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Correction Tape

Maybe

Buyers convert on 20.5% of searches. But prices span $1.60–$15.38, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Correction Tape is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 37% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +3 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£814K/yr719K searches / yr
90-day growth
-21.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 113 sellers

Flapen Score

Correction Tape against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Correction Tape is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Correction Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Correction Tape 719K times last year and spent an estimated £814K. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 20.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 719K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 20.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -21.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £814K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
719K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-21.7%
Conversion, latest week
20.5%
Market size, estimated
£814Ka year
Top search term
tippex186K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.53.

Listings sell for £5.53 on average, from £1.60 to £15.38. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £5.53 that is £22K to £28K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.53under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.60–£15.38
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£22K–£28K
Returns
0.1%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. 87% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #10 within Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies. It carries 3,098 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
73%
Prime listings
87%
Out of stock, average day
2.9%
Average rank
#10in Pens, Pencils & Writing Supplies
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,098per listing
Listings tracked
30

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Correction 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 29, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£33K£65K£98K£130K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

113

Est. top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

3%

  • BIC43%
  • Tipp-Ex39%
  • Amazon Basics10%
  • Pentel2%
  • JEFURE2%
  • Four Candies1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 3%)

Demand

Correction Tape search demand

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

18K13KSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4× · 11 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Correction Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • tippex186K/yr
  • tippex mouse114K/yr
  • tipex91K/yr
  • correction tape67K/yr
  • tippex pen50K/yr
  • tipex correction fluid21K/yr
  • correction fluid20K/yr
  • tippex fluid19K/yr
  • tip ex19K/yr
  • correction pen23K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Correction Tape

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
20%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.1%of orders come back
“Bad quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”20% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Correction 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