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Carpet Tape

Fail

Prices span $3.75–$8.27, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Carpet Tape 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
£344K/yr353K searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
81%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 10 sellers

Flapen Score

Carpet Tape against its category

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

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

Market

The Carpet Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Carpet Tape 353K times last year and spent an estimated £344K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 15.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 353K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 15.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £344K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
353K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.7%
Conversion, latest week
15.7%
Market size, estimated
£344Ka year
Peak month
January1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
carpet tape126K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.22.

Listings sell for £6.22 on average, from £3.75 to £8.27. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At £6.22 that is £31K to £37K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.22under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.75–£8.27
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
£31K–£37K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% 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 #4 within Adhesives & Sealers. It carries 5,787 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#4in Adhesives & Sealers
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,787per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Carpet 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 81% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£52K£103K£155K£206K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

10

Est. top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • DIY Doctor50%
  • Target Control20%
  • Rugistic12%
  • YISUMEI9%
  • Double Dragon6%
  • YYXLIFE3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Carpet Tape search demand

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

9K7KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Carpet Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • carpet tape126K/yr
  • rug tape48K/yr
  • double sided carpet tape44K/yr
  • carpet tape double sided heavy duty31K/yr
  • rug tape for carpet18K/yr
  • double sided carpet tape heavy duty11K/yr
  • carpet tape for rugs11K/yr
  • double sided tape for carpet7K/yr
  • rug tape for wood floors9K/yr
  • carpet tape for rugs on top of carpet6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Carpet Tape

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

38%of positive reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
33%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.7%of orders come back
“Didn't stick for long”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”33% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Carpet 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