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Low Tack Masking Tape

Fail

Prices span $1.73–$16.99, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Low Tack Masking Tape 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
£111K/yr108K searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 75 sellers

Flapen Score

Low Tack Masking Tape against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Low Tack Masking Tape is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Low Tack Masking Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Low Tack Masking Tape 108K times last year and spent an estimated £111K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 17.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 108K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 17.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £111K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
108K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.1%
Conversion, latest week
17.0%
Market size, estimated
£111Ka year
Peak month
February1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
low tack masking tape42K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.04.

Listings sell for £6.04 on average, from £1.73 to £16.99. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £6.04 that is £5K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.04under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.73–£16.99
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£6K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

62% 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 #59 within Adhesives & Sealers. It carries 7,430 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
62%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.0%
Average rank
#59in Adhesives & Sealers
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
7,430per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
46 months

Products

Top Low Tack Masking Tape 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£6K£11K£17K£22K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

75

Est. top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

6%

  • Frog Tape54%
  • ProDec18%
  • ProDec Advance11%
  • Eagle smart5%
  • Fyguard3%
  • GAUDER2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 6%)

Demand

Low Tack Masking Tape search demand

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

2K2KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Low Tack Masking Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • low tack masking tape42K/yr
  • low tack masking tape for painting17K/yr
  • yellow frog tape12K/yr
  • low tack tape11K/yr
  • frog tape yellow9K/yr
  • frog tape delicate surface5K/yr
  • prodec masking tape6K/yr
  • masking tape low tack4K/yr
  • pro dec masking tape3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Low Tack Masking Tape

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

29%of positive reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
33%of negative reviews mention “Paint Quality”
0.3%of orders come back
“Pulled paint off when removed”
A buyer, on “Paint Quality”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 Low Tack Masking Tape 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