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Upholstery Tacks

Fail

Prices span $2.45–$11.73, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Upholstery Tacks is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,352 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£55K/yr119K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Upholstery Tacks against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Upholstery Tacks market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Upholstery Tacks 119K times last year and spent an estimated £55K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

12.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 119K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 12.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £55K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
119K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.3%
Conversion, latest week
12.3%
Market size, estimated
£55Ka year
Peak month
February1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
carpet tacks35K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.81.

Listings sell for £3.81 on average, from £2.45 to £11.73. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £3.81 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.81under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.45–£11.73
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£3K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

56% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #30 within Nails, Screws & Fasteners. It carries 964 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
56%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#30in Nails, Screws & Fasteners
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
964per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 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 31 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
31 months

Products

Top Upholstery Tacks 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 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£6K£8K£11K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

20%

  • SISI UK35%
  • Merriway12%
  • OMOTOOL11%
  • Amazon Basics9%
  • Sterling7%
  • Xinjoduz5%

Demand

Upholstery Tacks search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Upholstery Tacks search terms shoppers use

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

  • carpet tacks35K/yr
  • tacks28K/yr
  • tacks for wood12K/yr
  • carpet tacks for stairs11K/yr
  • wall tacks9K/yr
  • tacs5K/yr
  • carpet nails5K/yr
  • tacks for wall6K/yr
  • tacs for wall4K/yr
  • carpet nails for stairs3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Upholstery Tacks

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

Complain

Quality-Overall25%−0.05

Rubbish

Just cheap

Bad quality

Strength21%−0.15

Weak

Not too sturdy

It is not strong

Size-Overall18%−0.12

They're small

Very small bag

Too tiny

Value For Money5%+1.28

Expensive tacks - go to a market

not worth it

Durability5%+0.36

I have no confidence they will last

Ran out

Love

Quality-Overall24%−0.05

Good selection

Absolute variety

Good Quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product20%+1.56

Exactly as described

Does what you expect

Does the job

Value For Money15%+1.28

Definitely worth the money

Good value

Excellent value for money

Size-Overall11%−0.12

Fit for purpose

Perfect 👍 Multiple sizes, perfect for what I needed them for

Great size pack

Ease Of Use5%+0.32

Easy to use

They're easy to use as long as you have a hammer at hand

very handy for DIY purposes liked very much ordered another one

Return

0.2% Return rate 79% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall71%▇▇▆▇█▆

They're small

Very small bag

Too tiny

Strength4%▁▁▄█▅▁

Weak

Not too sturdy

It is not strong

Quality-Overall4%▇█▄█▁▁

Rubbish

Just cheap

Bad quality

Mechanism Issues2%▁▁█▁▁▁
Grip2%▁▁▁▁▁█

FAQ

Common Upholstery Tacks questions

Answered from the same tracked data.