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Heavy Duty Padlock

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 49% of clicks. But demand is soft, at -5.8% this quarter, so Heavy Duty Padlock is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 17% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +7 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£108K/yr146K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 25 brands · 46 sellers

Flapen Score

Heavy Duty Padlock against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Heavy Duty Padlock market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Heavy Duty Padlock 146K times last year and spent an estimated £108K. The top 5 brands take 49% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 146K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £108K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
146K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.8%
Conversion, latest week
7.1%
Market size, estimated
£108Ka year
Peak month
August2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
heavy duty padlock61K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.40.

Listings sell for £10.40 on average, from £4.08 to £27.39. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £10.40 that is £3K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.40under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.08–£27.39
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£5K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #42 within Padlocks & Hasps. It carries 2,235 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#42in Padlocks & Hasps
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,235per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Heavy Duty Padlock 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 only 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£4K£9K£13K£17K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

25 rising

Sellers

46

Top-5 brand share

49%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

44%

  • H&S13%
  • CDC DIGI10%
  • Yale9%
  • Diyife8%
  • Master Lock8%
  • Magmaus8%

Demand

Heavy Duty Padlock search demand

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

8K6KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Heavy Duty Padlock search terms shoppers use

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

  • heavy duty padlock61K/yr
  • large padlock16K/yr
  • pad locks outside heavy duty12K/yr
  • heavy duty lock10K/yr
  • padlock heavy duty6K/yr
  • security padlock5K/yr
  • heavy duty padlocks5K/yr
  • strong padlock4K/yr
  • high security padlocks7K/yr
  • large padlocks with keys3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Heavy Duty Padlock

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

Complain

Rusts/Corrodes30%−0.28

Easily Rusts

Rusted within weeks

Rusts quickly

Locking Mechanism16%+1.14

becoming a problem to lock

not a good lock

does't lock at all now

Durability9%−0.08

Broke within a week

Broken easily

it fell apart

Quality-Overall8%+0.86

Absolute garbage

Disappointing quality

These were shocking quality

Size-Overall5%−0.01

Too short

Quite small

very wide

Love

Locking Mechanism29%+1.14

Lock up

smooth locking mechanism

The lock mechanism works smoothly

Quality-Overall16%+0.86

good quality item, arrived quickly, easy to use and looks substantial

Good product well made

Best quality

Strength13%+1.13

Heavy duty, easy to set up

Good and strong

Good solid construction

Value For Money10%+0.56

Great value for money

Excellent value for money

Decent price

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.57

Works as advertised

As described

Does what it promises

Return

1.6% Return rate 69% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall62%▆▇████

Too short

Quite small

very wide

Locking Mechanism13%██▅▆▄▄

becoming a problem to lock

not a good lock

does't lock at all now

Functionality-Overall3%▇▇▆█▇▆
Rusts/Corrodes3%█▅▃▂▁▃

Easily Rusts

Rusted within weeks

Rusts quickly

Thickness2%▆▆▆███

FAQ

Common Heavy Duty Padlock questions

Answered from the same tracked data.