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Drill

Maybe

Shoppers spend $3.4M a year here. But demand is soft, at -0.9% this quarter, so Drill is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 4% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +13 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£3.4M/yr3.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-0.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 168 sellers

Flapen Score

Drill against its category

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

62Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Drill market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Drill 3.2M times last year and spent an estimated £3.4M. The top 5 brands take 68% of clicks. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 3.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -0.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-0.9%
Conversion, latest week
3.1%
Market size, estimated
£3.4Ma year
Peak month
October1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
drill1.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £34.23.

Listings sell for £34.23 on average, from £11.84 to £105.46. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £34.23 that is £51K to £68K a year per listing.

Average price
£34.23inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£11.84–£105.46
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£51K–£68K
Returns
2.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #21 within Power Tools. It carries 2,075 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
8.6%
Average rank
#21in Power Tools
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,075per listing
Listings tracked
52

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 6 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 6 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
6Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Drill 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£137K£275K£412K£550K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

168

Top-5 brand share

68%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 74%

Open market

28%

  • FADAKWALT20%
  • Bosch18%
  • BLACK+DECKER16%
  • Terratek10%
  • DEKOPRO5%
  • KELNOW4%

Demand

Drill search demand

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

125K75KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Drill search terms shoppers use

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

  • drill1.1M/yr
  • cordless drill613K/yr
  • drills230K/yr
  • drill set209K/yr
  • hammer drill181K/yr
  • electric drill137K/yr
  • bosch drill104K/yr
  • combi drill83K/yr
  • cordless drill set57K/yr
  • power drill64K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Drill

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

Complain

Durability14%−0.10

Stopped working after one use

Breaks easily

Broke after one use

Quality-Overall13%+0.50

Bad quality

Not the premium quality

consumable quality is only average

Charging8%−0.04

Didn't charge

Doesn't work at all charged it and everything

Wont charge

Strength6%+0.07

Not powerful

Not very strong

Weak

Functionality-Overall6%−0.04

Didnt work

Powerless. Not much go in it

No longer works

Love

Value For Money26%+2.49

fair price

Great Deal

Money well spent

Quality-Overall18%+0.50

Good quality tools

Decent tool

Amazing quality

Ease Of Use9%+0.79

Easy to use

easy to handle

Makes life a lot easier

Battery Life7%+0.08

battery lasts a long time

Battery life is decent

Battery is good

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

As advertised

As described

Just what I needed

Return

2.0% Return rate 10% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall22%█▆▇▇▇█

Didnt work

Powerless. Not much go in it

No longer works

Defective Material/Parts14%▅▇▆▅██
Strength12%██▆█▇▆

Not powerful

Not very strong

Weak

Charging9%██▇▇▆▅

Didn't charge

Doesn't work at all charged it and everything

Wont charge

Quality-Overall7%▆▇█▇▆█

Bad quality

Not the premium quality

consumable quality is only average

FAQ

Common Drill questions

Answered from the same tracked data.