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Tap Hose

Tap Hose shows demand growing +211.7% this quarter, but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

62
Worth a look
Market size 6Growth 98Conversion 48Competition 60Returns 86Price range 47Avg price 42Brand share 82Review moat 32Quality gap 97
This niche Category average

Is Tap Hose profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Tap Hose is a £24K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (56K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 53% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 62/100.

Tap Hose: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +211.7% over the last 90 days and 3.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£24K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr+211.7%56K
Conversion rate3.8%
Avg price£11.09

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 53% of demand, so 47% of the market is open.

47%

open market share

Brands · sellers24 · 86
Top-5 product click share49%
Open market47%
Avg brand age32 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 3.8★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 26 products

Sponsored placement92%
New entrants (1y)8· 4 succeeded
Avg rating3.8★
Avg reviews3,346

Top Tap Hose products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£5K£7K£10K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

24 falling

Sellers

86

Top-5 brand share

53%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

42%

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  • ACOLOMU7%
  • GloBrite5%

Top Tap Hose search terms shoppers use

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

  • hose for kitchen tap9K/yr
  • tap hose14K/yr
  • kitchen tap hose12K/yr
  • hose pipe for kitchen tap6K/yr
  • hose with tap connector5K/yr
  • hose pipe with tap connector4K/yr
  • sink hose6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tap Hose

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

72% of reviews
Quality-Overall16%

The hose is good quality

Value For Money11%

Good price

Ease Of Use9%

easy to handle

Size-Overall9%

Fits perfectly

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

As described

What buyers complain about

76% of reviews
Durability19%

Breaks easily

Leak-Proof16%

it leaks

Size-Overall13%

really small

Quality-Overall12%

Bad quality

Stretchability/Expandability/Elasticity4%

Disappointed that the 50ft only expands to half that size

Tap Hose return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

1.5%

Return rate

64%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
57%
2Leak-Proof
11%
3Compatibility-Overall
6%
4Functionality-Overall
4%
5Connectivity-Overall
3%

Common Tap Hose questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Tap Hose 62/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £24K/yr across 26 tracked products. 4 of 8 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +211.7% over the last 90 days.
Tap Hose buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Durability, Leak-Proof, Size-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 1.5%.