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Step

Maybe

An estimated 0.5% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -6.1% this quarter, so Step is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 29% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£638K/yr1.6M searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
39%top-5 click share · 25 brands · 65 sellers

Flapen Score

Step against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Step market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Step 1.6M times last year and spent an estimated £638K. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 1.6M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £638K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.6M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.1%
Conversion, latest week
3.7%
Market size, estimated
£638Ka year
Peak month
January1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
step410K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.84.

Listings sell for £10.84 on average, from £4.64 to £23.22. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £10.84 that is £16K to £22K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.84under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.64–£23.22
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£16K–£22K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 78% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #15 within Building Supplies. It carries 7,686 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
78%
Out of stock, average day
3.5%
Average rank
#15in Building Supplies
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
7,686per listing
Listings tracked
40

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Step 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 39% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£32K£64K£96K£128K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

25 falling

Sellers

65

Est. top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 95%

Est. top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 77%

Open market

28%

  • Utopia Home20%
  • KEPLIN18%
  • HOUSE DAY17%
  • Armo Home8%
  • VonHaus5%
  • Heimwohl4%

Demand

Step search demand

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

40K30KSpike '24Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Step search terms shoppers use

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

  • step410K/yr
  • step stool338K/yr
  • folding step stool233K/yr
  • steps109K/yr
  • folding step54K/yr
  • plastic stool38K/yr
  • step stool for adults47K/yr
  • small steps38K/yr
  • foldable step stool42K/yr
  • steps for elderly27K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Step

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Strength”
18%of negative reviews mention “Strength”
0.5%of orders come back
“Not very strong”
A buyer, on “Strength”18% 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 Step 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