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Clear Glue

Fail

Prices span $2.07–$15.06, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Clear Glue is a Fail.

Flapen Score
32
32 / 100
Ranks 5,473 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −19 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£71K/yr124K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
94%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 24 sellers

Flapen Score

Clear Glue against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Clear Glue is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

32Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Clear Glue market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Clear Glue 124K times last year and spent an estimated £71K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Flapen scores it 32 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

9.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 124K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £71K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
124K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.1%
Conversion, latest week
9.7%
Market size, estimated
£71Ka year
Peak month
October1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
clear glue61K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.88.

Listings sell for £5.88 on average, from £2.07 to £15.06. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £5.88 that is £6K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.88under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.07–£15.06
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£7K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #48 within Art & Craft Supplies. It carries 1,937 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
8.3%
Average rank
#48in Art & Craft Supplies
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,937per listing
Listings tracked
8

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 54 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
54 months

Products

Top Clear Glue 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 94% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£7K£14K£21K£28K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

24

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • scola40%
  • Amazon Basics32%
  • Baker Ross21%
  • Bostik2%
  • Unibond2%
  • Galt2%

Demand

Clear Glue search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Clear Glue search terms shoppers use

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

  • clear glue61K/yr
  • clear pva glue22K/yr
  • clear glue for slime16K/yr
  • clear glue for crafting8K/yr
  • pva glue clear6K/yr
  • clear craft glue4K/yr
  • clear pva3K/yr
  • clear pva glue for slime3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Clear Glue

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

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness54%−0.02

Rubbish glue

it was a bit sticky

Ok not easy to get the glue started

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%0.00

its toxic and false advertising

Quality-Overall8%−0.11

Not the best

Value For Money8%+1.45

over priced

Thickness8%−0.05

I was expecting this to be thicker its really runny

Love

Adhesion/Stickiness39%−0.02

Overall, a reliable adhesive that I would happily buy again

Good glue

Sticks well

Value For Money22%+1.45

Great deal

Excellent value for money

Good value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%0.00

Does the job

As described

Does what it says

Efficiency7%+0.12

Works well

Works just fine

Size-Overall6%+0.81

Good size

Its nice and big,

decent size

Return

0.2% Return rate 8% Fixable by listing

Adhesion/Stickiness49%▆▅▅▆▄█

Rubbish glue

it was a bit sticky

Ok not easy to get the glue started

Leak-Proof10%▁▁▄▃█▁
Functionality-Overall9%█▄▃▁▁▁

Does not do what it says on the box

Size-Overall8%▁▁▁▆█▁
Compatibility-Overall5%▁▁▅▁▁█

FAQ

Common Clear Glue questions

Answered from the same tracked data.