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3m Micropore Tape

Fail

Prices span $4.79–$13.48, mostly outside the sweet spot, so 3m Micropore Tape is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 1,746 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£42K/yr59K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 39 sellers

Flapen Score

3m Micropore Tape against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, 3m Micropore Tape is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 3m Micropore Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 3m Micropore Tape 59K times last year and spent an estimated £42K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

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

Shoppers searched for this 59K 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 -4.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £42K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
59K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.2%
Conversion, latest week
9.0%
Market size, estimated
£42Ka year
Peak month
February1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
3m micropore tape31K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.87.

Listings sell for £7.87 on average, from £4.79 to £13.48. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £7.87 that is £2K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.87under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.79–£13.48
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£4K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

44% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 81% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #138 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 932 reviews at 4.31 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
44%
Prime listings
81%
Out of stock, average day
3.2%
Average rank
#138in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
4.31 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
932per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top 3m Micropore Tape 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 24, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£8K£13K£17K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

39

Est. top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • 3M59%
  • NanaCare19%
  • Dpm tapes12%
  • Transpore6%
  • easi-med3%
  • Qtksceadlnce1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

3m Micropore Tape search demand

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

1K750Spike '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top 3m Micropore Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • 3m micropore tape31K/yr
  • 3m micropore surgical tape8K/yr
  • 3m surgical tape5K/yr
  • 3m medical tape4K/yr
  • micropore tape 3m4K/yr
  • 3m micropore tape 2.5cm5K/yr
  • 3m micropore3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 3m Micropore Tape

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
39%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.4%of orders come back
“Not sticky”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”39% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common 3m Micropore Tape 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