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Adhesive

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Adhesive doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

44
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Market size 68Growth 21Conversion 99Competition 24Returns 98Price range 0Avg price 15Brand share 0Review moat 28Quality gap 50
This niche Category average

Is Adhesive profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Adhesive is a £695K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (724K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

Adhesive: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -8.9% over the last 90 days and 18.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£695K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr150K
Search volume / yr-8.9%724K
Conversion rate18.0%
Avg price£5.33

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers5 · 179
Top-5 product click share71%
Open market0%
Avg brand age36 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 17 products

Sponsored placement82%
New entrants (1y)6· 6 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews3,720

Top Adhesive products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 71% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£70K£139K£209K£278K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 rising

Sellers

179

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Unibond84%
  • GORILLA7%
  • 1516%
  • fischer2%
  • EVO-STIK2%

Adhesive demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume724KCVR18.0%Products17Brands5Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews3,720Avg BSR#203
18K13KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Adhesive search terms shoppers use

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

  • no more nails219K/yr
  • no nails adhesive extra strong100K/yr
  • no nails84K/yr
  • grab adhesive63K/yr
  • adhesive57K/yr
  • no more nails glue62K/yr
  • no more nails waterproof14K/yr
  • no nails glue13K/yr
  • unibond no more nails13K/yr
  • no nails adhesive12K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Adhesive

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness26%

Strong adhesive

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%

Just what I wanted

Quality-Overall12%

overall a reliable product

Value For Money8%

reasonable price

Ease Of Use7%

Easy to use

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness30%

Poor adhesive

Functionality-Overall11%

Does not do what it should

Quality-Overall7%

Poor Product

Ease Of Use5%

Difficult to use

Grip5%

Didn't grab well

Adhesive return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.4%

Return rate

19%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Adhesion/Stickiness
36%
2Functionality-Overall
14%
3Defective Material/Parts
7%
4Size-Overall
6%
5Color
5%

Common Adhesive questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Adhesive 44/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £695K/yr across 17 tracked products. 6 of 6 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -8.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Adhesive on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.