Shims
prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($4.92–$15.17) — Shims doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Shims profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Shims is a £62K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (89K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 38/100.
Shims: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Not really. Search demand moved +0.8% over the last 90 days and 9.6% of searches end in a purchase.
£62K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand, so 19% of the market is open.
19%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 12 products
Top Shims products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Evoges 28mm x 100mm Flat Plastic Glazing Packers (1-6mm) Durable Shim Spacers for DIY Home Improvement Window and Door Frame Installations (Mixed Pack of 42)
- Price
- £5.82
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 317
- Age
- 1y ago
72 Pcs Plastic Packers and Shims Flat Plastic Glazing Packers Plastic Shims and Packers for Door and Window Glazing Glass Packers Window and Door Spacers(100 mm x 28 mm x 1/2/3/4/5/6 mm)
- Price
- £5.27
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 60
- Age
- 1y ago
TIMCO Assorted Packers - Assorted colours - Colourful spacers shims plastic packers - 28mm 100 x 28 - Bag of 200
- Price
- £8.56
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,564
- Age
- 11y ago
200 MIXED Plastic Small U Shims/Packers/Pails/Horseshoe/Wedge - 55 x 43mm -//////35 of each 1mm/2mm/3mm/4mm/5mm and 25 of 6mm///////
- Price
- £13.78
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 168
- Age
- 8y ago
Nelson Wood Shims - 8 Wood Shims (12 count)
- Price
- £6.26
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 1,757
- Age
- 6y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum72 Pcs Plastic Packers and Shims Flat Plastic Glazing Packers Plastic Shims and Packers for Door and Window Glazing Glass Packers Window and Door Spacers(100 mm x 28 mm x 1/2/3/4/5/6 mm)
- Price
- £5.27
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 60
- Age
- 1y ago
100pc Assorted Plastic Packers Durable Shims in 6 Sizes (1mm to 6mm) Ideal for Leveling Spacing and Packing Perfect for Windows Doors
- Price
- £4.94
- Rating
- 4.9/5
- Reviews
- 12
- Age
- 1y ago
200 MIXED Plastic Small U Shims/Packers/Pails/Horseshoe/Wedge - 55 x 43mm -//////35 of each 1mm/2mm/3mm/4mm/5mm and 25 of 6mm///////
- Price
- £13.78
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 168
- Age
- 8y ago
Evoges 28mm x 100mm Flat Plastic Glazing Packers (1-6mm) Durable Shim Spacers for DIY Home Improvement Window and Door Frame Installations (Mixed Pack of 42)
- Price
- £5.82
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 317
- Age
- 1y ago
TIMCO Assorted Packers - Assorted colours - Colourful spacers shims plastic packers - 28mm 100 x 28 - Bag of 200
- Price
- £8.56
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 1,564
- Age
- 11y ago
Newest
by launch date
100pcs U Shaped Plastic Packers Assorted Shims in 6 Sizes (1mm to 6mm) for Window and Door Installation Flooring Joinery Furniture Leveling Durable Plastic Wedges for Builders & DIY Projects
- Price
- £4.92
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 17
- Age
- 1y ago
72 Pcs Plastic Glazing Packers 28mm × 100mm Durable Shim Spacers 6 Thicknesses Window Packers Non-Slip Design Lightweight Levelling Plates for DIY Home Improvement Door Frame Installations
- Price
- £5.64
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 15
- Age
- 1y ago
72 Pcs Plastic Packers and Shims Flat Plastic Glazing Packers Plastic Shims and Packers for Door and Window Glazing Glass Packers Window and Door Spacers(100 mm x 28 mm x 1/2/3/4/5/6 mm)
- Price
- £5.27
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 60
- Age
- 1y ago
100pc Assorted Plastic Packers Durable Shims in 6 Sizes (1mm to 6mm) Ideal for Leveling Spacing and Packing Perfect for Windows Doors
- Price
- £4.94
- Rating
- 4.9/5
- Reviews
- 12
- Age
- 1y ago
72 Pcs Plastic Glazing Packers 28mm x 100mm Colourful Spacers Window Packers Assorted Flat Shim Spacers for DIY Window/Door/Floor Installations (Mixed 1-6mm)
- Price
- £5.04
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 112
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products capture 79% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
10 falling
Sellers
53
Top-5 brand share
81%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
79%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
11%
- EVOGES40%
- HuangXinyu12%
- Broadfix11%
- TIMCO11%
- ALWAYSFIRST 4 FIXINGS8%
- Nelson Wood Shims7%
- Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 11%)
Shims demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Top Shims search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- shims30K/yr
- packers and shims16K/yr
- plastic shims12K/yr
- spacers packers11K/yr
- shim9K/yr
- shims for levelling7K/yr
- door shims3K/yr
- shims and packers638/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Shims
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
97% of reviews“Good value”
“Well made, plenty of size variety in the box”
“As described. As described....does the job!!!!”
“Good item good size did the job I got them for”
“Useful”
What buyers complain about
90% of reviews“far too expensive”
“Given the fact there is seemingly no standard colours for these things it leaves you guessing which is which”
“Splintery”
“arent very sturdy”
“Poor quality”
Shims return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.7%
Return rate
45%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Shims questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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