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Manhole Lifting Keys

Maybe

Buyers convert on 13.1% of searches. But demand is soft, at -13.9% this quarter, so Manhole Lifting Keys is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 21% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +7 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£89K/yr61K searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 58 sellers

Flapen Score

Manhole Lifting Keys against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Manhole Lifting Keys is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Manhole Lifting Keys market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Manhole Lifting Keys 61K times last year and spent an estimated £89K. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

13.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 61K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 13.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £89K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
61K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.9%
Conversion, latest week
13.1%
Market size, estimated
£89Ka year
Peak month
February1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
manhole lifting keys26K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.29.

Listings sell for £11.29 on average, from £4.91 to £52.17. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £11.29 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.29under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.91–£52.17
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£6K
Returns
1.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 91% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #430 within Material Handling Products. It carries 205 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
91%
Out of stock, average day
6.8%
Average rank
#430in Material Handling Products
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
205per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 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 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Manhole Lifting Keys 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£9K£13K£18K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

20 rising

Sellers

58

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

28%

  • Amtech20%
  • ULTECHNOVO15%
  • Faithfull13%
  • US PRO11%
  • Draper7%
  • Roughneck6%

Demand

Manhole Lifting Keys search demand

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

2K1KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Manhole Lifting Keys search terms shoppers use

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

  • manhole lifting keys26K/yr
  • drain cover lifting keys9K/yr
  • manhole keys7K/yr
  • manhole cover lifter7K/yr
  • man hole cover lifting keys4K/yr
  • drain cover lifting tool5K/yr
  • drain keys3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Manhole Lifting Keys

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

Complain

Size-Overall37%−0.30

Far too large

One size does not fit all

Too small

Quality-Overall18%+0.59

Very cheaply made

Poor Quality

Very poor quality, badly made

Durability13%−0.11

Bag broke in first month

broke some home made ones

Lasted about 3 days

Ease Of Use4%+0.37

unsafe job - simplicity itself

Thickness4%−0.04

Had to grin them a littler thinner

Love

Quality-Overall32%+0.59

The construction is generally very good

Great item well made

Excellent product

Value For Money14%+1.70

Excellent value for money

good price

Reasonable price

Strength13%+0.65

Solidly built manhole keys

Very strong

Very strong keys

Size-Overall10%−0.30

It fit

The short length of these keys makes them ideal for my use case

Small and compact,

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.77

Does the job fine

Exactly as described

just what I wanted

Return

1.3% Return rate 76% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall71%▇▅▇█▅█

Far too large

One size does not fit all

Too small

Functionality-Overall7%▁█▄▃▇▄
Quality-Overall4%▁▅▆█▅▄

Very cheaply made

Poor Quality

Very poor quality, badly made

Durability3%█▄▃▁▃▁

Bag broke in first month

broke some home made ones

Lasted about 3 days

Compatibility-Overall3%▁█▁▁▁█

FAQ

Common Manhole Lifting Keys questions

Answered from the same tracked data.