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Washi Tape

Maybe

An estimated 0.4% of orders come back. But prices span $2.12–$10.71, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Washi Tape is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 26% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +6 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£199K/yr680K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 34 brands · 45 sellers

Flapen Score

Washi Tape against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Washi Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Washi Tape 680K times last year and spent an estimated £199K. The top 5 brands take 49% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 680K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £199K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
680K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.7%
Conversion, latest week
5.0%
Market size, estimated
£199Ka year
Peak month
January1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
washi tape474K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.82.

Listings sell for £5.82 on average, from £2.12 to £10.71. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £5.82 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.82under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.12–£10.71
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #189 within Art & Craft Supplies. It carries 511 reviews at 4.23 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.8%
Average rank
#189in Art & Craft Supplies
Average rating
4.23 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
511per listing
Listings tracked
56

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 17 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

17 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
17
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Washi Tape products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 26, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 37% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£6K£12K£18K£24K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

34 rising

Sellers

45

Est. top-5 brand share

49%

Top 20: 89%

Est. top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 70%

Open market

46%

  • IEEBEE11%
  • YUBX11%
  • Forwaarss10%
  • YUBBAEX9%
  • Uskerb7%
  • JOELELI5%

Demand

Washi Tape search demand

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

23K18KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Washi Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • washi tape474K/yr
  • washi tape sets51K/yr
  • washi tape for scrapbooking19K/yr
  • craft tape19K/yr
  • scrapbook tape16K/yr
  • decorative tape13K/yr
  • washi12K/yr
  • washi tapes9K/yr
  • washi tape uk10K/yr
  • wide washi tape6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Washi Tape

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

17%of positive reviews mention “Color”
46%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.4%of orders come back
“Not sticky enough”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”46% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Washi Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data