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Vice

Vice shows low returns (1.1%), but soft demand (-11.6% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look
Market size 43Growth 19Conversion 42Competition 61Returns 94Price range 81Avg price 89Brand share 58Review moat 63Quality gap 60
This niche Category average

Is Vice profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Vice is a £223K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (328K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

Vice: 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 -11.6% over the last 90 days and 3.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£223K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-11.6%328K
Conversion rate3.3%
Avg price£20.48

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand, so 30% of the market is open.

30%

open market share

Brands · sellers18 · 59
Top-5 product click share49%
Open market30%
Avg brand age57 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 30 products

Sponsored placement83%
New entrants (1y)3· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews966

Top Vice 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£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%

Vice demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume328KCVR3.3%Products30Brands18Top 5 Brands70%OOS Rate5.3%Rating4.4★Reviews966Avg BSR#21
8K6KSpike '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Vice search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Vice

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

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Value For Money21%

Worth the price

Quality-Overall19%

Build quality and ease of use

Strength16%

Very sturdy

Size-Overall7%

comfortable fit

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

Just what I wanted

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews
Size-Overall35%

Not fit for purpose

Quality-Overall15%

Disappointing due to the rubber pads and overall quality

Durability6%

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

Strength4%

Not a very strong vice

Noise Level4%

hit the door loudly

Vice return rate & reasons

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

1.1%

Return rate

55%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
50%
2Defective Material/Parts
10%
3Functionality-Overall
6%
4Grip
5%
5Durability
5%

Common Vice questions

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

Flapen scores Vice 55/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £223K/yr across 30 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -11.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Vice on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.