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Metal Cable Ties

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $62K a year here, so Metal Cable Ties is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 1,252 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£62K/yr76K searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 16 sellers

Flapen Score

Metal Cable Ties against its category

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

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Metal Cable Ties market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Metal Cable Ties 76K times last year and spent an estimated £62K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in May. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 76K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £62K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
76K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.9%
Conversion, latest week
9.0%
Market size, estimated
£62Ka year
Peak month
May1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
metal cable ties37K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.21.

Listings sell for £9.21 on average, from £3.17 to £23.03. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £9.21 that is £2K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.21under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.17–£23.03
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£5K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #210 within Electrical. It carries 684 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.9%
Average rank
#210in Electrical
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
684per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 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 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Metal Cable Ties 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 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£6K£12K£19K£25K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

16

Est. top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

14%

  • ZOOSUNX36%
  • OFFO23%
  • MgcTolBox9%
  • On1shelf7%
  • Deecam6%
  • XINGO5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 14%)

Demand

Metal Cable Ties search demand

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

2K2KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Metal Cable Ties search terms shoppers use

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

  • metal cable ties37K/yr
  • metal zip ties13K/yr
  • stainless steel cable ties10K/yr
  • steel cable ties6K/yr
  • metal tie wraps5K/yr
  • metal ties4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Metal Cable Ties

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
25%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.5%of orders come back
“Not very good, very short”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”25% 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 Metal Cable Ties 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