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Archival Tape

Fail

The top 5 products take 95% of clicks, so Archival Tape is a Fail.

Flapen Score
34
34 / 100
Ranks 4,242 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −12 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$21K/yr30K searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
95%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Archival Tape against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Archival Tape is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

34Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Archival Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Archival Tape 30K times last year and spent an estimated $21K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Apr. Flapen scores it 34 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 30K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $21K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
30K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.3%
Conversion, latest week
5.1%
Market size, estimated
$21Ka year
Peak month
January2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
linen tape13K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $13.35.

Listings sell for $13.35 on average, from $8.88 to $27.34. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $13.35 that is $3K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$13.35under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.88–$27.34
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$7K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #921 within Adhesives. It carries 485 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#921in Adhesives
Average rating
4.56 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
485per listing
Listings tracked
7

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Archival Tape products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 95% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 146%
  • Brand 240%
  • Brand 35%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 62%

Demand

Archival Tape search demand

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

1K750Spike '26SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Archival Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • linen tape13K/yr
  • linen hinging tape5K/yr
  • hinge tape6K/yr
  • hinging tape3K/yr
  • linen tape for framing3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Archival Tape

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

22%of positive reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
37%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
1.1%of orders come back
“The adhesive doesnt hold at all”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”37% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Archival Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.