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18mm Socket

Fail

The products selling today already average 4.8★, so 18mm Socket is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 4,985 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · −1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$82K/yr61K searches / yr
90-day growth
+11.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

18mm Socket against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, 18mm Socket is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 18mm Socket market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for 18mm Socket 61K times last year and spent an estimated $82K. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

17.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 61K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 17.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +11.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $82K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
61K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+11.9%
Conversion, latest week
17.2%
Market size, estimated
$82Ka year
Peak month
May1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
18mm socket25K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $7.86.

Listings sell for $7.86 on average, from $3.11 to $21.15. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $7.86 that is $786 to $2K a year per listing.

Average price
$7.86under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.11–$21.15
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$786–$2K
Returns
2.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

68% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #62 within Sockets & Socket Sets. It carries 1,849 reviews at 4.76 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
68%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.8%
Average rank
#62in Sockets & Socket Sets
Average rating
4.76 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,849per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 50 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top 18mm 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 40% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$3K$7K$10K$13K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

23%

  • CRAFTSMAN23%
  • TEKTON19%
  • TIGHTSPOT16%
  • MIXPOWER9%
  • Capri Tools6%
  • EGOFIX4%

Demand

18mm Socket search demand

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

1K750Spike '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top 18mm Socket search terms shoppers use

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

  • 18mm socket25K/yr
  • 18 mm socket11K/yr
  • 18mm impact socket 1/2 drive7K/yr
  • 18mm socket 1/2 drive5K/yr
  • 18mm deep socket4K/yr
  • 18mm impact socket4K/yr
  • 18mm socket 3/8 drive3K/yr
  • 18 mm socket 1/2 drive2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 18mm Socket

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
30%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
2.8%of orders come back
“Poor quality box”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”30% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common 18mm Socket questions

Answered from the same tracked data.