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3m Painters Tape

Fail

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

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 6,589 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · −5 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$80K/yr19K searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
75%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 186 sellers

Flapen Score

3m Painters Tape against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, 3m Painters Tape is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 3m Painters Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for 3m Painters Tape 19K times last year and spent an estimated $80K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Aug–Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

19.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 19K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 19.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $80K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
19K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.1%
Conversion, latest week
19.7%
Market size, estimated
$80Ka year
Peak month
August2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
3m blue tape14K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $21.84.

Listings sell for $21.84 on average, from $4.20 to $67.41. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $21.84 that is $2K to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$21.84inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.20–$67.41
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$5K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

56% 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 #81 within Painting Supplies & Tools. It carries 4,016 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
56%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#81in Painting Supplies & Tools
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
4,016per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 69 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
69 months

Products

Top 3m Painters Tape 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 75% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$8K$16K$24K$32K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 rising

Sellers

186

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • ScotchBlue88%
  • Scotch5%
  • 3M3%
  • SmaringRobot2%
  • Nexcare2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

3m Painters Tape search demand

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

1K600Prime Day '25Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Reviews and returns

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

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
30%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.5%of orders come back
“Horrible adhesion”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common 3m Painters Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.