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17mm Ratchet Spanner

Fail

Shoppers spend only $49K a year here, so 17mm Ratchet Spanner is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 1,252 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£49K/yr41K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 56 sellers

Flapen Score

17mm Ratchet Spanner against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, 17mm Ratchet Spanner is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 17mm Ratchet Spanner market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 17mm Ratchet Spanner 41K times last year and spent an estimated £49K. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

15.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 41K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £49K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
41K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.2%
Conversion, latest week
15.5%
Market size, estimated
£49Ka year
Top search term
17mm spanner20K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.63.

Listings sell for £7.63 on average, from £3.10 to £21.12. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £7.63 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.63under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.10–£21.12
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
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

63% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #134 within Hand Tools. It carries 760 reviews at 4.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
63%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#134in Hand Tools
Average rating
4.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
760per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 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 62 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
62 months

Products

Top 17mm Ratchet Spanner 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 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£1K£3K£4K£6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)3 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

56

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

22%

  • Blue Spot Tools23%
  • Draper17%
  • EGOFINE11%
  • zatyorg9%
  • BGS9%
  • sourcing map7%

Demand

17mm Ratchet Spanner search demand

Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.

900700Prime Day '26Feb '26Mar '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 17mm Ratchet Spanner

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

Complain

Durability75%−0.15

Trash, only received it last night, put it in my bag, just got to work and put it down and part of it already fell apart without being used once

Lasted 1month til the ratchet stopped working

Quality-Overall25%−0.03

Cheap

Love

Value For Money33%+1.12

its excellent value

Good value for money tool

Size-Overall22%+2.02

It fits well

The nuts were a brilliant fit

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%+1.45

works as it should

Strength11%+0.31

It feels solid in hand

strong enough for the job

Quality-Overall6%−0.03

Good quality

Return

0.4% Return rate 46% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall46%█▃▃▆▃▂
Functionality-Overall15%▁▁█▃▄▁
Defective Material/Parts12%▁▁▁▃▃█
Durability9%▁▁▁▁▇█

Trash, only received it last night, put it in my bag, just got to work and put it down and part of it already fell apart without being used once

Lasted 1month til the ratchet stopped working

Quality-Overall9%▁▁▁█▁▁

Cheap

FAQ

Common 17mm Ratchet Spanner questions

Answered from the same tracked data.