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Clear Tape

Clear Tape shows low returns (0.2%), but prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($0.83–$13.89) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look
Market size 31Growth 17Conversion 98Competition 71Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 12Brand share 81Review moat 24Quality gap 40
This niche Category average

Is Clear Tape profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Clear Tape is a £141K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (193K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 54% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Clear Tape: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -15.3% over the last 90 days and 16.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£141K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr30K
Search volume / yr-15.3%193K
Conversion rate16.5%
Avg price£4.44

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 54% of demand, so 46% of the market is open.

46%

open market share

Brands · sellers23 · 121
Top-5 product click share43%
Open market46%
Avg brand age46 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 · 37 products

Sponsored placement86%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews6,737

Top Clear Tape 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 43% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£4K£8K£13K£17K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

23 rising

Sellers

121

Top-5 brand share

54%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

39%

  • Merrimen14%
  • Packatape14%
  • Stick Well12%
  • Sellotape7%
  • Homebay7%
  • GRIFEMA7%

Clear Tape demand & seasonality

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

Volume193KCVR16.5%Products37Brands23Top 5 Brands54%OOS Rate1.8%Rating4.5★Reviews6,737Avg BSR#14
8K6KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Top Clear Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • clear tape73K/yr
  • sticky tape56K/yr
  • transparent tape13K/yr
  • sticky tape rolls10K/yr
  • thick tape6K/yr
  • clear tape for packing9K/yr
  • tape clear5K/yr
  • plastic tape4K/yr
  • amazon tape3K/yr
  • strong sellotape3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Clear Tape

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

What buyers love

93% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness35%

Sticks really well

Quality-Overall17%

Good Quality and delivered on time

Value For Money17%

Excellent Value

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

As advertised

Strength6%

Good and strong

What buyers complain about

82% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness33%

Not very adhesive

Quality-Overall15%

As usual no quality control what so ever from Amazon

Thickness8%

Very thin material

Ease Of Use5%

Difficult to use

Strength5%

Too strong

Clear Tape return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

35%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
31%
2Adhesion/Stickiness
27%
3Quality-Overall
6%
4Functionality-Overall
6%
5Defective Material/Parts
5%

Common Clear Tape questions

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

Flapen scores Clear Tape 51/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £141K/yr across 37 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -15.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Clear Tape on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Dec, where the busiest month runs 3.4× the quietest.