Tape Gun
prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($5.44–$13.43) — Tape Gun doesn't clear our bar today.
Flapen Score
Is Tape Gun profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Tape Gun is a £320K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (250K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.
Tape Gun: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Not really. Search demand moved -14.1% over the last 90 days and 15.3% of searches end in a purchase.
£320K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand, so 9% of the market is open.
9%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 16 products
Top Tape Gun products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Fit For The Job Brown Parcel Tape Gun and Dispenser - Heavy Duty Packing Tape Dispenser for Efficient Sealing and Packing Needs - 2 Rolls
- Price
- £5.78
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 2,451
- Age
- 2y ago
brackit Tape Gun Dispenser with 6 Brown Packing Tape Rolls 48mm x 66m
- Price
- £11.28
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 6,761
- Age
- 6y ago
RAPESCO TD9600A1 Germ-Savvy Antibacterial 960 Packing Tape Dispenser
- Price
- £5.45
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 5,644
- Age
- 17y ago
Packatape Packing Tape Gun with 6 Rolls of Extra Strong Brown Tape - Heavy Duty Packaging Tape with Premium Dispenser for Moving Shipping and Storage
- Price
- £10.85
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 256
- Age
- 11mo ago
Amazon Basics Packaging Tape Dispenser Gun For 1.88-Inch Wide Packing Tape
- Price
- £5.44
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 5,599
- Age
- 3y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Brackit Packing Tape Set - Brown Tapes with Dispenser - 48mm x 66m - 2 Roll Pack Strong Heavy Duty Tape for General Use or Moving Home Easily Seal Your Parcels and Boxes
- Price
- £5.81
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 151
- Age
- 3y ago
Mr. Pen- Packing Tapes 2 Wide 60 Yard Brown 2 Pack with 1 Dispenser Gun 2.6 mil Heavy Duty Packing Tape with Dispenser
- Price
- £5.83
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 400
- Age
- 1y ago
Packatape Packing Tape Gun with 6 Rolls of Extra Strong Brown Tape - Heavy Duty Packaging Tape with Premium Dispenser for Moving Shipping and Storage
- Price
- £10.85
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 256
- Age
- 11mo ago
Brackit Tape Gun Dispenser with 6 Clear Packing Tape Rolls 48mm x 66m
- Price
- £11.18
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 1,844
- Age
- 6y ago
Fit For The Job Brown Parcel Tape Gun and Dispenser - Heavy Duty Packing Tape Dispenser for Efficient Sealing and Packing Needs - 2 Rolls
- Price
- £5.78
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 2,451
- Age
- 2y ago
Newest
by launch datePackatape Packing Tape Gun with 6 Rolls of Extra Strong Brown Tape - Heavy Duty Packaging Tape with Premium Dispenser for Moving Shipping and Storage
- Price
- £10.85
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 256
- Age
- 11mo ago
Mr. Pen- Packing Tapes 2 Wide 60 Yard Brown 2 Pack with 1 Dispenser Gun 2.6 mil Heavy Duty Packing Tape with Dispenser
- Price
- £5.83
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 400
- Age
- 1y ago
Fit For The Job Brown Parcel Tape Gun and Dispenser - Heavy Duty Packing Tape Dispenser for Efficient Sealing and Packing Needs - 2 Rolls
- Price
- £5.78
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 2,451
- Age
- 2y ago
Fit For The Job Brown Parcel Tape Gun and Dispenser - Heavy Duty Packing Tape Dispenser for Efficient Sealing and Packing Needs - 6 Rolls
- Price
- £8.60
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 2,451
- Age
- 2y ago
Fit For The Job Clear Parcel Tape Gun and Dispenser - Heavy Duty Packing Tape Dispenser for Efficient Sealing and Packing Needs - 2 Rolls
- Price
- £5.70
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 2,451
- Age
- 2y ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products capture 74% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
10 falling
Sellers
58
Top-5 brand share
91%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
74%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
6%
- Fit For The Job28%
- brackit23%
- RAPESCO18%
- Packatape13%
- Amazon Basics10%
- Zuvo3%
- Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 6%)
Tape Gun demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Top Tape Gun search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- tape gun64K/yr
- packing tape dispenser49K/yr
- parcel tape dispenser36K/yr
- tape gun for packing boxes20K/yr
- packing tape gun14K/yr
- tape dispenser for packing boxes11K/yr
- brown tape dispenser11K/yr
- packing tape with dispenser8K/yr
- parcel tape gun9K/yr
- tape dispenser gun10K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tape Gun
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
82% of reviews“Easy to use”
“is super sticky”
“Reliable product”
“Reasonably priced”
“Does the job as advertised”
What buyers complain about
74% of reviews“Poor quality tape”
“But very disappointed with the quality control of this product”
“almost non functional”
“Broke during usage”
“Quite awkward to use”
Tape Gun return rate & reasons
Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.
0.7%
Return rate
19%
Fixable by listing
The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.
Common Tape Gun questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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