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Cable Tacks

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.58–$11.45) — Cable Tacks doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

44
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Market size 13Growth 26Conversion 99Competition 43Returns 97Price range 0Avg price 13Brand share 51Review moat 35Quality gap 48
This niche Category average

Is Cable Tacks profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cable Tacks is a £50K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (58K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 74% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

Cable Tacks: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +1.1% over the last 90 days and 18.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£50K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr+1.1%58K
Conversion rate18.2%
Avg price£4.72

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 74% of demand, so 26% of the market is open.

26%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 22
Top-5 product click share59%
Open market26%
Avg brand age36 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 · 20 products

Sponsored placement85%
New entrants (1y)3· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews2,999

Top Cable Tacks 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 59% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£3K£5K£8K£10K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 flat

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

21%

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Cable Tacks demand & seasonality

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

Volume58KCVR18.2%Products20Brands15Top 5 Brands74%OOS Rate4.0%Rating4.5★Reviews2,999Avg BSR#12
2K2KNov '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Top Cable Tacks search terms shoppers use

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

  • cable tacks13K/yr
  • cable pins10K/yr
  • wire tacks for cables7K/yr
  • cable nail clips6K/yr
  • round cable clips4K/yr
  • wire tacks4K/yr
  • wire nails3K/yr
  • wire pins for cables3K/yr
  • cable nails3K/yr
  • wire pins2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cable Tacks

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

What buyers love

86% of reviews
Advertised Vs Actual Product19%

These are just what I needed

Quality-Overall18%

Good quality

Value For Money12%

Good value

Size-Overall10%

Fits well

Ease Of Use9%

Easy to use

What buyers complain about

68% of reviews
Size-Overall21%

Very short nails

Quality-Overall18%

Disappointed with quality

Adhesion/Stickiness6%

Doesnt stick very well

Strength6%

a little bit flimsy and feel cheap

Material Quality4%

the plastic is flimsy

Cable Tacks return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

71%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
62%
2Adhesion/Stickiness
6%
3Compatibility-Overall
6%
4Quality-Overall
6%
5Functionality-Overall
4%

Common Cable Tacks questions

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

Flapen scores Cable Tacks 44/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £50K/yr across 20 tracked products. 1 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +1.1% over the last 90 days.
Cable Tacks buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Size-Overall, Quality-Overall, Adhesion/Stickiness, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.5%.