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Makita Reciprocating Saw 18v

Fail

The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks, so Makita Reciprocating Saw 18v is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 1,615 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£107K/yr66K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 56 sellers

Flapen Score

Makita Reciprocating Saw 18v against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Makita Reciprocating Saw 18v is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Makita Reciprocating Saw 18v market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Makita Reciprocating Saw 18v 66K times last year and spent an estimated £107K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 66K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £107K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
66K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.5%
Conversion, latest week
1.9%
Market size, estimated
£107Ka year
Peak month
November1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
makita reciprocating saw30K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £86.60.

Listings sell for £86.60 on average, from £26.80 to £207.56. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £86.60 that is £0 to £9K a year per listing.

Average price
£86.60inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£26.80–£207.56
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
1K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£9K
Returns
2.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

40% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 68% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #93 within Power Tools. It carries 423 reviews at 4.25 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
40%
Prime listings
68%
Out of stock, average day
5.0%
Average rank
#93in Power Tools
Average rating
4.25 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
423per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 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 30 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
30 months

Products

Top Makita Reciprocating Saw 18v 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£11K£16K£21K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

56

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

5%

  • Makita72%
  • Roadtime9%
  • JOJOCY4%
  • GGiking4%
  • ConBlom3%
  • LMYDIDO2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 5%)

Demand

Makita Reciprocating Saw 18v search demand

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

2K1KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Makita Reciprocating Saw 18v search terms shoppers use

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

  • makita reciprocating saw30K/yr
  • makita reciprocating saw 18v25K/yr
  • reciprocating saw makita6K/yr
  • makita 18v reciprocating saw5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Makita Reciprocating Saw 18v

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

Complain

Durability13%−0.08

Dies after 1 use

i cant imagine it will last long for the price

Quality-Overall12%+1.47

Cheap nasty not capable of any kind of quality cut

I would suggest this is not best item as a present as the presentation of the item is not great

Size-Overall10%−0.12

Returned because OEM Makita battery would not fit

Too tight to slide on

Weight Heavy10%+0.41

Heavy, yes,

Flammable10%−0.09

Brought for husband for work used today not impressed at all started burning out when he was using it waste of money

Love

Quality-Overall28%+1.47

Well made good quality

Great piece of kit

I was very impressed with the performance

Value For Money16%+1.04

Great value for money

Good item at a good price

Value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.62

does the job

Does it's job

As described

Battery Life10%−0.05

Good quality good battery life

Works fine with makita batteries

each battery last long

Ease Of Use10%+0.40

Easy to use

It's easy to control

ease of use is good

Return

2.3% Return rate 21% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall14%▆█▁▇▆▃
Defective Material/Parts10%▁▁██▄▅
Durability9%█▁▁▅█▁

Dies after 1 use

i cant imagine it will last long for the price

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▇▁█▁▁█
Size-Overall8%▁▃█▁▁▃

Returned because OEM Makita battery would not fit

Too tight to slide on

FAQ

Common Makita Reciprocating Saw 18v questions

Answered from the same tracked data.