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Beading

Fail

Shoppers spend only $53K a year here, so Beading is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 1,445 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£53K/yr401K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
39%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 39 sellers

Flapen Score

Beading against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Beading is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Beading market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Beading 401K times last year and spent an estimated £53K. The top 5 brands take 68% of clicks. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 401K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £53K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
401K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.9%
Conversion, latest week
1.2%
Market size, estimated
£53Ka year
Peak month
October1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
beading45K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.73.

Listings sell for £10.73 on average, from £4.72 to £30.34. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £10.73 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.73under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.72–£30.34
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
3.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #134 within Building Supplies. It carries 578 reviews at 4.03 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#134in Building Supplies
Average rating
4.03 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
578per listing
Listings tracked
50

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 15 launches as successful.

15 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 24 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
15
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
24 months

Products

Top Beading 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 only 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£3K£5K£6K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 flat

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

29%

  • Zayejod28%
  • JSIWOTH24%
  • Fixmend9%
  • Conwang4%
  • Generic3%
  • sokey3%

Demand

Beading search demand

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

8K6KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Beading search terms shoppers use

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

  • beading45K/yr
  • laminate floor edging35K/yr
  • beading for wall panelling23K/yr
  • beading for laminate flooring32K/yr
  • quadrant trim25K/yr
  • skirting board trim26K/yr
  • trim24K/yr
  • scotia beading24K/yr
  • moulding trim23K/yr
  • floor beading18K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Beading

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

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness50%−0.70

Poor adhesive

Not sticky enough

Does not stick

Quality-Overall10%+0.79

Poor quality glue even after heating up

Bad quality

Rubbish

Value For Money6%+0.31

Overpriced for what it is tbh

Looks expensive

Not worth the money

Durability4%−0.05

Didnt hold for no longer than an hour

Does not last

Every single bit I put up has fallen down within 24 hrs

Size-Overall4%

Its wide, ugly and not very long

Too small

Smaller than it looks

Love

Quality-Overall20%+0.79

Very good and very affordable thank you

Theres a good choice of variety

Excellent quality

Ease Of Use18%+1.50

Easy to use

Easy to work with

This came in very handy for us as the numpty that ordered

Adhesion/Stickiness16%−0.70

adheres well

Good adhesion

adhesive good

Value For Money7%+0.31

reasonable value for money

Good for the price

Excellent value

Size-Overall4%

A perfect fit

SO easy to fix and fit

Easy to fit

Return

3.5% Return rate 59% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall36%▇▆▇▇██

Its wide, ugly and not very long

Too small

Smaller than it looks

Adhesion/Stickiness14%▅█▅▆▅▅

Poor adhesive

Not sticky enough

Does not stick

Color13%▇▇▆▆██
Quality-Overall7%▅▇▅█▅▃

Poor quality glue even after heating up

Bad quality

Rubbish

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▂▃▇▆▄█

FAQ

Common Beading questions

Answered from the same tracked data.