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Washi Tape

Maybe

An estimated 0.7% of orders come back. But prices span $4.93–$14.80, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Washi Tape is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 6% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +12 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$815K/yr5.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+9.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
31%top-5 click share · 34 brands · 61 sellers

Flapen Score

Washi Tape against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Washi Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Washi Tape 5.0M times last year and spent an estimated $815K. The top 5 brands take 52% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 5.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +9.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $815K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
5.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+9.2%
Conversion, latest week
1.8%
Market size, estimated
$815Ka year
Peak month
January1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
washi tape3.7M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.27.

Listings sell for $9.27 on average, from $4.93 to $14.80. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At $9.27 that is $23K to $28K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.27under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.93–$14.80
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
$23K–$28K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #197 within Adhesives. It carries 1,316 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.2%
Average rank
#197in Adhesives
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,316per listing
Listings tracked
63

04 · Newcomers

10 of last year's 13 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

13 products launched here in the last 12 months. 10 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
13
Successful launches
10Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Washi 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 only 31% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

34 falling

Sellers

61

Top-5 brand share

52%

Top 20: 87%

Top-5 click share

31%

Top 20: 62%

Open market

43%

  • Brand 120%
  • Brand 213%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Washi Tape search demand

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

175K125KPrime Day '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Washi Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • washi tape3.7M/yr
  • washi tape set387K/yr
  • washi124K/yr
  • decorative tape112K/yr
  • craft tape83K/yr
  • cute washi tape65K/yr
  • washi tape bulk53K/yr
  • washi tape for journaling25K/yr
  • thin washi tape52K/yr
  • wide washi tape42K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Washi Tape

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
34%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.7%of orders come back
“bad adhesive”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”34% 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.

14 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Washi Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.