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Black Tape Measure

Maybe

Products sell for $23.48 on average, inside the sweet spot. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Black Tape Measure is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 39% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +2 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$173K/yr157K searches / yr
90-day growth
+2.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 2 brands · 51 sellers

Flapen Score

Black Tape Measure against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Black Tape Measure is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black Tape Measure market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Black Tape Measure 157K times last year and spent an estimated $173K. All 2 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 157K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +2.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $173K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
157K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+2.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.7%
Market size, estimated
$173Ka year
Top search term
lufkin tape measure54K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $23.48.

Listings sell for $23.48 on average, from $9.32 to $47.43. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $23.48 that is $6K to $12K a year per listing.

Average price
$23.48inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.32–$47.43
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
$6K–$12K
Returns
1.2%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. 86% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #217 within Measuring & Layout Tools. It carries 537 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
86%
Out of stock, average day
9.7%
Average rank
#217in Measuring & Layout Tools
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
537per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 53 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Black Tape Measure 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$17K$35K$52K$69K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

2 falling

Sellers

51

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

0%

  • Crescent67%
  • Lufkin33%

Demand

Black Tape Measure search demand

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

4K3KOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2× · 10 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Black Tape Measure search terms shoppers use

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

  • lufkin tape measure54K/yr
  • crescent tape measure34K/yr
  • lufkin tape measure 25 ft19K/yr
  • crescent lufkin tape measure12K/yr
  • lufkin9K/yr
  • black tape measure9K/yr
  • crescent tape measure 25 ft6K/yr
  • black measuring tape5K/yr
  • crescent lufkin4K/yr
  • tape measure lufkin4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Tape Measure

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
25%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
1.2%of orders come back
“Broke after less than 2 weeks — do not buy”
A buyer, on “Durability”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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black Tape Measure questions

Answered from the same tracked data.