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Water Pump Pliers

Maybe

An estimated 1.0% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -22.3% this quarter, so Water Pump Pliers is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 43% of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · +1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£171K/yr149K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 82 sellers

Flapen Score

Water Pump Pliers against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Water Pump Pliers market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Water Pump Pliers 149K times last year and spent an estimated £171K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 149K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £171K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
149K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.3%
Conversion, latest week
9.0%
Market size, estimated
£171Ka year
Peak month
February1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
water pump pliers68K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.73.

Listings sell for £12.73 on average, from £4.50 to £33.01. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £12.73 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.73under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.50–£33.01
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£6K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #22 within Hand Tools. It carries 1,318 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.6%
Average rank
#22in Hand Tools
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,318per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 65 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
65 months

Products

Top Water Pump Pliers products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 22, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£17K£34K£51K£68K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

82

Est. top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

25%

  • Amazon Basics23%
  • Blue Spot Tools16%
  • HAUTMEC12%
  • WORKPRO12%
  • Bahco7%
  • STANLEY6%

Demand

Water Pump Pliers search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Water Pump Pliers search terms shoppers use

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

  • water pump pliers68K/yr
  • pump pliers15K/yr
  • adjustable pliers14K/yr
  • adjustable grips7K/yr
  • slip joint pliers9K/yr
  • plumbers grips7K/yr
  • pipe pliers6K/yr
  • plumber grips5K/yr
  • gland pliers4K/yr
  • plumbing grips5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Water Pump Pliers

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

32%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
22%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
1.0%of orders come back
“Poor quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”22% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Water Pump Pliers questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data