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Hinge Repair Plate

Fail

Prices span $2.68–$8.11, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Hinge Repair Plate is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 1,524 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£182K/yr219K searches / yr
90-day growth
-25.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 14 sellers

Flapen Score

Hinge Repair Plate against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hinge Repair Plate market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Hinge Repair Plate 219K times last year and spent an estimated £182K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

17.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 219K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 17.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -25.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £182K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
219K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-25.0%
Conversion, latest week
17.1%
Market size, estimated
£182Ka year
Peak month
January1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
hinge repair plate77K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.88.

Listings sell for £4.88 on average, from £2.68 to £8.11. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £4.88 that is £10K to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.88under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.68–£8.11
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£12K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #49 within Cabinet Hardware. It carries 1,565 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#49in Cabinet Hardware
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,565per listing
Listings tracked
15

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 26 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Hinge Repair Plate 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 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£9K£18K£27K£36K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

14

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • YICEN41%
  • XiangJunly19%
  • Toced13%
  • Dihl7%
  • flintronic7%
  • Gas N Pow3r3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 10%)

Demand

Hinge Repair Plate search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Hinge Repair Plate search terms shoppers use

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

  • hinge repair plate77K/yr
  • kitchen door hinge repair plate21K/yr
  • cupboard hinge repair plate15K/yr
  • cabinet hinge repair plate18K/yr
  • cupboard door hinge repair plate12K/yr
  • door hinge repair plate11K/yr
  • kitchen hinge repair plate10K/yr
  • hinge repair kit10K/yr
  • kitchen cupboard hinge repair plate9K/yr
  • kitchen cabinet hinge repair plate6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hinge Repair Plate

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

Complain

Size-Overall22%−0.14

they were too big

did not fit

it's way too small

Quality-Overall16%−0.13

Garbage

Poor quality

Absolutely rubbish

Strength11%−0.08

Flimsy

Very very thin and flimsy,

Not strong enough

Thickness11%−0.03

way too thin to support a decent sized door

These are equivalent thickness

Plates are not thick enough. flimsy

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+1.65

Doesnt do what it says on the tin

Not as pictures

Love

Advertised Vs Actual Product20%+1.65

Product as advertised

As described

Just what I needed

Quality-Overall14%−0.13

Good product, saved me buying a new door

A genuinely worthwhile product

Decent quality

Maintenance And Repair12%+0.69

These repair plates are excellent, they fit perfectly and are strong

good repair plate

Great perfect for a repair

Ease Of Use9%+0.65

Easy to use

Easy to fit

Excellent handy product

Size-Overall9%−0.14

Perfect fit

Easy to fit

Fits all doors

Return

0.5% Return rate 64% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall59%▇██▇▇▇

they were too big

did not fit

it's way too small

Compatibility-Overall11%█▆█▇▇▆
Functionality-Overall7%▂▆▄▂▄█

didnt work

Does not do what it says it does

It didn't work

Thin4%██▅▄█▄
Maintenance And Repair3%▃▁▁▇▄█

FAQ

Common Hinge Repair Plate questions

Answered from the same tracked data.