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Tapex Kit

Fail

The top 5 products take 84% of clicks, so Tapex Kit is a Fail.

Flapen Score
34
34 / 100
Ranks 709 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −15 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£57K/yr15K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
84%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 19 sellers

Flapen Score

Tapex Kit against its category

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

34Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Tapex Kit market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Tapex Kit 15K times last year and spent an estimated £57K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov. Flapen scores it 34 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

5.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 15K 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 -22.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £57K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
15K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.2%
Conversion, latest week
5.1%
Market size, estimated
£57Ka year
Peak month
November2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
nerrad tapex kit7K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £73.36.

Listings sell for £73.36 on average, from £6.94 to £303.49. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250 to 500 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £73.36 that is £0 to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£73.36inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.94–£303.49
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250–500
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£7K
Returns
3.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

45% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 55% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #919 within Material Handling Products. It carries 214 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
45%
Prime listings
55%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#919in Material Handling Products
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
214per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

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

1 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 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Tapex Kit 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 84% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£6K£11K£17K£23K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • NERRAD46%
  • LavaTap25%
  • ForestM9%
  • AB Tools9%
  • flintronic4%
  • Hi-Spec2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Tapex Kit search demand

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

600400Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tapex Kit

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

Complain

Quality-Overall20%−0.17

only issue was teath gauges could be better Quality

Poor quality

Rubbish quality

Material Quality20%−0.45

You get what you pay for cheap plastic

Being plastic you can put

Value For Money15%−0.03

A bit pricey

waste of money

Defective Material/Parts10%−0.22

Product was no good for the job

Functionality-Overall5%+0.11

Did not do the job

Love

Quality-Overall19%−0.17

Good quality

Quality bit of kit. not cheap though

Great product

Ease Of Use18%+0.97

Very easy to use

Perfect tool for the job

It has numerous uses

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%+1.77

Does the job

Works as described

Ideal just what I needed

Value For Money13%−0.03

Well worth the price paid

Value for money

Value for money

Functionality-Overall7%+0.11

hoses this did the job no problem

but in the correct situation it does the job

Return

3.3% Return rate 62% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall54%▇▅▇▇██

Quite loose although okay for DIY

Quality-Overall10%▅▆█▃▃▇

only issue was teath gauges could be better Quality

Poor quality

Rubbish quality

Functionality-Overall6%▁▄▃█▅▁

Did not do the job

Compatibility-Overall5%██▁▃▁▆
Defective Material/Parts4%▅▂▄▁█▁

Product was no good for the job

FAQ

Common Tapex Kit questions

Answered from the same tracked data.