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Duct Tape

Maybe

Buyers convert on 19.8% of searches. But products sell for $6.05 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Duct Tape is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 9% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +10 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£1.2M/yr1.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+10.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 112 sellers

Flapen Score

Duct Tape against its category

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

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Duct Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Duct Tape 1.0M times last year and spent an estimated £1.2M. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 19.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 19.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +10.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+10.7%
Conversion, latest week
19.8%
Market size, estimated
£1.2Ma year
Peak month
June2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
duct tape371K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.05.

Listings sell for £6.05 on average, from £2.52 to £18.04. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At £6.05 that is £61K to £76K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.05under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.52–£18.04
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
10,000–12,500
Revenue per listing a year
£61K–£76K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #16 within Adhesives & Sealers. It carries 6,066 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.7%
Average rank
#16in Adhesives & Sealers
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,066per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
59 months

Products

Top Duct Tape 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£61K£122K£183K£244K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

112

Est. top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

19%

  • Duck40%
  • Generic10%
  • GORILLA10%
  • Fyguard8%
  • G4GADGET7%
  • JeeJaan6%

Demand

Duct Tape search demand

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

25K15KBlack Friday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Duct Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • duct tape371K/yr
  • duck tape199K/yr
  • gaffer tape132K/yr
  • duct tape heavy duty68K/yr
  • gaffa tape45K/yr
  • gaffer tape heavy duty35K/yr
  • black duct tape29K/yr
  • duct tape waterproof23K/yr
  • duck tape heavy duty23K/yr
  • black gaffer tape20K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Duct Tape

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

33%of positive reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
36%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.2%of orders come back
“Very poor adhesion”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”36% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Duct Tape 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