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Screws

Screws shows low returns (0.4%), but pricing outside the sweet spot ($7.35 avg) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look
Market size 60Growth 33Conversion 78Competition 51Returns 98Price range 24Avg price 20Brand share 58Review moat 50Quality gap 52
This niche Category average

Is Screws profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Screws is a £508K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (900K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

Screws: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +6.7% over the last 90 days and 7.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£508K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr80K
Search volume / yr+6.7%900K
Conversion rate7.7%
Avg price£7.35

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand, so 30% of the market is open.

30%

open market share

Brands · sellers19 · 67
Top-5 product click share54%
Open market30%
Avg brand age37 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 30 products

Sponsored placement73%
New entrants (1y)7· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews1,505

Top Screws 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 54% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£20K£41K£61K£81K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 rising

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

26%

  • Forgefix32%
  • SOL15%
  • Astone12%
  • brackit6%
  • AMLOOPH5%
  • TIMBER WOLF4%

Screws demand & seasonality

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

Volume900KCVR7.7%Products30Brands19Top 5 Brands70%OOS Rate1.9%Rating4.4★Reviews1,505Avg BSR#114
20K15KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Screws search terms shoppers use

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

  • screws346K/yr
  • wood screws185K/yr
  • screws for wood70K/yr
  • wood screws assortment47K/yr
  • assorted screws38K/yr
  • screw set39K/yr
  • screw38K/yr
  • screws assortment31K/yr
  • screws set19K/yr
  • wood screws 40mm13K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Screws

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

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Quality-Overall29%

Excellent Quality

Value For Money20%

Good price

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%

Does the job well

Size-Overall10%

Fit for purpose

Ease Of Use6%

Always comes in handy

What buyers complain about

77% of reviews
Quality-Overall30%

this screw set has got to be the worst quality ever

Size-Overall15%

Just tight

Value For Money7%

I was shocked by how expensive they were at DIY stores

Material Quality6%

Initial value for money impression marred by poor quality material used in manufacture

Strength4%

The case is flimsy

Screws return rate & reasons

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

0.4%

Return rate

70%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
61%
2Quality-Overall
7%
3Defective Material/Parts
6%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
4%
5Value For Money
4%

Common Screws questions

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

Flapen scores Screws 55/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £508K/yr across 30 tracked products. 0 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +6.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Screws on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.