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Black Duct Tape

pricing outside the sweet spot ($6.25 avg) — Black Duct Tape doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

44
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Market size 35Growth 29Conversion 100Competition 29Returns 99Price range 20Avg price 17Brand share 31Review moat 24Quality gap 45
This niche Category average

Is Black Duct Tape profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Black Duct Tape is a £168K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (106K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

Black Duct 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 +3.5% over the last 90 days and 25.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£168K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr30K
Search volume / yr+3.5%106K
Conversion rate25.3%
Avg price£6.25

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand, so 13% of the market is open.

13%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 95
Top-5 product click share67%
Open market13%
Avg brand age55 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 · 16 products

Sponsored placement69%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews6,732

Top Black Duct 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 take 67% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£17K£34K£50K£67K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

95

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • Duck45%
  • G4GADGET14%
  • Fyguard13%
  • Generic9%
  • Stick Well5%
  • GORILLA4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 9%)

Black Duct Tape demand & seasonality

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

Volume106KCVR25.3%Products16Brands10Top 5 Brands87%OOS Rate3.3%Rating4.5★Reviews6,732Avg BSR#21
3K2KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Black Duct Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • black duct tape29K/yr
  • black gaffer tape20K/yr
  • black duct tape strong waterproof8K/yr
  • black duck tape11K/yr
  • gaffer tape black6K/yr
  • duct tape black7K/yr
  • black duck tape heavy duty6K/yr
  • black gaffer tape heavy duty waterproof4K/yr
  • duck tape black5K/yr
  • gaffa tape black5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Duct Tape

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness36%

Sticks great

Quality-Overall12%

Good Quality and delivered on time

Value For Money10%

Best Price

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

As described and as advertised

Strength7%

Good strength

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness39%

Poor adhesive

Thickness6%

is not as thick as the brands I have purchased off the shelf at my local hardware store

Quality-Overall5%

Absolutely rubbish

Value For Money4%

value not great

Size-Overall4%

Not fit for purpose

Black Duct Tape return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

44%

Fixable by listing

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

1Adhesion/Stickiness
31%
2Size-Overall
30%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
4Quality-Overall
5%
5Value For Money
4%

Common Black Duct Tape questions

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

Flapen scores Black Duct Tape 44/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £168K/yr across 16 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +3.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Black Duct Tape on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.