How competitive is the 3m Medical Tape niche on Amazon United States?

4 brands and 103 sellers compete in 3m Medical Tape on Amazon United States. The top 5 3m Medical Tape products take 74% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in 3m Medical Tape?

3m Medical Tape buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Adhesion/Stickiness, Smell, Allergies, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.3%.

What does it cost to enter the 3m Medical Tape niche?

3m Medical Tape sells for $9.54 on average on Amazon United States, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span $4.18–$24.08. The average incumbent carries 5,693 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

3m Medical Tape

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — 3m Medical Tape doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

Skip it

Ranks 12,636 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −10 vs the category median of 49

This niche Category average · 14,768 niches

Is 3m Medical Tape profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, 3m Medical Tape is a $107K/yr Amazon United States market (100K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

3m Medical Tape: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +7.6% over the last 90 days and 11.2% of searches end in a purchase.

$107K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K

Search volume / yr+7.6%100K

Conversion rate11.2%

Avg price$9.54

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers4 · 103

Top-5 product click share74%

Open market0%

Avg brand age68 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 13 products

Top 3m Medical Tape products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

3M Micropore Surgical Tape 1530-1 1 IN x 10 YD (2 5cm x 9 1m) 12 Rolls/Carton

Price: $8.47
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 3,697
Age: 14y ago

3M Transpore Clear 1-Inch Wide First Aid Tape 10-Yard Roll (2 Rolls) Model:1527-1

Price: $5.71
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 5,441
Age: 21y ago

3M Transpore Surgical Tape 1527-1 1 inch x 10 yard (2 5cm x 9 1m) 12 rolls/box

Price: $14.25
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 5,039
Age: 19y ago

Nexcare Strong Yet Pain Free Tape Tears Easily For Sensitive Skin 1 Roll

Price: $7.24
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 8,601
Age: 11y ago

Nexcare Durable Cloth Tape Woven Tape Securely Holds Bulky Wound Dressing - 1 In x 10 Yds 2 Rolls of Tape

Price: $6.00
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 17,306
Age: 16y ago

Newest

by launch date

3M Micropore Tan Surgical Tape 0.5 Wide (3 ROLL)

Price: $8.03
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 195
Age: 2y ago

3M Durapore Silk-Like Cloth Medical Tape 1/2 Inch x 10 Yard White 3M 1538-0 1 Count

Price: $4.18
Rating: 4.2/5
Reviews: 278
Age: 3y ago

3M Medipore H Soft Cloth Surgical Tape - 4 wide by 10 yards (3 Rolls)

Price: $24.08
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 5,398
Age: 9y ago

3M Micropore Tan Surgical Tape 0.5 Wide -2 Rolls

Price: $5.84
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 2,999
Age: 9y ago

Nexcare Strong Yet Pain Free Tape Tears Easily For Sensitive Skin 1 Roll

Price: $7.24
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 8,601
Age: 11y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 74% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

103

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Micropore36%
3M36%
Nexcare18%
Transpore10%
Open — no brand owns it (0%)

3m Medical Tape demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume100KCVR11.2%Products13Brands4Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.6★Reviews5,693Avg BSR#18

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

Top 3m Medical Tape search terms shoppers use

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

3m medical tape49K/yr +13.2%8.8% conv.
3m surgical tape18K/yr +3.3%8.1% conv.
3m tape medical14K/yr -1.8%9.1% conv.
3m medical tape 1 inch5K/yr -7.4%12.5% conv.
3m skin tape4K/yr +18.4%7.5% conv.
medical tape 3m3K/yr +20.5%11.7% conv.
3m bandage tape4K/yr +4.4%7.5% conv.
3m surgical tape 1 inch3K/yr -5.4%13.0% conv.

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

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

77% of reviews

Adhesion/Stickiness30%

“It sticks well”

Quality-Overall12%

“Great quality and comfortable to the touch”

Value For Money7%

“Good buy for the money”

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

“As advertised”

Ease Of Use6%

“Very handy”

What buyers complain about

65% of reviews

Adhesion/Stickiness27%

“Adhesive sucks”

Smell7%

“chemical smell”

Allergies6%

“did cause irritation”

Value For Money5%

“Cost too much”

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%

“the picture is misleading”

3m Medical Tape return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.3%

Return rate

25%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Adhesion/Stickiness

40%

2Smell

13%

3Size-Overall

12%

4Advertised Vs Actual Product

10%

5Thin

Common 3m Medical Tape questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores 3m Medical Tape 39/100 on Amazon United States — Skip it. The niche generates $107K/yr across 13 tracked products. Search demand moved +7.6% over the last 90 days.