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Purple Duct Tape

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $17K a year here, so Purple Duct Tape is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 2,976 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −3 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$17K/yr42K searches / yr
90-day growth
+33.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 88 sellers

Flapen Score

Purple Duct Tape against its category

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

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Purple Duct Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Purple Duct Tape 42K times last year and spent an estimated $17K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Aug. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 42K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +33.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $17K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
42K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+33.4%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
$17Ka year
Peak month
May4.6× the quietest month
Top search term
purple duct tape28K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.26.

Listings sell for $9.26 on average, from $3.72 to $18.26. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $9.26 that is $5K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.26under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.72–$18.26
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$5K–$7K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #205 within Adhesives. It carries 3,797 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
3.3%
Average rank
#205in Adhesives
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,797per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 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 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
54 months

Products

Top Purple Duct 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 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

88

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • Brand 134%
  • Brand 220%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 412%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 66%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 9%)

Demand

Purple Duct Tape search demand

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

3K2KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

Peak months: May, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.6×

Search terms

Top Purple Duct Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • purple duct tape28K/yr
  • purple duck tape9K/yr
  • duct tape purple3K/yr
  • purple duct tape 2 inches wide2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Purple Duct Tape

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Color”
33%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
1.0%of orders come back
“Poor Adhesive”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”33% 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 Purple Duct Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.