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Vice

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.1% of orders. But demand is soft, at -11.6% this quarter, so Vice is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 21% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£223K/yr328K searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 59 sellers

Flapen Score

Vice against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Vice market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Vice 328K times last year and spent an estimated £223K. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 328K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £223K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
328K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.6%
Conversion, latest week
3.3%
Market size, estimated
£223Ka year
Peak month
November1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
vice136K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £20.48.

Listings sell for £20.48 on average, from £5.74 to £57.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £20.48 that is £5K to £10K a year per listing.

Average price
£20.48inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.74–£57.21
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
£5K–£10K
Returns
1.1%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. 77% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #21 within Hand Tools. It carries 966 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
77%
Out of stock, average day
5.3%
Average rank
#21in Hand Tools
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
966per listing
Listings tracked
30

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 57 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
57 months

Products

Top Vice 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 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£11K£22K£33K£45K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 flat

Sellers

59

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

26%

  • STANLEY30%
  • DAYUAN16%
  • CROWNSHOP14%
  • MUXHEL6%
  • Zazafolora5%
  • Amtech4%

Demand

Vice search demand

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

8K6KSpike '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Vice search terms shoppers use

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

  • vice136K/yr
  • bench vice61K/yr
  • table vice14K/yr
  • vice clamp15K/yr
  • vices for workbench19K/yr
  • mini vice13K/yr
  • vise11K/yr
  • bench vice heavy duty5K/yr
  • small vice9K/yr
  • vices10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Vice

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

Complain

Size-Overall35%−0.17

Not fit for purpose

moveable jaw not the best fit in the vice body - quite loose

too small

Quality-Overall15%−0.04

Disappointing due to the rubber pads and overall quality

Disappointing quality

Garbage

Durability6%−0.03

The Vice broke in half just after 4 weeks of use where was use this only 4-5 times a week

that I bought a couple of months ago which had broken whilst using it

Vice broke in half

Strength4%+1.05

Not a very strong vice

Flimsy,

dont expect it to be as strong as a more expensive one despite it looking the part

Noise Level4%−0.02

hit the door loudly

half way through heard a bang

Love

Value For Money21%+0.38

Worth the price

Excellent value for money

Good deal

Quality-Overall19%−0.04

Build quality and ease of use

Really well made

Excellent quality

Strength16%+1.05

Very sturdy

Perfectly stable

Very sturdy construction at a great price

Size-Overall7%−0.17

comfortable fit

This item is just right size for my small space to work in

useful size

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.60

Just what I wanted

better than I thought

Does what it needs to do

Return

1.1% Return rate 55% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall50%▇█▇▅█▇

Not fit for purpose

moveable jaw not the best fit in the vice body - quite loose

too small

Defective Material/Parts10%▄▇▄▃█▃
Functionality-Overall6%▁█▅█▃▅
Grip5%▁▂██▂▂

The worst bit the the plastic gards for the vice grips be right tho

Durability5%▁▁▅█▇█

The Vice broke in half just after 4 weeks of use where was use this only 4-5 times a week

that I bought a couple of months ago which had broken whilst using it

Vice broke in half

FAQ

Common Vice questions

Answered from the same tracked data.