12%−0.15

They didn't last

Torn immediatly

Can break easily

Quality-Overall11%−0.05

Quality is low

Poor quality

Poorly made cheap rubbish

Strength7%+1.08

Flimsy

They are not sturdy at all

Not strong enough

Weight Heavy3%−0.02

Nothing heavy duty about these

becomes unmanageably heavy very quickly

Not very heavy duty

Love

Quality-Overall22%−0.05

Excellent product

certainly well made

excellent bags, good quality

Strength20%+1.08

The bags are sturdy

Nice and strong

Strong bag

Value For Money12%+1.37

Good Value

Excellent value

Great value for money

Size-Overall12%−0.01

GOOD SIZE

Perfect they are big

Handy bag fit for purpose

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%+0.31

As advertised

Better than expected

As described

Return

0.5% Return rate 87% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall80%▇█▇▇▇█

Quite large

much much smaller

Not fit for anything

Quality-Overall3%▁▁▅▇█▅

Quality is low

Poor quality

Poorly made cheap rubbish

Stitch/Finish/Polish2%▁▁▃█▃▂

The one that I unpacked had a hole at the base caused by the seam sewing coming undone

The other 2 bags also had poor stitching

The first bag I opened started to come apart at the seams before it had even been used

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%█▁▃▃▆▂

The picture is deceiving the bag is huge

Hence the lower rating for the picture being misleading

These bf Aga are not as pictured

Strength2%▁▇▅█▂▃

Flimsy

They are not sturdy at all

Not strong enough

FAQ

Common Builders Bags questions

Answered from the same tracked data.