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Zipper Tape

Maybe

An estimated 1.5% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -2.0% this quarter, so Zipper Tape is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 5% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +13 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$236K/yr299K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 28 brands · 31 sellers

Flapen Score

Zipper Tape against its category

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

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Zipper Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Zipper Tape 299K times last year and spent an estimated $236K. The top 5 brands take 52% of clicks. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 299K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $236K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
299K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.0%
Conversion, latest week
4.7%
Market size, estimated
$236Ka year
Peak month
January1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
zipper by the yard75K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $16.97.

Listings sell for $16.97 on average, from $5.96 to $31.16. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $16.97 that is $4K to $8K a year per listing.

Average price
$16.97inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.96–$31.16
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$8K
Returns
1.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% 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 #259 within Sewing Notions & Supplies. It carries 687 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#259in Sewing Notions & Supplies
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
687per listing
Listings tracked
59

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 9 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

9 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 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Zipper 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 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

28 rising

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

52%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 72%

Open market

40%

  • Brand 113%
  • Brand 212%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 59%
  • Brand 68%

Demand

Zipper Tape search demand

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

8K6KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Zipper Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • zipper by the yard75K/yr
  • zipper tape53K/yr
  • zippers by the yard for sewing30K/yr
  • zipper by the yard with pulls39K/yr
  • zippers by the yard37K/yr
  • zipper tape by the yard #5 with pulls17K/yr
  • #5 zipper tape14K/yr
  • #5 zipper14K/yr
  • zipper roll10K/yr
  • zipper by the yard #55K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Zipper Tape

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

26%of positive reviews mention “Color”
13%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
1.5%of orders come back
“Pure cheap garbage”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”13% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Zipper Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.