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Black Electrical Tape

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.35–$8.32) — Black Electrical Tape doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

42
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Market size 27Growth 39Conversion 100Competition 15Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 10Brand share 39Review moat 32Quality gap 42
This niche Category average

Is Black Electrical Tape profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Black Electrical Tape is a £115K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (112K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.

Black Electrical 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 +11.4% over the last 90 days and 28.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£115K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr+11.4%112K
Conversion rate28.3%
Avg price£3.66

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand, so 18% of the market is open.

18%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 28
Top-5 product click share82%
Open market18%
Avg brand age51 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 · 10 products

Sponsored placement70%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews3,315

Top Black Electrical 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 82% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£12K£23K£35K£46K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • Faithfull30%
  • Gocableties24%
  • Amazon Basics10%
  • British General9%
  • Status8%
  • WINSOME6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 13%)

Black Electrical Tape demand & seasonality

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

Volume112KCVR28.3%Products10Brands10Top 5 Brands82%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews3,315Avg BSR#18
3K2KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Top Black Electrical Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • black electrical tape57K/yr
  • electrical tape black18K/yr
  • black insulation tape18K/yr
  • electric tape black14K/yr
  • black electric tape2K/yr
  • black insulation tape electrical2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Electrical Tape

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness29%

Nice and sticky

Quality-Overall19%

High Quality Product sold at a Very Competitive Price with fast, free delivery

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%

As advertised

Value For Money15%

Good Value

Efficiency3%

It takes things well

What buyers complain about

78% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness22%

Not sticky enough

Quality-Overall18%

Cheap

Value For Money11%

of course, it is twice as expensive

Durability7%

Doesn't last

Thickness6%

Tape thickness a bit thin and tears easily

Black Electrical Tape return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

31%

Fixable by listing

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

1Adhesion/Stickiness
34%
2Size-Overall
20%
3Functionality-Overall
10%
4Quality-Overall
5%
5Material Quality
5%

Common Black Electrical Tape questions

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

Flapen scores Black Electrical Tape 42/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £115K/yr across 10 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +11.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Black Electrical Tape on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.2× the quietest.