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Door Latch

Fail

Prices span $2.58–$8.09, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Door Latch is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 1,524 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£128K/yr527K searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
57%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 46 sellers

Flapen Score

Door Latch against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Door Latch market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Door Latch 527K times last year and spent an estimated £128K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

5.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 527K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £128K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
527K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.4%
Conversion, latest week
5.3%
Market size, estimated
£128Ka year
Peak month
April1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
door latch131K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.59.

Listings sell for £4.59 on average, from £2.58 to £8.09. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £4.59 that is £5K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.59under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.58–£8.09
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£6K
Returns
1.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #70 within Door Hardware & Locks. It carries 1,169 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#70in Door Hardware & Locks
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,169per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 31 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top Door Latch 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 57% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£13K£26K£38K£51K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

46

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

22%

  • Pimoys29%
  • Sterling21%
  • Leryati11%
  • Decoranddecor6%
  • DKBT5%
  • Yale5%

Demand

Door Latch search demand

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

10K6KSpike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Door Latch search terms shoppers use

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

  • door latch131K/yr
  • door latches for internal door86K/yr
  • door catch40K/yr
  • latch37K/yr
  • internal door latch32K/yr
  • latches31K/yr
  • door catches for internal doors27K/yr
  • tubular latch26K/yr
  • latch lock18K/yr
  • door catches and latches14K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Door Latch

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

Complain

Quality-Overall29%−0.04

Cheap nasty rubbish

Bad quality

Cheap quality badly put together

Strength11%−0.13

A bit flimsy to be honest

No its not sturdy its a pressed out old coke can very thin and cheap

Flimsy

Size-Overall11%+1.11

the latch was too big

Unfortunately, one star short because screws are very tiny

Too small

Locking Mechanism9%+0.39

Locks are no good

Rubbish locks

the latch I find needs a little rubber grommet in to stop the door from flopping about

Durability8%−0.10

First one broke after one day

They will break up on first kick or heavy push

Broke after 2 weeks

Love

Quality-Overall30%−0.04

Excellent product

Decent item

are well made

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+0.95

Works as advertised

As described

Exactly what I wanted

Size-Overall13%+1.11

Easy fit

Easy to fit

Good fit 2.5 Universal replacement

Value For Money12%+1.41

Great value

Good price

Excellent value

Locking Mechanism10%+0.39

Very happy with this lock

Excellent door lock

Door lock

Return

1.4% Return rate 76% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall72%▇▇██▆▇

the latch was too big

Unfortunately, one star short because screws are very tiny

Too small

Compatibility-Overall7%▄▂▅▂█▃
Quality-Overall5%▆█▂▆▅▃

Cheap nasty rubbish

Bad quality

Cheap quality badly put together

Functionality-Overall3%▄▇▄▅██
Defective Material/Parts3%▆▅▄▄▂█

FAQ

Common Door Latch questions

Answered from the same tracked data.