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Plastering Tools

Fail

Demand is soft, at -25.9% this quarter, so Plastering Tools is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 1,252 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£235K/yr345K searches / yr
90-day growth
-25.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 71 sellers

Flapen Score

Plastering Tools against its category

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

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plastering Tools market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plastering Tools 345K times last year and spent an estimated £235K. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb–Oct. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

5.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 345K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -25.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £235K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
345K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-25.9%
Conversion, latest week
5.7%
Market size, estimated
£235Ka year
Peak month
October1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
plastering tools156K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.03.

Listings sell for £12.03 on average, from £4.72 to £35.52. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £12.03 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.03under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.72–£35.52
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
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.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #285 within Electrical. It carries 816 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
1.9%
Average rank
#285in Electrical
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
816per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Plastering Tools 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 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£24K£47K£71K£94K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

71

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

18%

  • Draper26%
  • OX Tools19%
  • Amtech18%
  • Hilka12%
  • Rolson5%
  • DNSHAN3%

Demand

Plastering Tools search demand

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

9K7KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Plastering Tools search terms shoppers use

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

  • plastering tools156K/yr
  • plastering trowel72K/yr
  • plastering24K/yr
  • plastering spatula16K/yr
  • plaster trowel15K/yr
  • plasterers trowel12K/yr
  • plaster tools8K/yr
  • plastering trowels8K/yr
  • plasterers tools7K/yr
  • plastering kit5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plastering Tools

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

Complain

Quality-Overall39%−0.11

Poor quality control

this is absolutely rubbish

Poor quality

Rusts/Corrodes20%−0.12

Getting rust very easy not recommend

Will rust

Rusting easy

Durability13%−0.05

Broke really quickly

Item snapped after a couple of uses

Broke after two days of use weak do not buy

Strength7%−0.01

Bent corner

Flimsy

Thickness4%−0.03

Very thin and cheaply made

Love

Quality-Overall32%−0.11

Excellent Quality

Excellent quality set

Good quality tool

Value For Money22%+1.73

Value for money

Excellent value

Good value

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+0.83

As described

Exactly what I wanted

It does the job

Ease Of Use9%+0.59

Easy to use

was good to use straight away

Easy to work with

Durability5%−0.05

durability is very good

Sturdy Tools

Used a few times with no complaints

Return

0.8% Return rate 44% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall31%█▇▇▄█▄

Trowel might be a bit short for some

Defective Material/Parts9%▁▆▃█▄▃

The item is not correct

Quality-Overall9%▄█▆▄▁█

Poor quality control

this is absolutely rubbish

Poor quality

Functionality-Overall8%▆▁▃▃▃█
Rusts/Corrodes6%█▂▃▂▂▁

Getting rust very easy not recommend

Will rust

Rusting easy

FAQ

Common Plastering Tools questions

Answered from the same tracked data.