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Heavy Duty Glue Sticks

Fail

The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so Heavy Duty Glue Sticks is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 3,823 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −8 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$43K/yr97K searches / yr
90-day growth
+17.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 128 sellers

Flapen Score

Heavy Duty Glue Sticks against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Heavy Duty Glue Sticks is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Heavy Duty Glue Sticks market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Heavy Duty Glue Sticks 97K times last year and spent an estimated $43K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Dec. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 97K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +17.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $43K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
97K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+17.3%
Conversion, latest week
5.0%
Market size, estimated
$43Ka year
Peak month
December2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
scotch glue stick16K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $8.90.

Listings sell for $8.90 on average, from $2.79 to $16.27. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $8.90 that is $7K to $9K a year per listing.

Average price
$8.90under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$2.79–$16.27
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$7K–$9K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

61% 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 #130 within Adhesives. It carries 1,369 reviews at 4.66 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
61%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#130in Adhesives
Average rating
4.66 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,369per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 81 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Heavy Duty 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

128

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 171%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 35%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Heavy Duty Glue Sticks search demand

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

7K5KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

Peak months: May, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Heavy Duty Glue Sticks search terms shoppers use

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

  • scotch glue stick16K/yr
  • permanent glue stick14K/yr
  • scotch permanent glue sticks10K/yr
  • acid free glue stick6K/yr
  • elmers craft bond glue stick7K/yr
  • scotch glue sticks4K/yr
  • scotch glue5K/yr
  • permanent glue sticks4K/yr
  • strong glue stick5K/yr
  • extra strength glue stick5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Heavy Duty Glue Sticks

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

48%of positive reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
47%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.4%of orders come back
“Does not adhere”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”47% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Heavy Duty Glue Sticks questions

Answered from the same tracked data.