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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

An estimated 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 141K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 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

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. 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

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 22, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 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

Est. top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Est. 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 estimated 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

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

21%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
33%of negative reviews mention “Locking Mechanism”
0.8%of orders come back
“It doesn't work on the door lock”
A buyer, on “Locking Mechanism”33% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Key questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data