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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

3.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 143K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 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

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 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

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 100%

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 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

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

Complain

Size-Overall18%−0.04

None fitting sockets solved

Handle too short

A small size

Durability13%−0.07

Snapped after first use

BROKE IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES

let you know if it is not durable

Quality-Overall13%+0.83

Poor quality

total disregard to quality or customer service

Poor quality, 26 notches per revolution

Ease Of Use9%−0.06

with so much play it makes it hard to function

Not too good to use and apply force

Add-Ons/Attachments7%−0.05

Snapped to extension

Love

Quality-Overall29%+0.83

Good quality

The overall build quality is impressive for the price

Very useful and good quality kit

Socket/Port/Plug23%+1.12

Quality socket set

The sockets themselves are great

Decent sockets for the price

Value For Money17%+1.12

Affordable price

Excellent value

Great value

Strength3%+0.09

sturdy case

very sturdy

Case is strong

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%+0.42

Meet my expectations

Does exactly what it says on the can

Great just what I needed

Return

1.8% Return rate 48% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall39%▇████▇

None fitting sockets solved

Handle too short

A small size

Quality-Overall11%█▆▆▇▆▅

Poor quality

total disregard to quality or customer service

Poor quality, 26 notches per revolution

Socket/Port/Plug10%█▃▄▅▄▅

The sockets are very bad quality rounded easy practically made of butter would not recommend waste of money

Defective Material/Parts6%▃█▆▅▅▅
Functionality-Overall5%▄▄▇▂▄█

FAQ

Common 3/8 Socket Set questions

Answered from the same tracked data.