Glue Sticks
MaybeAn estimated 0.2% of orders come back. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Glue Sticks is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 53 / 100Top 19% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +7 vs the category median of 4653
- Market size
- $3.6M/yr4.9M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +148.4%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 90%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 149 sellers
Flapen Score
Glue Sticks against its category
The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Glue Sticks is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Glue Sticks market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Glue Sticks 4.9M times last year and spent an estimated $3.6M. All 2 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 9.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 4.9M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +148.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $3.6M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 4.9M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +148.4%
- Conversion, latest week
- 9.6%
- Market size, estimated
- $3.6Ma year
- Top search term
- glue sticks3.3M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $7.52.
Listings sell for $7.52 on average, from $3.14 to $17.20. Amazon reports units sold in ranges, and this niche reaches the top one: 1,000,000 units or more a year. The average listing sells 80,000 to 100,000 of them. At $7.52 that is $602K to $752K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $7.52under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $3.14–$17.20
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 1,000,000 or moreAmazon's top range
- Units per listing a year
- 80,000–100,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $602K–$752K
- Returns
- 0.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
89% 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 #27 within Adhesives. It carries 23,449 reviews at 4.77 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 89%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #27in Adhesives
- Average rating
- 4.77 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 23,449per listing
- Listings tracked
- 9
04 · Newcomers
Brands here are settling in.
The brands on the shelf have sold for 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 0
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 54 months
Products
Top Glue Sticks 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 90% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
2 flat
Sellers
149
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
90%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Brand 195%
- Brand 25%
- Open — no brand owns it (0%)
Demand
Glue Sticks search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.5× · 10 of 12 months tracked
Search terms
Top Glue Sticks search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- glue sticks3.3M/yr
- glue stick544K/yr
- glue sticks for school169K/yr
- elmers glue stick265K/yr
- elmers glue sticks89K/yr
- glue sticks for kids140K/yr
- gluesticks65K/yr
- purple glue sticks40K/yr
- glue sticks elmers31K/yr
- elmer glue sticks26K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Glue Sticks
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Does not work as glue”
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
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FAQ
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