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3m Medical Tape

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so 3m Medical Tape is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 12,636 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −10 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$107K/yr100K searches / yr
90-day growth
+7.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 103 sellers

Flapen Score

3m Medical Tape against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, 3m Medical Tape is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 3m Medical Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for 3m Medical Tape 100K times last year and spent an estimated $107K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 100K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +7.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $107K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
100K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+7.6%
Conversion, latest week
11.2%
Market size, estimated
$107Ka year
Peak month
November4.4× the quietest month
Top search term
3m medical tape49K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.54.

Listings sell for $9.54 on average, from $4.18 to $24.08. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At $9.54 that is $10K to $12K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.54under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.18–$24.08
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
$10K–$12K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

46% 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 #18 within Bandages & Bandaging Supplies. It carries 5,693 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
46%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#18in Bandages & Bandaging Supplies
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,693per listing
Listings tracked
13

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 68 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
68 months

Products

Top 3m Medical 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 74% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

103

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 136%
  • Brand 236%
  • Brand 318%
  • Brand 410%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

3m Medical Tape search demand

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

12K8KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.4×

Search terms

Top 3m Medical Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • 3m medical tape49K/yr
  • 3m surgical tape18K/yr
  • 3m tape medical14K/yr
  • 3m medical tape 1 inch5K/yr
  • 3m skin tape4K/yr
  • medical tape 3m3K/yr
  • 3m bandage tape4K/yr
  • 3m surgical tape 1 inch3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 3m Medical Tape

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

30%of positive reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
27%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.3%of orders come back
“Adhesive sucks”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”27% 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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common 3m Medical Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.