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Sponge Float

Maybe

An estimated 0.4% of orders come back. But shoppers spend an estimated $68K a year here, so Sponge Float is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 43% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£68K/yr48K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 41 sellers

Flapen Score

Sponge Float against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sponge Float market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sponge Float 48K times last year and spent an estimated £68K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 48K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £68K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
48K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.2%
Conversion, latest week
11.8%
Market size, estimated
£68Ka year
Peak month
June1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
sponge float19K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.92.

Listings sell for £11.92 on average, from £6.65 to £23.55. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £11.92 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.92under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£6.65–£23.55
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 79% ship with Prime. On an average day, 13.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #773 within Hand Tools. It carries 106 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
79%
Out of stock, average day
13.2%
Average rank
#773in Hand Tools
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
106per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 86 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Sponge Float 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£7K£14K£20K£27K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

41

Est. top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • Refina31%
  • TRADE 4 YOU LTD28%
  • OX Tools21%
  • Skimflex7%
  • Faithfull6%
  • IANPAV4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Sponge Float search demand

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

2K1KSpike '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Sponge Float search terms shoppers use

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

  • sponge float19K/yr
  • sponge float for plastering11K/yr
  • plastering sponge float6K/yr
  • refina sponge float7K/yr
  • plastering sponge4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sponge Float

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

24%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Cleaning”
20%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.4%of orders come back
“Poorly made”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”20% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Sponge Float 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