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Cable Ties

Maybe

Buyers convert on 18.9% of searches. But products sell for $6.03 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Cable Ties is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
61
61 / 100
Top 6% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +12 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£1.7M/yr1.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
+24.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Cable Ties against its category

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

61Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cable Ties market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cable Ties 1.5M times last year and spent an estimated £1.7M. The top 5 brands take 63% of clicks. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

18.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 18.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +24.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.7M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+24.6%
Conversion, latest week
18.9%
Market size, estimated
£1.7Ma year
Peak month
May1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
cable ties899K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.03.

Listings sell for £6.03 on average, from £1.78 to £19.28. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £6.03 that is £48K to £60K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.03under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.78–£19.28
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£48K–£60K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #37 within Electrical. It carries 3,960 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.0%
Average rank
#37in Electrical
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,960per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Cable Ties 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£174K£348K£522K£696K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

31%

  • BEEWAY20%
  • Oksdown18%
  • Gocableties11%
  • ZARB8%
  • Yaluzibi6%
  • KABLE KONTROL6%

Demand

Cable Ties search demand

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

45K35KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Cable Ties search terms shoppers use

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

  • cable ties899K/yr
  • zip ties263K/yr
  • cable ties black64K/yr
  • black cable ties60K/yr
  • tie wraps51K/yr
  • cable ties heavy duty38K/yr
  • zip ties heavy duty24K/yr
  • cable tie26K/yr
  • black zip ties15K/yr
  • plastic ties15K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cable Ties

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

Complain

Size-Overall19%−0.07

Quite small

To short

Not very long

Quality-Overall18%+0.14

Not the best product

Bad quality

Garbage

Strength15%−0.07

Very flimsy

Not so strong

No strength at all

Functionality-Overall8%−0.07

Didnt even work

they didnt job none the less

Useless - do not work

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+1.82

truly awful listing

its my fault for not reading the description

Not as advertised

Love

Advertised Vs Actual Product22%+1.82

As advertised

As described

Just what I wanted

Quality-Overall20%+0.14

Excellent product

Good sizing and quality

They feel well-made

Value For Money19%+1.49

Cheap price

Good value for money

Excellent value

Strength10%−0.07

Good and strong

Theyre strong enough to hold the stems without slipping

Strong ties

Size-Overall10%−0.07

gave a secure fit

Handy size

Very fit for purpose

Return

0.3% Return rate 65% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall59%▅██▇█▆

Quite small

To short

Not very long

Thin7%▁▄▅█▃▅

They are very thin look cheaply made

Strength7%▇▄▁▃▅█

Very flimsy

Not so strong

No strength at all

Quality-Overall6%▆▅▄▄▃█

Not the best product

Bad quality

Garbage

Value For Money5%▅▂█▃▂▂

very expensive compared to high st outlets which sell them much cheaper

Quite a lot of ties for the money

FAQ

Common Cable Ties questions

Answered from the same tracked data.