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Backer Rod 1/2 Inch

Fail

The top 5 products take 67% of clicks, so Backer Rod 1/2 Inch is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 4,568 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · on the category median
Market size
$190K/yr264K searches / yr
90-day growth
+33.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 31 sellers

Flapen Score

Backer Rod 1/2 Inch against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Backer Rod 1/2 Inch is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Backer Rod 1/2 Inch market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Backer Rod 1/2 Inch 264K times last year and spent an estimated $190K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

5.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 264K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +33.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $190K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
264K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+33.8%
Conversion, latest week
5.9%
Market size, estimated
$190Ka year
Peak month
July3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
backer rod151K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $12.12.

Listings sell for $12.12 on average, from $4.39 to $35.11. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At $12.12 that is $15K to $18K a year per listing.

Average price
$12.12under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.39–$35.11
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
$15K–$18K
Returns
2.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

86% 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 #105 within Weatherproofing. It carries 1,000 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#105in Weatherproofing
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,000per listing
Listings tracked
14

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 47 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
47 months

Products

Top Backer Rod 1/2 Inch 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 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$19K$38K$57K$76K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • M-D Building Products42%
  • Macepason21%
  • Orgthin8%
  • Acuteye6%
  • ToLanbbt5%
  • U0U4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 13%)

Demand

Backer Rod 1/2 Inch search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top Backer Rod 1/2 Inch search terms shoppers use

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

  • backer rod151K/yr
  • foam backer rod46K/yr
  • foam backer rods8K/yr
  • closed cell backer rod7K/yr
  • backing rod7K/yr
  • foam rod7K/yr
  • backer rods3K/yr
  • foam rope6K/yr
  • caulk backer rod4K/yr
  • poly foam caulk saver4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Backer Rod 1/2 Inch

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
25%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
2.8%of orders come back
“works good, got the wrong size to begin with”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”25% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Backer Rod 1/2 Inch questions

Answered from the same tracked data.