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Self Amalgamating Tape

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $56K a year here, so Self Amalgamating Tape is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 1,131 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£56K/yr53K searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 75 sellers

Flapen Score

Self Amalgamating Tape against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Self Amalgamating Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Self Amalgamating Tape 53K times last year and spent an estimated £56K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 16.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 53K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 16.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £56K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
53K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.1%
Conversion, latest week
16.1%
Market size, estimated
£56Ka year
Peak month
May1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
self amalgamating tape28K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.62.

Listings sell for £6.62 on average, from £3.40 to £19.05. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £6.62 that is £3K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.62under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.40–£19.05
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£5K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #86 within Adhesives & Sealers. It carries 615 reviews at 4.27 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#86in Adhesives & Sealers
Average rating
4.27 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
615per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Self Amalgamating Tape products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 22, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£6K£11K£17K£22K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

75

Est. top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • Gocableties34%
  • ArmaKit19%
  • Xtremeauto13%
  • GTSE9%
  • Duck6%
  • Bansusu4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 15%)

Demand

Self Amalgamating Tape search demand

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

1K750Black Friday '25Spike '26JunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Self Amalgamating Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • self amalgamating tape28K/yr
  • self amalgamating waterproof tape9K/yr
  • amalgamating tape6K/yr
  • heat shrink tape7K/yr
  • self-amalgamating tape3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Self Amalgamating Tape

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

19%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
21%of negative reviews mention “Leak-Proof”
0.5%of orders come back
“It leaks surprise surprise”
A buyer, on “Leak-Proof”21% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Self Amalgamating Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data