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Drain Snake

Pass

Drain Snake scores 66 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $516K a year here, demand is soft, at -4.9% this quarter, and an estimated 0.8% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
66
66 / 100
Top 2% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +17 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£516K/yr526K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 29 brands · 43 sellers

Flapen Score

Drain Snake against its category

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

66Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Drain Snake market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Drain Snake 526K times last year and spent an estimated £516K. The top 5 brands take 44% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 66 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 526K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £516K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
526K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.9%
Conversion, latest week
11.8%
Market size, estimated
£516Ka year
Peak month
January1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
drain snake238K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.31.

Listings sell for £8.31 on average, from £2.53 to £27.75. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At £8.31 that is £10K to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.31under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.53–£27.75
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£12K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 97% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #54 within Plumbing. It carries 1,762 reviews at 4.04 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
97%
Out of stock, average day
6.7%
Average rank
#54in Plumbing
Average rating
4.04 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,762per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 10 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 28 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
28 months

Products

Top Drain Snake 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£21K£41K£62K£83K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

29 falling

Sellers

43

Est. top-5 brand share

44%

Top 20: 91%

Est. top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

49%

  • Forlivese14%
  • Keratobleem11%
  • MEISTERFAKTUR7%
  • Kelly's Collection7%
  • WMYMON6%
  • Qwatuy6%

Demand

Drain Snake search demand

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

15K10KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Drain Snake search terms shoppers use

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

  • drain snake238K/yr
  • drain unblocker tool93K/yr
  • drain snake unblocker37K/yr
  • sink unblocker tool27K/yr
  • drain auger16K/yr
  • plumbers snake14K/yr
  • drain cleaner tool14K/yr
  • drain snake hair clog remover10K/yr
  • plumbing snake11K/yr
  • snake drain tool4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Drain Snake

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Use”
14%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
0.8%of orders come back
“not very effective”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”14% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Drain Snake 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