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Feeler Gauges

Fail

Prices span $3.56–$9.11, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Feeler Gauges is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 689 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −13 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£54K/yr69K searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
85%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 40 sellers

Flapen Score

Feeler Gauges against its category

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

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Feeler Gauges market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Feeler Gauges 69K times last year and spent an estimated £54K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

14.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 69K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £54K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
69K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.6%
Conversion, latest week
14.6%
Market size, estimated
£54Ka year
Peak month
April1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
feeler gauges43K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.36.

Listings sell for £5.36 on average, from £3.56 to £9.11. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £5.36 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.36under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.56–£9.11
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£7K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

64% 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 #75 within Test & Measurement. It carries 1,358 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
64%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#75in Test & Measurement
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,358per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 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
52 months

Products

Top Feeler Gauges 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 85% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£11K£16K£22K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

40

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • Spurtar58%
  • Hilka11%
  • Toolzone11%
  • Draper10%
  • Simply Products3%
  • US PRO3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Feeler Gauges search demand

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

2K1KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Feeler Gauges search terms shoppers use

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

  • feeler gauges43K/yr
  • feeler gauge14K/yr
  • feeler gauges metric9K/yr
  • feeler gauge imperial and metric4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Feeler Gauges

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

Complain

Quality-Overall50%−0.03

Very poor quality control

QUALITY NOT BRILLIANT

Durability33%−0.10

fell apart after a couplenof uses

Love

Quality-Overall29%−0.03

Excellent quality

Great product

The item is great

Value For Money19%+1.20

Great value

Good price

Good value

Advertised Vs Actual Product19%+1.87

does what its supposed to do

Does the job

Product as described

Ease Of Use7%+0.62

Really useful

Easy to read well oiled good choice

Compactness7%+0.62

Lovely compact well made gauge

super compact bit of kit

Return

0.4% Return rate 27% Fixable by listing

Defective Material/Parts27%█▁▁▁▁▁
Size-Overall27%▃█▃▁▁▁
Quality-Overall18%▁▁█▁▁▁

Very poor quality control

QUALITY NOT BRILLIANT

Measurement/Reading Accuracy9%▁▁█▁▁▁
Functionality-Overall9%▁▁▁▁▁█

FAQ

Common Feeler Gauges questions

Answered from the same tracked data.