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Long Arm Stapler

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But shoppers spend only $56K a year here, so Long Arm Stapler 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
£56K/yr42K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
65%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 70 sellers

Flapen Score

Long Arm Stapler against its category

The dotted line is the Stationery & Office Supplies average. Past it, Long Arm Stapler is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Long Arm Stapler market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Long Arm Stapler 42K times last year and spent an estimated £56K. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

11.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 42K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £56K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
42K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.1%
Conversion, latest week
11.6%
Market size, estimated
£56Ka year
Peak month
February1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
long arm stapler19K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.54.

Listings sell for £11.54 on average, from £5.50 to £43.33. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £11.54 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.54under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.50–£43.33
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #44 within Office Supplies. It carries 991 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.1%
Average rank
#44in Office Supplies
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
991per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 76 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
76 months

Products

Top Long Arm Stapler 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 65% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£6K£11K£17K£22K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 flat

Sellers

70

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

14%

  • RAPESCO30%
  • Q-Connect17%
  • JIUJ13%
  • deli12%
  • Pavo7%
  • Marsrock6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 14%)

Demand

Long Arm Stapler search demand

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

900700Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Long Arm Stapler search terms shoppers use

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

  • long arm stapler19K/yr
  • long stapler12K/yr
  • booklet stapler5K/yr
  • long reach stapler4K/yr
  • book stapler3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Long Arm Stapler

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall19%−0.03

does not fold staples fully

Didn't work initially

It simply does not work properly

Durability16%−0.17

Broke almost immediately

Stopped working just after a month

Weve only had about one months use out of it

Strength12%−0.04

Flimsy

The spring pushing staples forward is too weak

Quality-Overall6%

very disappointed with its performance

Terrible quality - stay clear

Jamming/Clogging6%−0.01

which often suffered from staple jams

It does jam quite easily when being used a lot

then staples start getting stuck regularly

Love

Strength16%−0.04

Sturdy stapler

Stapler is sturdy and works well

Very sturdy

Value For Money15%−0.01

Reasonable price

Value for money

Good price

Ease Of Use12%+0.93

it has come in handy more times than I expected

Easy to use

So easy to switch for long item use

Quality-Overall12%

Good quality stater

The build quality feels durable and well-made, so I expect it to last a long time

Good quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+1.01

Works exactly as it should

Works like a dream

Works as expected

Return

0.3% Return rate 21% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall30%▅▄▇▄█▃

does not fold staples fully

Didn't work initially

It simply does not work properly

Size-Overall15%▇█▃▇▃▅
Defective Material/Parts10%▁▅▆▄▇█
Durability6%█▄▄▁▄▁

Broke almost immediately

Stopped working just after a month

Weve only had about one months use out of it

Mechanism Issues6%▁▁▁█▁▆

FAQ

Common Long Arm Stapler questions

Answered from the same tracked data.