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Black Electrical Tape

Fail

Prices span $1.35–$8.32, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Black Electrical Tape is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 1,704 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −7 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£115K/yr112K searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
82%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Electrical Tape against its category

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

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Electrical Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Black Electrical Tape 112K times last year and spent an estimated £115K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 28.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 112K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 28.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £115K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
112K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.4%
Conversion, latest week
28.3%
Market size, estimated
£115Ka year
Peak month
May1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
black electrical tape57K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.66.

Listings sell for £3.66 on average, from £1.35 to £8.32. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 40K to 50K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At £3.66 that is £18K to £22K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.66under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.35–£8.32
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
40K–50K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
£18K–£22K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #18 within Adhesives & Sealers. It carries 3,315 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#18in Adhesives & Sealers
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,315per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Black Electrical Tape products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 22, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 82% of clicks. A locked 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

Est. top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Est. 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%)

Demand

Black Electrical Tape search demand

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

3K2KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Black Electrical Tape search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with estimated 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

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Electrical Tape

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

29%of positive reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
22%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.1%of orders come back
“Not sticky enough”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”22% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Electrical Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data