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Cable Sleeve

Fail

Prices span $3.43–$9.18, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Cable Sleeve is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 1,774 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£49K/yr160K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
57%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 21 sellers

Flapen Score

Cable Sleeve against its category

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

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cable Sleeve market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cable Sleeve 160K times last year and spent an estimated £49K. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

5.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 160K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £49K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
160K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.4%
Conversion, latest week
5.4%
Market size, estimated
£49Ka year
Peak month
January1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
cable tidy sleeve41K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.69.

Listings sell for £5.69 on average, from £3.43 to £9.18. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £5.69 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.69under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.43–£9.18
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #16 within Electrical. It carries 5,728 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
95%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.1%
Average rank
#16in Electrical
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,728per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 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
36 months

Products

Top Cable Sleeve 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 57% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£10K£15K£20K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 flat

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

24%

  • Alex Tech32%
  • shinfly12%
  • flintronic12%
  • Amazon Basics8%
  • annex7%
  • ETOPARS5%

Demand

Cable Sleeve search demand

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

4K3KHoliday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Cable Sleeve search terms shoppers use

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

  • cable tidy sleeve41K/yr
  • cable sleeve39K/yr
  • cable management sleeve11K/yr
  • braided cable sleeve8K/yr
  • cable sock7K/yr
  • black cable tidy8K/yr
  • cable tidy tube12K/yr
  • cable sleeves6K/yr
  • cable sleeve black4K/yr
  • wire sleeve5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cable Sleeve

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

Complain

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%−0.03

not as adverised

Not as described

Be careful in reading the description, don't make my mistake

Size-Overall13%−0.04

Size is deceptive out of the box

was very tight

Its small in diameter

Ease Of Use12%+0.84

Not easy to use at all

difficult to open

not easy to apply

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting7%−0.06

No instructions

as it didn't have instructions I didn't have the time or the patience to work out how to use it

Comes with everything except instructions

Quality-Overall6%+2.06

Poor quality

Rubbish

Quite Poor

Love

Quality-Overall24%+2.06

The result is a much cleaner

Good quality

great product

Advertised Vs Actual Product21%−0.03

Exactly what I needed

Does the job

Just as expected

Ease Of Use16%+0.84

easy to use

This is really easy to do

easy to fit

Value For Money11%+0.21

reasonable price

Good value for money

Good value

Size-Overall5%−0.04

Fits perfectly

Fit 5 cables no problem

Good size

Return

1.0% Return rate 65% Fixable by listing

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Size is deceptive out of the box

was very tight

Its small in diameter

Compatibility-Overall7%▃▃▅▇█▁
Functionality-Overall7%█▄▄▇█▅
Thin6%▅█▄▂▁▃
Quality-Overall5%█▇▂▁▃█

Poor quality

Rubbish

Quite Poor

FAQ

Common Cable Sleeve questions

Answered from the same tracked data.