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Mole Grips

Maybe

An estimated 0.8% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -10.8% this quarter, so Mole Grips is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 12% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +9 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£240K/yr218K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
45%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 119 sellers

Flapen Score

Mole Grips against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Mole Grips is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mole Grips market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mole Grips 218K times last year and spent an estimated £240K. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 218K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £240K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
218K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.8%
Conversion, latest week
9.3%
Market size, estimated
£240Ka year
Peak month
December1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
mole grips97K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.90.

Listings sell for £11.90 on average, from £3.95 to £30.27. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £11.90 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.90under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.95–£30.27
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£6K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

52% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #50 within Hand Tools. It carries 1,066 reviews at 4.45 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
52%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#50in Hand Tools
Average rating
4.45 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,066per listing
Listings tracked
33

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Mole Grips 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 45% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£10K£19K£29K£38K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 rising

Sellers

119

Est. top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

31%

  • Amtech17%
  • US PRO14%
  • STANLEY13%
  • IRWIN9%
  • WORKPRO9%
  • Milwaukee7%

Demand

Mole Grips search demand

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

10K6KHoliday '24SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Mole Grips search terms shoppers use

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

  • mole grips97K/yr
  • vice grips39K/yr
  • locking pliers29K/yr
  • mole grips set10K/yr
  • irwin vise grips10K/yr
  • vise grips5K/yr
  • vise grip8K/yr
  • vice grip5K/yr
  • mole grips heavy duty5K/yr
  • small mole grips4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mole Grips

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

29%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.8%of orders come back
“Not great quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”17% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Mole Grips 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