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Socket Screws

Fail

Prices span $3.31–$5.69, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Socket Screws is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 1,956 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −11 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£124K/yr129K searches / yr
90-day growth
-20.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
86%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 8 sellers

Flapen Score

Socket Screws against its category

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

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Socket Screws market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Socket Screws 129K times last year and spent an estimated £124K. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

19.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 129K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 19.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -20.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £124K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
129K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-20.8%
Conversion, latest week
19.4%
Market size, estimated
£124Ka year
Peak month
February1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
socket screws26K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.98.

Listings sell for £4.98 on average, from £3.31 to £5.69. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £4.98 that is £15K to £20K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.98under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.31–£5.69
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£15K–£20K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

88% 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 #89 within Electrical. It carries 233 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#89in Electrical
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
233per listing
Listings tracked
8

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 30 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Socket Screws 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 86% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£19K£37K£56K£75K101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

8

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Planet Value52%
  • EVOGES22%
  • Jones DIY12%
  • HanaMoon5%
  • Rubigo5%
  • Nartel4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Socket Screws search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Socket Screws search terms shoppers use

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

  • socket screws26K/yr
  • plug socket screws15K/yr
  • long socket screws14K/yr
  • electrical socket screws12K/yr
  • m3.5 electrical screws10K/yr
  • electric socket screws10K/yr
  • electrical screws10K/yr
  • light switch screws9K/yr
  • m3.5 screws5K/yr
  • extra long socket screws5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Socket Screws

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

Complain

Size-Overall25%+0.48

they were not the right screws or size

Durability13%−0.06

They broke

Natural Resource Wastage13%−0.06

most of them will be wasted

Socket/Port/Plug13%+0.61

some sockets were loose as only one screw holding them in

Strength13%−0.06

Very weak screws

Love

Quality-Overall26%+2.78

Excellent quality

Great selection suitable for all

Good variety

Advertised Vs Actual Product24%+0.05

Does the job

As described

Exactly what I needed

Size-Overall14%+0.48

Perfect and right sizes

Brilliant it has all the sizes needed which is perfect

Good variety of sizes

Value For Money11%−0.01

Fantastic value for money

Good value

great price

Ease Of Use6%+0.50

Handy

so very handy

they are useful

Return

0.5% Return rate 68% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall59%▇▅██▆▃

they were not the right screws or size

Mounting8%▁▁▁▁▅█
Advertised Vs Actual Product8%▅█▁▁▁▁
Thickness5%▁▆▁▁▁█
Thin5%█▁▁▁▇▁

FAQ

Common Socket Screws questions

Answered from the same tracked data.