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Artist Tape

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.25–$12.29) — Artist Tape doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

42
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Market size 15Growth 18Conversion 96Competition 20Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 16Brand share 35Review moat 63Quality gap 76
This niche Category average

Is Artist Tape profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Artist Tape is a £59K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (80K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.

Artist Tape: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -14.8% over the last 90 days and 12.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£59K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-14.8%80K
Conversion rate12.9%
Avg price£5.69

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 84% of demand, so 16% of the market is open.

16%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 16
Top-5 product click share76%
Open market16%
Avg brand age42 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 14 products

Sponsored placement86%
New entrants (1y)7· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews996

Top Artist Tape 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 76% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£6K£12K£18K£23K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

16

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

  • Neeho32%
  • JusArt31%
  • CORAL7%
  • Fyguard7%
  • Ainiv6%
  • Gsbnjuy4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 11%)

Artist Tape demand & seasonality

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

Volume80KCVR12.9%Products14Brands11Top 5 Brands84%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.3★Reviews996Avg BSR#90
2K1KJan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26

Top Artist Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • artist tape16K/yr
  • acid free tape7K/yr
  • art tape7K/yr
  • artists tape5K/yr
  • masking tape for artists6K/yr
  • artists masking tape6K/yr
  • artist tape for watercolor paper6K/yr
  • artist masking tape5K/yr
  • art masking tape4K/yr
  • watercolour tape4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Artist Tape

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

What buyers love

86% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness31%

Great sticking

Quality-Overall17%

Good quality tap

Value For Money9%

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

perfect for what i needed

Ease Of Use9%

very easy to Use

What buyers complain about

76% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness27%

Poor adhesion

Paint Quality14%

this tape tore my painting even though I followed the instructions

Quality-Overall13%

It's not perfect as I do get some damage to the paper surface on removal. using student grade cellulose paper

Size-Overall6%

Not fit for purpose

Functionality-Overall5%

Didn't work

Artist Tape return rate & reasons

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

0.3%

Return rate

11%

Fixable by listing

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

1Adhesion/Stickiness
34%
2Paint Quality
13%
3Size-Overall
10%
4Thin
8%
5Defective Material/Parts
7%

Common Artist Tape questions

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

Flapen scores Artist Tape 42/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £59K/yr across 14 tracked products. 1 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -14.8% over the last 90 days.
Artist Tape buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Adhesion/Stickiness, Paint Quality, Quality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.3%.