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Cork Tiles

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.2% of orders. But shoppers spend only $53K a year here, so Cork Tiles is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 18% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£53K/yr86K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
39%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 39 sellers

Flapen Score

Cork Tiles against its category

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

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

Market

The Cork Tiles market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cork Tiles 86K times last year and spent an estimated £53K. The top 5 brands take 58% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 86K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £53K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
86K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.1%
Conversion, latest week
4.0%
Market size, estimated
£53Ka year
Peak month
January1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
cork tiles37K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.19.

Listings sell for £15.19 on average, from £3.57 to £53.84. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £15.19 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.19inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.57–£53.84
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #204 within Raw Materials. It carries 207 reviews at 4.31 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
9.5%
Average rank
#204in Raw Materials
Average rating
4.31 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
207per listing
Listings tracked
44

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 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 27 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
27 months

Products

Top Cork Tiles 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 only 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£3K£5K£6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

29 rising

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

58%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

36%

  • Treefloor22%
  • YOUNTHYE12%
  • VIDETOL9%
  • NICOLINE9%
  • ASelected8%
  • Okydoky6%

Demand

Cork Tiles search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Cork Tiles search terms shoppers use

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

  • cork tiles37K/yr
  • cork tiles self adhesive11K/yr
  • cork floor tiles7K/yr
  • cork board tiles5K/yr
  • cork wall tiles6K/yr
  • cork tiles for walls5K/yr
  • self adhesive cork tiles5K/yr
  • self adhesive cork board4K/yr
  • cork tile3K/yr
  • cork flooring3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cork Tiles

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

Complain

Thickness16%−0.07

A bit thin

With the sheets being so thin

bit thinner than I was expecting

Adhesion/Stickiness10%−0.02

Also not very sticky

Very difficult to stick

But it just wouldn't stick

Size-Overall10%−0.05

Not consistent sizing

Not big enough

Not happy about misleading size

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%−0.10

Not as pictured

Not happy about misleading size

Not the size described

Quality-Overall6%+0.13

Could be a lot cheaper for the quality of the product

Inconsistent product

Overall, poor quality

Love

Quality-Overall16%+0.13

Good product, looks great, easy to install

so overall excellent purchase

Excellent quality

Ease Of Use11%+0.87

Easy to use

Easy to apply

it's pretty obvious how to attach them to your chosen surface

Adhesion/Stickiness11%−0.02

The adhesive tabs were easy to use

Good adhesion

easy to stick

Assembly/Installation9%+1.17

Really easy to install

super easy to put together

easy to put up

Value For Money8%+0.73

Great value for money

Well worth the money

Good value

Return

1.2% Return rate 46% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall24%▆▄█▆▃▄

Not consistent sizing

Not big enough

Not happy about misleading size

Thin21%▅█▅█▄▇
Color12%▂▃▄▂█▂
Adhesion/Stickiness11%▄█▅▅▇▄

Also not very sticky

Very difficult to stick

But it just wouldn't stick

Strength4%▁█▅█▃▁

FAQ

Common Cork Tiles questions

Answered from the same tracked data.