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Key

Fail

Prices span $2.50–$9.69, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Key is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 1,704 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −7 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£52K/yr141K searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 21 sellers

Flapen Score

Key against its category

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

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Key market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Key 141K times last year and spent an estimated £52K. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 141K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £52K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
141K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.2%
Conversion, latest week
6.4%
Market size, estimated
£52Ka year
Peak month
October1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
key67K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.78.

Listings sell for £5.78 on average, from £2.50 to £9.69. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £5.78 that is £4K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.78under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.50–£9.69
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£6K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #823 within Door Hardware & Locks. It carries 401 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.0%
Average rank
#823in Door Hardware & Locks
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
401per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Key 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 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£10K£16K£21K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

18%

  • VSILE39%
  • EAI18%
  • DHEISHA7%
  • CARNFORTH7%
  • XONOR6%
  • Mellbree5%

Demand

Key search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Key search terms shoppers use

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

  • key67K/yr
  • keys42K/yr
  • fb2 key27K/yr
  • fb2 key uk6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Key

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

Complain

Locking Mechanism33%−0.04

It doesn't work on the door lock

Door = Open

Functionality-Overall17%−0.11

didn't work in my meter cupboard

Size-Overall17%−0.11

Longer than usual

Quality-Overall6%+1.16

No, these were both of very low quality

Grip6%−0.03

Very brittle plastic finger grips

Plastic finger grip snapped off the first one on second use

Love

Quality-Overall21%+1.16

Good quality keys

Great quality

Good quality in a sturdy meet case

Advertised Vs Actual Product19%+1.37

As expected

Perfect as fescribed

exactly as described

Value For Money11%+0.74

Worth every penny

Great value

Good value too

Efficiency9%−0.11

Works great

that one works smoothly

They work fine

Chain/Key Quality7%+0.46

Lovely collection of small vintage style keys

Nice little keys

Good variety of vintage style keys

Return

0.8% Return rate 56% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall55%█▃▆▅▅▅

Longer than usual

Functionality-Overall16%▁▆▃▅▂█

didn't work in my meter cupboard

Locking Mechanism15%▁█▅▃█▃

It doesn't work on the door lock

Door = Open

Compatibility-Overall7%█▁▆▁▇▁
Advertised Vs Actual Product2%▁▁▁█▁▁

FAQ

Common Key questions

Answered from the same tracked data.