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Black Tap

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 40% of clicks. But demand is soft, at -29.0% this quarter, so Black Tap is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 17% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +7 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£131K/yr158K searches / yr
90-day growth
-29.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 42 brands · 51 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Tap against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Tap market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Black Tap 158K times last year and spent an estimated £131K. The top 5 brands take 40% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 158K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -29.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £131K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
158K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-29.0%
Conversion, latest week
2.9%
Market size, estimated
£131Ka year
Peak month
October1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
black tap33K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £28.32.

Listings sell for £28.32 on average, from £10.77 to £111.78. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £28.32 that is £0 to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£28.32inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£10.77–£111.78
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£3K
Returns
3.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

97% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #108 within Kitchen & Bath Fixtures. It carries 424 reviews at 4.32 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
97%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
9.0%
Average rank
#108in Kitchen & Bath Fixtures
Average rating
4.32 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
424per listing
Listings tracked
61

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 15 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

15 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 34 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
15
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
34 months

Products

Top Black Tap 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 30% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£3K£5K£8K£10K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

42 rising

Sellers

51

Est. top-5 brand share

40%

Top 20: 80%

Est. top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 67%

Open market

55%

  • BELZ11%
  • Wasserrhythm10%
  • BESy8%
  • BOOXELY6%
  • Funime6%
  • EETU5%

Demand

Black Tap search demand

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

4K3KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Black Tap search terms shoppers use

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

  • black tap33K/yr
  • black bathroom taps27K/yr
  • black basin tap19K/yr
  • black taps17K/yr
  • black bathroom tap14K/yr
  • black sink tap11K/yr
  • black mixer tap8K/yr
  • black mixer tap bathroom sink7K/yr
  • black bathroom sink tap6K/yr
  • black sink taps4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Tap

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

30%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
15%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
3.4%of orders come back
“Broken”
A buyer, on “Durability”15% 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.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Tap 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