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Zip Repair Kit

Maybe

The products selling today average only 3.1★. But demand is soft, at -51.6% this quarter, so Zip Repair Kit is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 41% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +2 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£138K/yr386K searches / yr
90-day growth
-51.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 34 brands · 48 sellers

Flapen Score

Zip Repair Kit against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Zip Repair Kit is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Zip Repair Kit market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Zip Repair Kit 386K times last year and spent an estimated £138K. The top 5 brands take 47% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

7.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 386K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -51.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £138K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
386K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-51.6%
Conversion, latest week
7.2%
Market size, estimated
£138Ka year
Peak month
January4.4× the quietest month
Top search term
zip repair kit124K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.00.

Listings sell for £5.00 on average, from £2.64 to £12.14. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £5.00 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.00under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.64–£12.14
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
3.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #148 within Medical Supplies & Equipment. It carries 516 reviews at 3.11 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.6%
Average rank
#148in Medical Supplies & Equipment
Average rating
3.11 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
516per listing
Listings tracked
37

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 17 launches as successful.

17 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 20 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
17
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
20 months

Products

Top Zip Repair Kit 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£14K£28K£42K£55K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

34 falling

Sellers

48

Top-5 brand share

47%

Top 20: 82%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 78%

Open market

49%

  • ZlideOn22%
  • FixnZip12%
  • Jc.upin6%
  • QUALDESN4%
  • JOYVOX4%
  • Aivane3%

Demand

Zip Repair Kit search demand

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

20K15KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.4×

Search terms

Top Zip Repair Kit search terms shoppers use

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

  • zip repair kit124K/yr
  • zipper repair kit81K/yr
  • zip replacement32K/yr
  • zip repair25K/yr
  • replacement zip21K/yr
  • zip fixer11K/yr
  • replacement zipper slider8K/yr
  • zipper replacement14K/yr
  • zipper repair10K/yr
  • ykk zipper repair kit5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Zip Repair Kit

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall27%−0.69

Couldn't get it to work without it snapping

Didnt do the job

Did not work

Quality-Overall13%+0.94

Really poor quality they break

Poor Quality

Complete garbage

Size-Overall9%+0.38

it probs won't fit

Much too big

Not large at all

Value For Money9%+0.47

didn't send them back because of how cheap they were

waste of money

A bit pricey

Strength6%−0.03

Very flimsy

Not strong

Not robust

Love

Quality-Overall22%+0.94

Excellent product

Excellent kit

Look well made

Ease Of Use14%+1.20

Easy to use

A handy product

These are so handy to have

Size-Overall13%+0.38

fit it properly

Easy to fit

Fitted onto zip

Value For Money12%+0.47

Worth every penny

Great value for money

Well worth it

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.78

Did the job

This item did exactly what I needed it to

Works as described

Return

3.4% Return rate 52% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall45%▆█▇██▆

it probs won't fit

Much too big

Not large at all

Functionality-Overall27%▇▇▇▆▇█

Couldn't get it to work without it snapping

Didnt do the job

Did not work

Compatibility-Overall5%▅▅█▅▄▅
Quality-Overall3%▅▂▃▃▃█

Really poor quality they break

Poor Quality

Complete garbage

Defective Material/Parts3%██▃█▆▁

FAQ

Common Zip Repair Kit questions

Answered from the same tracked data.