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Heat Gun for Crafts

Fail

Demand is soft, at -25.1% this quarter, so Heat Gun for Crafts is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Ranks 1,033 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · on the category median
Market size
£110K/yr109K searches / yr
90-day growth
-25.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 31 sellers

Flapen Score

Heat Gun for Crafts against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Heat Gun for Crafts is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Heat Gun for Crafts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Heat Gun for Crafts 109K times last year and spent an estimated £110K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

7.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 109K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -25.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £110K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
109K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-25.1%
Conversion, latest week
7.0%
Market size, estimated
£110Ka year
Peak month
February1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
heat gun for crafts31K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.41.

Listings sell for £14.41 on average, from £8.72 to £26.19. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £14.41 that is £4K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.41under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.72–£26.19
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£7K
Returns
2.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 17.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #18 within Power Tools. It carries 1,489 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
17.7%
Average rank
#18in Power Tools
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,489per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Heat Gun for Crafts 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£6K£11K£17K£22K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

27%

  • SEEKONE35%
  • Homidic12%
  • Yeegewin10%
  • JFTOOIS7%
  • Shall6%
  • WORKPRO5%

Demand

Heat Gun for Crafts search demand

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

3K2KHoliday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Heat Gun for Crafts search terms shoppers use

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

  • heat gun for crafts31K/yr
  • mini heat gun22K/yr
  • heat gun for heat shrink13K/yr
  • heat shrink gun14K/yr
  • craft heat gun8K/yr
  • small heat gun5K/yr
  • heat gun for resin4K/yr
  • resin heat gun4K/yr
  • heat embossing tool4K/yr
  • heat gun for candle making5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Heat Gun for Crafts

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

Complain

Quality-Overall11%

Quality not sa expected

Cheap and not great

Cheap rubbish

Size-Overall11%−0.03

Short cable

it's ridiculously short

small

Durability10%−0.07

Stopped working after using it 3 times

Broke first use

Poor quality & broke after first use

Paint Quality6%+0.45

obviously once you get one bit off you have to take the lot off because otherwise it just looks a mess if you paint over it

5 x layers of paint,, gone

Be aware the paint gets very hot

Strength5%−0.03

This is made of thin plastic which is quite flimsy

Not powerful enough

not as powerful as a corded version

Love

Value For Money18%+0.77

Excellent value

Brilliant for the money

Value for money

Quality-Overall17%

Amazing quality

Great quality kit

The build quality feels surprisingly solid for the price

Ease Of Use16%+1.41

Ease of use

easy to handle

Makes life so much easier

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.84

works as advertised

As described

Just what I needed

Weight Light5%

Lightweight and easy to use

The gun is lightweight

This is a lightweight heat gun

Return

2.2% Return rate 14% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall23%▄▆▆▇█▇

Did not do the job I wanted it to

Not suitable for embossing

Stoped working

Strength11%▇█▅▆█▆

This is made of thin plastic which is quite flimsy

Not powerful enough

not as powerful as a corded version

Defective Material/Parts9%█▅▄▅▃▄
Quality-Overall7%▄▅█▅▂▃

Quality not sa expected

Cheap and not great

Cheap rubbish

Size-Overall7%▇▅▅▂▄█

Short cable

it's ridiculously short

small

FAQ

Common Heat Gun for Crafts questions

Answered from the same tracked data.