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Painters Tape

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 97% of clicks) — Painters Tape doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Market size 70Growth 15Conversion 97Competition 36Returns 99Price range 17Avg price 21Brand share 9Review moat 21Quality gap 37
This niche Category average

Is Painters Tape profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Painters Tape is a £725K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (617K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Demand peaks in Feb–Mar–Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Painters Tape: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -19.0% over the last 90 days and 15.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£725K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr125K
Search volume / yr-19.0%617K
Conversion rate15.6%
Avg price£7.54

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand, so 3% of the market is open.

3%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 181
Top-5 product click share63%
Open market3%
Avg brand age41 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 20 products

Sponsored placement75%
New entrants (1y)4· 4 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews10,596

Top Painters Tape 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 take 63% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£36K£72K£109K£145K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

181

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • Frog Tape82%
  • ScotchBlue5%
  • Avotik4%
  • GAUDER4%
  • Amazon Basics3%
  • ARVO2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

Painters Tape demand & seasonality

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

Volume617KCVR15.6%Products20Brands8Top 5 Brands97%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews10,596Avg BSR#18
13K8KSpike '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Mar, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Top Painters Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • frog tape281K/yr
  • painters tape179K/yr
  • frog tape masking tape for painting69K/yr
  • frogtape30K/yr
  • painter tape16K/yr
  • painters masking tape13K/yr
  • green frog tape8K/yr
  • frogtape painters masking tape6K/yr
  • frog tape green6K/yr
  • builders tape2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Painters Tape

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Adhesion/Stickiness32%

Strong and good adhesion

Value For Money14%

Good value for money

Quality-Overall13%

Big rolls good quality

Paint Quality10%

Great for paint work protection

Ease Of Use9%

Easy to use

What buyers complain about

84% of reviews
Paint Quality40%

paint bleeds through

Adhesion/Stickiness17%

Not very sticky

Quality-Overall12%

Rubbish product

Ease Of Use3%

I see it's too much hard work to try

Strength3%

far too strong for purpose

Painters Tape return rate & reasons

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

0.3%

Return rate

24%

Fixable by listing

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

1Adhesion/Stickiness
23%
2Paint Quality
21%
3Size-Overall
15%
4Quality-Overall
8%
5Functionality-Overall
7%

Common Painters Tape questions

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

Flapen scores Painters Tape 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £725K/yr across 20 tracked products. 4 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -19.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Painters Tape on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Feb–Mar–Nov, where the busiest month runs 2.5× the quietest.