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Contact Adhesive

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.99–$13.80) — Contact Adhesive doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

39
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Market size 26Growth 30Conversion 96Competition 12Returns 98Price range 0Avg price 16Brand share 15Review moat 25Quality gap 55
This niche Category average

Is Contact Adhesive profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Contact Adhesive is a £106K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (134K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Demand peaks in Sep. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

Contact Adhesive: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +3.6% over the last 90 days and 13.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£106K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr+3.6%134K
Conversion rate13.4%
Avg price£5.90

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

6%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 96
Top-5 product click share85%
Open market6%
Avg brand age58 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 10 products

Sponsored placement100%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews4,385

Top Contact Adhesive 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 capture 85% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£11K£21K£32K£42K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

96

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

3%

  • GORILLA32%
  • EVOSTIK31%
  • Evo-Stik20%
  • Evostik5%
  • Sika5%
  • FresFresi3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)

Contact Adhesive demand & seasonality

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

Volume134KCVR13.4%Products10Brands8Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.4★Reviews4,385Avg BSR#40
5K3KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Contact Adhesive search terms shoppers use

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

  • contact adhesive86K/yr
  • contact cement23K/yr
  • contact adhesive glue8K/yr
  • contact glue7K/yr
  • contact adhesives4K/yr
  • contact cement for eva foam5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Contact Adhesive

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

What buyers love

87% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness39%

Good Adhesive

Quality-Overall12%

Overall, a quality product that I'd happily buy again and recommend for anyone needing a dependable contact adhesive

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%

Overall, it's a brilliant product that does exactly what it promises

Strength7%

Super strong

Value For Money6%

Good value for money

What buyers complain about

80% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness42%

Poor adhesive

Functionality-Overall13%

Didn't work for me

Quality-Overall6%

absolutely rubbish

Grip4%

next to no hold

Durability3%

held it for a minute - still nothing

Contact Adhesive return rate & reasons

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

0.3%

Return rate

13%

Fixable by listing

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

1Adhesion/Stickiness
39%
2Functionality-Overall
15%
3Leak-Proof
7%
4Defective Material/Parts
7%
5Color
4%

Common Contact Adhesive questions

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

Flapen scores Contact Adhesive 39/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £106K/yr across 10 tracked products. Search demand moved +3.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Contact Adhesive on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Sep, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.