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Glue

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($0.96–$11.53) — Glue doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

47
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Market size 78Growth 22Conversion 97Competition 39Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 14Brand share 6Review moat 22Quality gap 43
This niche Category average

Is Glue profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Glue is a £1.0M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (1.3M searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.

Glue: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -6.4% over the last 90 days and 15.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.0M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr200K
Search volume / yr-6.4%1.3M
Conversion rate15.8%
Avg price£5.12

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand, so 2% of the market is open.

2%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 198
Top-5 product click share62%
Open market2%
Avg brand age50 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 21 products

Sponsored placement86%
New entrants (1y)2· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews9,318

Top Glue 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 take 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£102K£205K£307K£409K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 rising

Sellers

198

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

1%

  • GORILLA84%
  • Bostik6%
  • Pritt3%
  • ALECPEA3%
  • MECHYO1%
  • UHU1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Glue demand & seasonality

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

Volume1.3MCVR15.8%Products21Brands7Top 5 Brands98%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews9,318Avg BSR#8
30K20KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Top Glue search terms shoppers use

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

  • gorilla glue512K/yr
  • glue491K/yr
  • gorilla super glue90K/yr
  • gorilla glue heavy duty31K/yr
  • strong glue47K/yr
  • strong glue for everything20K/yr
  • superglue gorilla10K/yr
  • extra strong glue6K/yr
  • extra strong glue heavy duty7K/yr
  • super strong glue6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Glue

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness42%

Sticks really well

Quality-Overall12%

Excellent Product

Value For Money11%

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

Works as it should

Strength6%

Firm hold

What buyers complain about

80% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness43%

Poor adhesive

Ease Of Use7%

Not very easy to use

Functionality-Overall7%

doesnt work properly

Quality-Overall6%

Garbage

Value For Money5%

Other brands may be cheaper

Glue return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

12%

Fixable by listing

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

1Adhesion/Stickiness
42%
2Functionality-Overall
13%
3Defective Material/Parts
5%
4Quality-Overall
4%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
4%

Common Glue questions

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

Flapen scores Glue 47/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £1.0M/yr across 21 tracked products. 2 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -6.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Glue on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.5× the quietest.