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Tape Measure Body

Fail

The top 5 products take 82% of clicks, so Tape Measure Body is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 1,080 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£631K/yr516K searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
82%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

Tape Measure Body against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Tape Measure Body is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Tape Measure Body market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Tape Measure Body 516K times last year and spent an estimated £631K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

22.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 516K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 22.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £631K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
516K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.3%
Conversion, latest week
22.0%
Market size, estimated
£631Ka year
Peak month
January2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
tape measure body126K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.55.

Listings sell for £5.55 on average, from £2.02 to £21.26. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £5.55 that is £44K to £56K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.55under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.02–£21.26
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£44K–£56K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #8 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 4,623 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
8.9%
Average rank
#8in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,623per listing
Listings tracked
12

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

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

Products

Top Tape Measure Body 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 82% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£63K£126K£189K£252K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • Woodland Leathers33%
  • Mr.do24%
  • MeasureWiz13%
  • Realm10%
  • LiteTour5%
  • TEAMIOULING3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 13%)

Demand

Tape Measure Body search demand

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

13K8KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Tape Measure Body search terms shoppers use

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

  • tape measure body126K/yr
  • body tape measure67K/yr
  • body measuring tape58K/yr
  • measuring tape for body measurements50K/yr
  • tape measure sewing29K/yr
  • fabric tape measure30K/yr
  • tailors measuring tape21K/yr
  • soft tape measure17K/yr
  • sewing tape measure18K/yr
  • waist measuring tape11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tape Measure Body

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

Complain

Quality-Overall17%

Poor Quality

This item is very cheaply made

Poor quality lasted a month

Value For Money11%+0.65

A way too expensive product that yields wrong measurements

Not worth the money

I think its a bit pricey for what it is

Size-Overall10%−0.05

Not fit for purpose

A bit short

The locking pin is incredibly tiny

Durability9%−0.09

Very frustrating ending up breaking the first one

It stopped working after a few times

it has already broken

Measurement/Reading Accuracy6%−0.07

The measurements are so difficult to complete

Shows wrong measurements

taking self-measurements is next to impossible

Love

Quality-Overall19%

Brilliant quality

It feels well made

The mechanism itself is good quality

Ease Of Use19%+1.60

Easy to read

very handy

Easy to use

Value For Money15%+0.65

Worth the money

Excellent value for money

Good price

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%+1.27

As pictured

As described

True to description

Adhesion/Stickiness10%+0.25

Good tape

Strong tape

good flexible tape

Return

0.2% Return rate 14% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall17%▄▄▅▅█▃

Poor Quality

This item is very cheaply made

Poor quality lasted a month

Measurement/Reading Accuracy12%▆▅▅█▇▆

The measurements are so difficult to complete

Shows wrong measurements

taking self-measurements is next to impossible

Functionality-Overall11%█▆▆▄▁▅
Ease Of Use8%██▄▄▃▂

far too fiddly to line up blindly around your body

A bit fiddly to use

The measurements are so difficult to complete

Size-Overall8%▅▅█▄▄▇

Not fit for purpose

A bit short

The locking pin is incredibly tiny

FAQ

Common Tape Measure Body questions

Answered from the same tracked data.