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Stapler

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.74–$8.15) — Stapler doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

42
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Market size 72Growth 20Conversion 99Competition 21Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 15Brand share 4Review moat 19Quality gap 35
This niche Category average

Is Stapler profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Stapler is a £784K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (796K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.

Stapler: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -10.6% over the last 90 days and 18.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£784K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr200K
Search volume / yr-10.6%796K
Conversion rate18.2%
Avg price£5.42

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand, so 2% of the market is open.

2%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 37
Top-5 product click share74%
Open market2%
Avg brand age58 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 12 products

Sponsored placement92%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews14,626

Top Stapler products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 74% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£78K£157K£235K£314K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

37

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • RAPESCO50%
  • Amazon Basics37%
  • deli5%
  • Rexel3%
  • Q-Connect3%
  • G4GADGET2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Stapler demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume796KCVR18.2%Products12Brands6Top 5 Brands98%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews14,626Avg BSR#6
18K13KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Stapler search terms shoppers use

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

  • stapler578K/yr
  • stapler and staples set122K/yr
  • staplers26K/yr
  • staplers for paper13K/yr
  • staple13K/yr
  • office stapler10K/yr
  • paper stapler6K/yr
  • stapler with staples5K/yr
  • stapler and staples4K/yr
  • stapler set4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Stapler

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

85% of reviews
Value For Money20%

Worth to buy

Quality-Overall20%

Excellent Product

Strength16%

Good sturdy casing

Ease Of Use7%

easy to use seems very durable

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

Works as expected

What buyers complain about

76% of reviews
Functionality-Overall18%

Didnt work

Jamming/Clogging13%

Stapler keeps jamming or doesn't stable properly, very frustrating

Quality-Overall10%

cheap and nasty

Durability8%

Internal spring broke on first useage

Paper Quality8%

Went through 51 pieces of paper no troudle

Stapler return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.2%

Return rate

15%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Functionality-Overall
23%
2Jamming/Clogging
13%
3Size-Overall
12%
4Defective Material/Parts
11%
5Quality-Overall
5%

Common Stapler questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Stapler 42/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £784K/yr across 12 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -10.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Stapler on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.