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Sandbags for Flooding

Fail

Demand is soft, at -56.0% this quarter, so Sandbags for Flooding is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Ranks 1,033 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · on the category median
Market size
£7K/yr17K searches / yr
90-day growth
-56.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Sandbags for Flooding against its category

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

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sandbags for Flooding market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sandbags for Flooding 17K times last year and spent an estimated £7K. The top 5 brands take 49% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

2.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 17K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -56.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £7K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
17K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-56.0%
Conversion, latest week
2.7%
Market size, estimated
£7Ka year
Peak month
September15.9× the quietest month
Top search term
sandbags for flooding17K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.54.

Listings sell for £15.54 on average, from £5.80 to £43.81. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 750 to 1K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £15.54 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.54inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.80–£43.81
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
750–1K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
1.2%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. 80% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #631 within Garage Door Hardware. It carries 753 reviews at 4.31 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
80%
Out of stock, average day
4.0%
Average rank
#631in Garage Door Hardware
Average rating
4.31 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
753per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Sandbags for Flooding 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£286£572£858£1K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

19 flat

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

49%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

45%

  • Jwthee14%
  • Ikerall11%
  • SOPHIE LAURENCE9%
  • sackmaker7%
  • QWORK7%
  • Floodshield6%

Demand

Sandbags for Flooding search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 15.9×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sandbags for Flooding

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

Complain

Leak-Proof17%

but water leaked passed

Functionality-Overall14%−0.14

will not do any good. depending on how often these are moved of course

Not as effective as previous ones

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+1.00

Looks can be deceiving

Water Resistance8%−0.06

Yes when first seen the flood barriers are flat and thin and I did have concerns they would work

Adhesion/Stickiness8%−0.11

Worked partially and the gluey stickiness underneath is not nice

Love

Quality-Overall20%+0.47

Well pleased well made

Good quality

The straps are well-made

Strength14%

These are very sturdy

Strong bags

These bags are truly very sturdy

Size-Overall12%−0.05

packed well and fits away for emergency uses

The bags themselves are a good size

they are easy to fit tight at the base of my back door

Value For Money9%+0.49

Value for money

GOOD VALUE

Worth the price

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+1.00

Done the job

Just what i wanted

sewn as it said on the description

Return

1.2% Return rate 40% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall26%▃▃██▂▁
Leak-Proof18%█▆▁▁▇█

but water leaked passed

Quality-Overall15%██▁▁▁▁

These are on a completely different level in terms of quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%▁▃▁▁█▁

Looks can be deceiving

Stitch/Finish/Polish7%▁▁▁▁▁█

FAQ

Common Sandbags for Flooding questions

Answered from the same tracked data.