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Washing Line Spike

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.1% of orders. But products sell for $9.74 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Washing Line Spike 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
£160K/yr207K searches / yr
90-day growth
+53.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 61 sellers

Flapen Score

Washing Line Spike against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Washing Line Spike is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Washing Line Spike market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Washing Line Spike 207K times last year and spent an estimated £160K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 207K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +53.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £160K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
207K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+53.0%
Conversion, latest week
8.0%
Market size, estimated
£160Ka year
Peak month
April13.0× the quietest month
Top search term
rotary washing line spike64K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.74.

Listings sell for £9.74 on average, from £5.96 to £19.94. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £9.74 that is £5K to £7K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.74under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.96–£19.94
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£7K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

73% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 73% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #207 within Garden Furniture & Accessories. It carries 1,886 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
73%
Out of stock, average day
9.7%
Average rank
#207in Garden Furniture & Accessories
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,886per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

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

1 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 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Washing Line Spike 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£16K£32K£48K£64K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

61

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

21%

  • JVL28%
  • Brabantia23%
  • Flatro12%
  • Laundry Mate9%
  • WINSOME4%
  • Addis3%

Demand

Washing Line Spike search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 13.0×

Search terms

Top Washing Line Spike search terms shoppers use

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

  • rotary washing line spike64K/yr
  • washing line spike63K/yr
  • ground spike for rotary washing line20K/yr
  • washing line ground spike9K/yr
  • rotary line ground spike9K/yr
  • rotary washing line extension pole6K/yr
  • washing line holder4K/yr
  • rotary airer ground spike5K/yr
  • rotary washing line spike screw in3K/yr
  • washing line stake4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Washing Line Spike

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

Complain

Size-Overall23%−0.20

however a little smaller than described - still does the job

Too large

Would not fit

Strength10%+0.72

The products rings are far too weak

Not as strong as it looks

Bit flimsy

Quality-Overall6%+1.02

Do not buy as really bad quality

Rubbish

Rubbish quality

Rusts/Corrodes6%−0.04

Went rusty very quick they also lean to the side

Our airer rusted at the bottom so we purchased this

I was dissatisfied to see rust in the inside even before I had it installed

Weight Heavy4%−0.01

Would not say it was heavy duty

NOT heavy duty

Its heavy, long, and very rigid

Love

Quality-Overall22%+1.02

Best quality

Good quality parts

Looks well made

Strength17%+0.72

is a sturdy piece of kit

Strong and sturdy

stable in use

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%+0.49

as advertised

Just what I needed

As described

Value For Money10%+0.66

Good value

Worth the money

Good value for money

Assembly/Installation9%+0.43

Easy to erect delivered very quickly enabled washing to be carried out according to the household program to be carried out before the neighbor's Lol

Easy to install

Easy to put in got another one as we moved

Return

1.1% Return rate 86% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall81%▇▆█▇▇▇

however a little smaller than described - still does the job

Too large

Would not fit

Defective Material/Parts3%▁▁▃█▄▆
Functionality-Overall3%▁▁▄█▅▆
Compatibility-Overall2%█▃▂▂▂▂
Product Condition2%▁█▂▂▂▂

FAQ

Common Washing Line Spike questions

Answered from the same tracked data.