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Plasterboard Lifter

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But demand is soft, at -15.7% this quarter, so Plasterboard Lifter is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 35% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£205K/yr70K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Plasterboard Lifter against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plasterboard Lifter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plasterboard Lifter 70K times last year and spent an estimated £205K. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 70K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £205K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
70K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.7%
Conversion, latest week
5.1%
Market size, estimated
£205Ka year
Peak month
November1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
plasterboard lifter53K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £57.11.

Listings sell for £57.11 on average, from £5.85 to £135.43. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £57.11 that is £6K to £14K a year per listing.

Average price
£57.11inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.85–£135.43
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£14K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 53% ship with Prime. On an average day, 23.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,585 within Material Handling Products. It carries 807 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
53%
Out of stock, average day
23.1%
Average rank
#1,585in Material Handling Products
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
807per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Plasterboard Lifter 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 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£20K£41K£61K£82K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

  • SwitZer36%
  • BoardMate13%
  • DKIEI10%
  • Roughneck7%
  • Warmiehomy7%
  • KATSU Tools6%

Demand

Plasterboard Lifter search demand

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

2K1KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Plasterboard Lifter search terms shoppers use

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

  • plasterboard lifter53K/yr
  • board lifter7K/yr
  • plasterboard lift6K/yr
  • drywall lifter3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plasterboard Lifter

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

Complain

Strength19%−0.09

Might look a little flimsy when extended

a bit flimsy - ok for light work

No very strong when used at full length as the thinner bar tends to bend under pressure

Assembly/Installation19%−0.01

a nightmare to assemble

Firstly the instructions for assembly are utterly useless

it was a bit tricky to put together

Quality-Overall6%+1.49

Fundamentally flawed

Not good quality

Locking Mechanism4%−0.10

1 pole wouldn't lock properly

Design-Overall4%−0.02

Not entirely what its designed for

the pin appears in a hole -

Love

Ease Of Use22%−0.17

Easy to use

Made the job so much easier

this really made moving it around easy

Quality-Overall21%+1.49

Brilliant piece of equipment

Absolutely fantastic product

I used it to carry decent quality. ie, reasonably heavy

Value For Money13%+1.28

Good value

Great value for money, works great

good value

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+1.13

Does what it should

Does the job

As described

Assembly/Installation6%−0.01

Assembles easily only took 7 mins

it was easy to assemble

It was relatively straightforward to assemble, and works well

Return

0.4% Return rate 4% Fixable by listing

Defective Material/Parts22%▆██▃▄▅
Functionality-Overall15%▁█▂▅▁▄
Quality-Overall7%▅▁▁▃█▁

Fundamentally flawed

Not good quality

Mechanism Issues7%▁▁█▇▁▂
Strength6%▁▁▁▂█▆

Might look a little flimsy when extended

a bit flimsy - ok for light work

No very strong when used at full length as the thinner bar tends to bend under pressure

FAQ

Common Plasterboard Lifter questions

Answered from the same tracked data.