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Fly Tape

Fly Tape shows demand growing +788.8% this quarter, but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Signals Trending

Flapen Score

56
Worth a look

Top 29% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +5 vs the category median of 51

Market size 21Growth 100Conversion 100Competition 18Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 15Brand share 40Review moat 34Quality gap 90
This niche Category average · 5,777 niches

Is Fly Tape profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Fly Tape is a £83K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (56K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.

Fly Tape: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +788.8% over the last 90 days and 27.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£83K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr+788.8%56K
Conversion rate27.9%
Avg price£5.32

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand, so 19% of the market is open.

19%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 18
Top-5 product click share79%
Open market19%
Avg brand age33 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.1★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 10 products

Sponsored placement90%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.1★
Avg reviews3,122

Top Fly Tape products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 79% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£8K£17K£25K£33K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

18

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

  • RAM ONLINE37%
  • FERRIS13%
  • BUG OFF13%
  • Torchtree9%
  • JKG9%
  • TRIITECH8%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 11%)

Fly Tape demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume56KCVR27.9%Products10Brands8Top 5 Brands81%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.1★Reviews3,122Avg BSR#22
6K4KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 21.8×

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fly Tape

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Pest/Insect Control19%

great for catching the flies

Quality-Overall17%

Excellent Quality

Value For Money14%

Really quite a lot for the cash

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%

Just as advertised

Adhesion/Stickiness9%

Sticks to everything

What buyers complain about

88% of reviews
Pest/Insect Control24%

doesn't catch anything

Adhesion/Stickiness22%

Not sticky enough

Quality-Overall15%

Reduced quality

Functionality-Overall8%

Didnt work

Ease Of Use6%

Difficult to open out

Fly Tape return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

3%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Functionality-Overall
36%
2Pest/Insect Control
17%
3Quality-Overall
11%
4Adhesion/Stickiness
10%
5Durability
6%

Common Fly Tape questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Fly Tape 56/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £83K/yr across 10 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +788.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Fly Tape on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug, where the busiest month runs 21.8× the quietest.