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Packing Tape Dispenser

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($5.44–$13.43) — Packing Tape Dispenser doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

44
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Market size 33Growth 19Conversion 97Competition 25Returns 96Price range 0Avg price 23Brand share 30Review moat 39Quality gap 68
This niche Category average

Is Packing Tape Dispenser profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Packing Tape Dispenser is a £156K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (123K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 44/100.

Packing Tape Dispenser: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -11.9% over the last 90 days and 15.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£156K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr-11.9%123K
Conversion rate15.2%
Avg price£8.37

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand, so 13% of the market is open.

13%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 62
Top-5 product click share70%
Open market13%
Avg brand age61 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 16 products

Sponsored placement75%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews2,554

Top Packing Tape Dispenser products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 70% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£8K£16K£23K£31K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

62

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • Fit For The Job27%
  • brackit22%
  • RAPESCO16%
  • Packatape15%
  • Amazon Basics6%
  • Pro Series5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 8%)

Packing Tape Dispenser demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume123KCVR15.2%Products16Brands9Top 5 Brands87%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.3★Reviews2,554Avg BSR#40
3K2KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Packing Tape Dispenser search terms shoppers use

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

  • packing tape dispenser49K/yr
  • parcel tape dispenser36K/yr
  • tape dispenser for packing boxes11K/yr
  • brown tape dispenser11K/yr
  • packaging tape dispenser6K/yr
  • packing tape and dispenser4K/yr
  • parcel tape dispenser with cutter3K/yr
  • packaging tape with dispenser1K/yr
  • parcel tape strong brown with dispenser467/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Packing Tape Dispenser

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

82% of reviews
Quality-Overall16%

Reliable product

Adhesion/Stickiness15%

is super sticky

Ease Of Use14%

Easy to use

Value For Money12%

Reasonably priced

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

Does the job as advertised

What buyers complain about

72% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness22%

Very sticky

Quality-Overall13%

But very disappointed with the quality control of this product

Functionality-Overall8%

almost non functional

Ease Of Use7%

Quite awkward to use

Durability6%

Broke during usage

Packing Tape Dispenser return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.7%

Return rate

19%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Adhesion/Stickiness
21%
2Functionality-Overall
17%
3Size-Overall
13%
4Defective Material/Parts
13%
5Dispensing Mechanism
6%

Common Packing Tape Dispenser questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Packing Tape Dispenser 44/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £156K/yr across 16 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -11.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Packing Tape Dispenser on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.