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Metal Cable Tie Gun

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But shoppers spend only $54K a year here, so Metal Cable Tie Gun is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 9% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +10 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£54K/yr27K searches / yr
90-day growth
+13.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
56%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 26 sellers

Flapen Score

Metal Cable Tie Gun against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Metal Cable Tie Gun is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Metal Cable Tie Gun market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Metal Cable Tie Gun 27K times last year and spent an estimated £54K. The top 5 brands take 72% of clicks. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 27K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +13.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £54K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
27K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+13.4%
Conversion, latest week
9.1%
Market size, estimated
£54Ka year
Top search term
metal cable tie gun9K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £21.67.

Listings sell for £21.67 on average, from £8.08 to £47.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £21.67 that is £2K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£21.67inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.08–£47.60
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£5K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #381 within Electrical. It carries 196 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
4.8%
Average rank
#381in Electrical
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
196per listing
Listings tracked
23

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 54 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
54 months

Products

Top Metal Cable Tie Gun 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£11K£16K£21K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

26

Top-5 brand share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

19%

  • Dechengbao23%
  • QWORK15%
  • KATSU Tools13%
  • LEENUE11%
  • OFFO9%
  • Flytuo9%

Demand

Metal Cable Tie Gun search demand

Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.

600400Spike '26Apr '26Apr '26May '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26

Search terms

Top Metal Cable Tie Gun search terms shoppers use

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

  • metal cable tie gun9K/yr
  • cable tie gun7K/yr
  • metal tie wrap gun4K/yr
  • cable tie tensioner3K/yr
  • cable tie tool3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Metal Cable Tie Gun

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

Complain

Durability38%−0.34

Gun broke after a couple of uses

Useless item that broke the first time I used it

Broke

Advertised Vs Actual Product19%−0.01

Poor description

The description Cutter Tool with Automatic Flush Cut-Off is wrong

Functionality-Overall19%−0.30

Tried it, worked OK BUT only breaks. NOT cuts

Didnt even work

Value For Money13%+1.36

Expensive

Ease Of Use6%+0.82

not always easy to utilise

Love

Quality-Overall22%+1.59

Feels like a quality made tool that will last

excellent product

Great quality and price

Value For Money20%+1.36

This models extra value

Great value

Good value

Ease Of Use17%+0.82

Easy to use

Easy to operate

Handy tool

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%−0.01

As advertised

Does what it needs to

Works as described

Strength11%+0.72

Solid build, works well

Strong tool

are very strong

Return

0.8% Return rate 10% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall26%▁█▅▂▃▅

Tried it, worked OK BUT only breaks. NOT cuts

Didnt even work

Grip13%█▃▅█▄▁
Defective Material/Parts12%▁▃▅▇█▃
Compatibility-Overall11%█▁▁▅▇▁
Mechanism Issues7%▁█▅▄▄▄

FAQ

Common Metal Cable Tie Gun questions

Answered from the same tracked data.