Washi Tape
MaybeAn 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 / 100Top 6% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +12 vs the category median of 4658
- 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.
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.
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.
“bad adhesive”
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
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