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Blackout Tape

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $57K a year here, so Blackout Tape is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 4,522 of 8,347 Electronics niches · −1 vs the category median of 43
Market size
$57K/yr63K searches / yr
90-day growth
+20.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
77%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 11 sellers

Flapen Score

Blackout Tape against its category

The dotted line is the Electronics average. Past it, Blackout Tape is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Blackout Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Blackout Tape 63K times last year and spent an estimated $57K. The top 5 brands take 90% of clicks. Demand peaks in May. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 63K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +20.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $57K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
63K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+20.6%
Conversion, latest week
9.3%
Market size, estimated
$57Ka year
Peak month
May2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
blackout tape25K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.66.

Listings sell for $9.66 on average, from $5.13 to $18.57. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $9.66 that is $5K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.66under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.13–$18.57
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$5K–$7K
Returns
2.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #590 within Skins & Decals. It carries 5,419 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.8%
Average rank
#590in Skins & Decals
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,419per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 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
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Blackout 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 77% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

11

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

6%

  • Brand 155%
  • Brand 210%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 6%)

Demand

Blackout Tape search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Blackout Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • blackout tape25K/yr
  • blackout tape for windows10K/yr
  • light blocking tape14K/yr
  • black out tape10K/yr
  • black led blocking tape5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Blackout Tape

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

12%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Use”
23%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
2.4%of orders come back
“Adhesive not strong”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”23% 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 Blackout Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.