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15/16 Socket

Fail

Shoppers spend only $52K a year here, so 15/16 Socket is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 5,778 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · −3 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$52K/yr36K searches / yr
90-day growth
+29.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

15/16 Socket against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, 15/16 Socket is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 15/16 Socket market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for 15/16 Socket 36K times last year and spent an estimated $52K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

16.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 36K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 16.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +29.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $52K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
36K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+29.9%
Conversion, latest week
16.1%
Market size, estimated
$52Ka year
Peak month
June3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
15/16 impact socket 1/2 drive18K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $8.91.

Listings sell for $8.91 on average, from $5.51 to $20.26. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $8.91 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$8.91under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.51–$20.26
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$4K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

59% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #112 within Sockets & Socket Sets. It carries 1,605 reviews at 4.77 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
59%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
9.5%
Average rank
#112in Sockets & Socket Sets
Average rating
4.77 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,605per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
63 months

Products

Top 15/16 Socket products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$5K$10K$16K$21K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

13%

  • TEKTON25%
  • CRAFTSMAN23%
  • Capri Tools19%
  • BLACKROBOT12%
  • CASOMAN4%
  • TIGHTSPOT4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 13%)

Demand

15/16 Socket search demand

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

2K2KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top 15/16 Socket search terms shoppers use

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

  • 15/16 impact socket 1/2 drive18K/yr
  • 15/16 socket 1/2 drive10K/yr
  • 15/16 impact socket4K/yr
  • 15/16 deep socket 1/2 drive4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 15/16 Socket

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

26%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
33%of negative reviews mention “Grip”
0.8%of orders come back
“if this shallow socket depth causes slipping”
A buyer, on “Grip”33% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common 15/16 Socket questions

Answered from the same tracked data.