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Padlock

Maybe

An estimated 0.9% of orders come back. But prices span $2.81–$10.88, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Padlock is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 7% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +11 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£1.5M/yr2.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 47 sellers

Flapen Score

Padlock against its category

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

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Padlock market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Padlock 2.8M times last year and spent an estimated £1.5M. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.5M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.6%
Conversion, latest week
8.9%
Market size, estimated
£1.5Ma year
Peak month
September1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
padlock762K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.07.

Listings sell for £6.07 on average, from £2.81 to £10.88. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At £6.07 that is £61K to £76K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.07under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.81–£10.88
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
10,000–12,500
Revenue per listing a year
£61K–£76K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #9 within Padlocks & Hasps. It carries 3,525 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#9in Padlocks & Hasps
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,525per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 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 43 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
43 months

Products

Top Padlock 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 48% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£152K£305K£457K£610K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

22 flat

Sellers

47

Est. top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 98%

Est. top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

38%

  • ZHEGE22%
  • GRIFEMA16%
  • XShield8%
  • SEPOX5%
  • Diyife5%
  • H&S5%

Demand

Padlock search demand

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

70K50KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Padlock search terms shoppers use

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

  • padlock762K/yr
  • lock406K/yr
  • combination padlock272K/yr
  • padlocks with code252K/yr
  • padlocks with keys192K/yr
  • padlocks117K/yr
  • locker padlocks136K/yr
  • padlocks with keys outdoor79K/yr
  • combination lock84K/yr
  • locks86K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Padlock

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

28%of positive reviews mention “Locking Mechanism”
24%of negative reviews mention “Rusts/Corrodes”
0.9%of orders come back
“Rusts quickly”
A buyer, on “Rusts/Corrodes”24% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Padlock 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