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3/8 Socket Set

Fail

Demand is soft, at -17.7% this quarter, so 3/8 Socket Set is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,352 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£111K/yr143K searches / yr
90-day growth
-17.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

3/8 Socket Set against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, 3/8 Socket Set is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 3/8 Socket Set market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 3/8 Socket Set 143K times last year and spent an estimated £111K. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 143K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -17.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £111K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
143K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-17.7%
Conversion, latest week
3.5%
Market size, estimated
£111Ka year
Peak month
November2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
3/8 socket set96K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £22.43.

Listings sell for £22.43 on average, from £8.23 to £45.25. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £22.43 that is £2K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£22.43inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.23–£45.25
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£6K
Returns
1.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #323 within Hand Tools. It carries 1,451 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.1%
Average rank
#323in Hand Tools
Average rating
4.56 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,451per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top 3/8 Socket Set products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 22, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£11K£22K£33K£45K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

67

Est. top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

29%

  • Draper20%
  • Amazon Basics17%
  • CASOMAN12%
  • KATSU Tools8%
  • Bergen8%
  • SWANLAKE GARDEN TOOLS6%

Demand

3/8 Socket Set search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top 3/8 Socket Set search terms shoppers use

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

  • 3/8 socket set96K/yr
  • 3/8 sockets13K/yr
  • socket set 3/8 drive12K/yr
  • 3/8 deep socket set7K/yr
  • 3/8 ratchet set6K/yr
  • socket set 3/85K/yr
  • 3/8 socket4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 3/8 Socket Set

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

29%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
18%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
1.8%of orders come back
“None fitting sockets solved”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”18% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common 3/8 Socket Set questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data