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Plasterboard Tape

Fail

Prices span $2.95–$9.88, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plasterboard Tape is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 2,049 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −13 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£99K/yr123K searches / yr
90-day growth
-17.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
96%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 54 sellers

Flapen Score

Plasterboard Tape against its category

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

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plasterboard Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plasterboard Tape 123K times last year and spent an estimated £99K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

14.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 123K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -17.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £99K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
123K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-17.9%
Conversion, latest week
14.1%
Market size, estimated
£99Ka year
Top search term
scrim tape46K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.69.

Listings sell for £5.69 on average, from £2.95 to £9.88. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £5.69 that is £9K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.69under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.95–£9.88
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£11K
Returns
0.4%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, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,439 within Adhesives & Sealers. It carries 813 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#1,439in Adhesives & Sealers
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
813per listing
Listings tracked
7

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
41 months

Products

Top Plasterboard Tape products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 96% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£10K£20K£30K£39K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

54

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • 15156%
  • G4GADGET17%
  • Everbuild13%
  • SopimusZ10%
  • JKG2%
  • ROLLINGDOG2%

Demand

Plasterboard Tape search demand

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

5K4KSpike '26NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.5× · 9 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Plasterboard Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • scrim tape46K/yr
  • plasterboard tape21K/yr
  • mesh tape11K/yr
  • scrim tape for cracks5K/yr
  • drywall tape9K/yr
  • paintable tape to cover cracks6K/yr
  • mesh tape for wall filling5K/yr
  • plastering tape5K/yr
  • jointing tape5K/yr
  • scrim tape plastering5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plasterboard Tape

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness64%−0.44

Couldn't get it to stick well at all

Not sticky at all

Doesn't Stick

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%+0.33

So this is very misleading

Quality-Overall3%+1.71

RUBBISH

Size-Overall2%−0.01

I was lucky the patch was small

Functionality-Overall2%0.00

But this is surely not how it's supposed to work

Love

Adhesion/Stickiness24%−0.44

Great adhesive and worked well

Sticks well

The tape adheres well enough

Quality-Overall21%+1.71

Quality and ease of use

there were no complaints or issues

Good Quality

Value For Money13%+0.78

GREAT VALUE

Good value and easy to use

Great value

Ease Of Use12%+0.95

Easy to use

Goes on really easy with no need for difficult to use filler

Easy to use and cut

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.33

This surpassed my expectations

DOES THE JOB

worked exactly as expected

Return

0.4% Return rate 18% Fixable by listing

Adhesion/Stickiness40%▇▄▅▅█▄

Couldn't get it to stick well at all

Not sticky at all

Doesn't Stick

Functionality-Overall12%▁█▁▄▃▅

But this is surely not how it's supposed to work

Size-Overall10%▆▇█▃▁▁

I was lucky the patch was small

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%█▁▁▇▁▁

So this is very misleading

Thin5%▁▁▁▂▅█

FAQ

Common Plasterboard Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.