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Staple Remover

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But prices span $2.04–$8.75, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Staple Remover is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 28% of 835 Stationery & Office Supplies niches · +5 vs the category median of 47
Market size
£92K/yr111K searches / yr
90-day growth
+7.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 49 sellers

Flapen Score

Staple Remover against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Staple Remover market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Staple Remover 111K times last year and spent an estimated £92K. The top 5 brands take 71% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

14.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 111K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +7.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £92K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
111K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+7.5%
Conversion, latest week
14.8%
Market size, estimated
£92Ka year
Peak month
July1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
staple remover80K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.60.

Listings sell for £5.60 on average, from £2.04 to £8.75. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £5.60 that is £3K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.60under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.04–£8.75
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£4K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #19 within Office Supplies. It carries 595 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
6.6%
Average rank
#19in Office Supplies
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
595per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 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 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Staple Remover 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 48% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£9K£18K£28K£37K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

49

Top-5 brand share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

25%

  • RAPESCO40%
  • Early Buy19%
  • Tomoyuki5%
  • MBUYGYUO4%
  • Zxglxinyao3%
  • Skyzone3%

Demand

Staple Remover search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Staple Remover search terms shoppers use

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

  • staple remover80K/yr
  • staple remover tool18K/yr
  • stapler remover tool6K/yr
  • stapler remover3K/yr
  • staple removers3K/yr
  • staple extractor2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Staple Remover

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

Complain

Size-Overall17%−0.06

Not fit for purpose

Smaller than expected

Durability17%−0.10

Easy to break

Broke after first time using it

Broke one already - the plastic wing

Ease Of Use11%+1.87

Not the easiest to use

Strength6%−0.05

Easy to break

Functionality-Overall6%−0.03

Crappie don't work

Love

Ease Of Use22%+1.87

EASE OF USE

The staple removal tool is really 👍 so easy to use

Great little tool

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+0.89

Matches description

Exactly as advertised

as expected

Value For Money10%+0.16

Definitely worth every penny

Great value for money

Good value

Quality-Overall10%−0.04

These are good quality staple removers

Overall, a simple, reliable, and well-made tool thats perfect for everyday use

Excellent product

Efficiency10%+0.74

Great little tool does the job well

Works well

Work perfectly

Return

0.4% Return rate 13% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall34%▇▆▁▆▅█

Crappie don't work

Quality-Overall22%▁▁▅▅▇█

Rubbish

Thickness9%█▄▁▄▁▁

struggles a bit on thicker staples

Size-Overall9%▁▁▆▁█▁

Not fit for purpose

Smaller than expected

Strength6%▁█▁█▁▁

Easy to break

FAQ

Common Staple Remover questions

Answered from the same tracked data.