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Glue Dots

Fail

Prices span $1.46–$6.44, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Glue Dots is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 3,444 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −3 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£614K/yr618K searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
82%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Glue Dots against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Glue Dots market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Glue Dots 618K times last year and spent an estimated £614K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

30.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 618K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 30.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £614K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
618K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.7%
Conversion, latest week
30.9%
Market size, estimated
£614Ka year
Peak month
November1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
glue dots303K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.21.

Listings sell for £3.21 on average, from £1.46 to £6.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 12,500 to 15,000 of them. At £3.21 that is £40K to £48K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.21under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.46–£6.44
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
12,500–15,000
Revenue per listing a year
£40K–£48K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #10 within Art & Craft Supplies. It carries 1,150 reviews at 4.27 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#10in Art & Craft Supplies
Average rating
4.27 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,150per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Glue Dots 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£61K£123K£184K£246K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • Bostik44%
  • Sumwitum34%
  • Gunwon5%
  • Muexoee3%
  • Lafefe3%
  • Admygo3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 8%)

Demand

Glue Dots search demand

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

13K8KHoliday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Glue Dots search terms shoppers use

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

  • glue dots303K/yr
  • sticky dots101K/yr
  • glue dots double sided36K/yr
  • sticky dots double sided29K/yr
  • balloon glue dots19K/yr
  • balloon sticky dots17K/yr
  • glue dots for balloons23K/yr
  • double sided sticky dots16K/yr
  • balloon dots14K/yr
  • glu dots10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Glue Dots

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

Complain

Adhesion/Stickiness48%−0.42

Not adhesive at all

Nothing would stick

Not very sticky

Ease Of Use14%−0.01

Impossible to use

however were difficult to remove from the roll

Really hard to peel the back off

Value For Money6%+0.62

Waste of money

Complete waste of money

Strength5%+0.38

not strong enough for what I bought them for

Decided to get the extra strong ones for my little projects however theyre very weak

Not strong enough for the job at hand

Paint Quality5%−0.01

when it came to taking the baloons down some paint came off my ceiling

Peeled the paint off

Avoid - removed paint

Love

Adhesion/Stickiness20%−0.42

sticks well

The adhesive is excellent

great stickiness perfect

Quality-Overall17%+2.39

Decent did the job

Excellent Quality

Great product

Ease Of Use16%−0.01

Easy to Use

The dots are very easy to use, instructions detailed and easy to understand

easily removed after

Value For Money14%+0.62

Good value for money

Good Value

good value for money

Strength5%+0.38

They are strong

They have a strong hold

Small and mighty

Return

0.3% Return rate 11% Fixable by listing

Adhesion/Stickiness45%█▇▄▇▄▇

Not adhesive at all

Nothing would stick

Not very sticky

Quality-Overall11%▁█▁▁▃▄

Quality could be better

Size-Overall11%▄▁█▁▇▃

Does not hold a small birthday banner

were smaller than I imagined

Functionality-Overall8%▄▁█▁▁▇

They did not work

Do not work for diamond painting pens

Material Quality3%▁▁▁█▁▁

FAQ

Common Glue Dots questions

Answered from the same tracked data.