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Tap and Die Set

Maybe

Products sell for $24.27 on average, inside the sweet spot. But demand is soft, at -10.2% this quarter, so Tap and Die Set is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 17% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +7 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£227K/yr193K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 47 sellers

Flapen Score

Tap and Die Set against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Tap and Die Set is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Tap and Die Set market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Tap and Die Set 193K times last year and spent an estimated £227K. The top 5 brands take 72% of clicks. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 193K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £227K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
193K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.2%
Conversion, latest week
4.8%
Market size, estimated
£227Ka year
Peak month
April1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
tap and die set102K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £24.27.

Listings sell for £24.27 on average, from £5.45 to £90.70. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £24.27 that is £6K to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£24.27inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.45–£90.70
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£12K
Returns
2.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #194 within Hand Tools. It carries 810 reviews at 4.17 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
2.5%
Average rank
#194in Hand Tools
Average rating
4.17 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
810per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Tap and Die Set 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 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£23K£45K£68K£91K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 rising

Sellers

47

Top-5 brand share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

25%

  • Hi-Spec39%
  • Sealey13%
  • Faankiton8%
  • Gunpla6%
  • GreeSuit6%
  • Zerone3%

Demand

Tap and Die Set search demand

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

5K4KSpike '24SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Tap and Die Set search terms shoppers use

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

  • tap and die set102K/yr
  • tap and die sets metric25K/yr
  • tap set17K/yr
  • metric tap and die set10K/yr
  • tap and die set metric and imperial9K/yr
  • tap and die7K/yr
  • tap set metric5K/yr
  • tapping set5K/yr
  • metric tap set5K/yr
  • thread tap set4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tap and Die Set

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

Complain

Quality-Overall44%−0.47

Low quality

I'm very disappointed with the quality control as my SEALED box is missing several bits

Cheap rubbish

Durability17%−0.22

Broke in a bad situation

The tool that holds the tap broke on the first use while using very little force

Drill broke in half on first use

Value For Money6%+1.36

Not worth the money

Waste of money

Material Quality4%−0.04

Very poor quality plastic

Size-Overall3%

Item not fit for purpose

with easily moved switch. though its a bit small

Love

Value For Money24%+1.36

Value for money

Good price

Good value for money

Quality-Overall19%−0.47

Great quality item worth every penny

The tools feel reasonably solid

Good quality set of tools

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%+0.91

Did the job perfectly

works as expected

Seems ok did the job I wanted

Ease Of Use7%+0.35

Good for DIY occasional use

easy to find

very handy for diy enthusiast

Strength4%+0.49

A good sturdy set

Fantastic very strong and well mad and great price

The tools feel reasonably solid

Return

2.0% Return rate 28% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall30%▃▆▅█▄▂

Low quality

I'm very disappointed with the quality control as my SEALED box is missing several bits

Cheap rubbish

Size-Overall25%▅▆█▆▆▆

Item not fit for purpose

with easily moved switch. though its a bit small

Durability11%█▂▂▁▅▆

Broke in a bad situation

The tool that holds the tap broke on the first use while using very little force

Drill broke in half on first use

Defective Material/Parts10%▄▆▇▂█▆
Functionality-Overall7%█▃▅▃▆▆

FAQ

Common Tap and Die Set questions

Answered from the same tracked data.