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Dead Bolt

Maybe

Products sell for $22.66 on average, inside the sweet spot. But returns run at 5.1% of orders, so Dead Bolt 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
$114K/yr140K searches / yr
90-day growth
+7.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 64 sellers

Flapen Score

Dead Bolt against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Dead Bolt is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Dead Bolt market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Dead Bolt 140K times last year and spent an estimated $114K. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep–Oct–Dec. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 140K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +7.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $114K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
140K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+7.0%
Conversion, latest week
3.6%
Market size, estimated
$114Ka year
Peak month
September11.6× the quietest month
Top search term
dead bolt55K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $22.66.

Listings sell for $22.66 on average, from $9.54 to $61.77. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $22.66 that is $2K to $6K a year per listing.

Average price
$22.66inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.54–$61.77
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–$6K
Returns
5.1%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, 0.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #169 within Door Hardware & Locks. It carries 3,449 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
68%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.7%
Average rank
#169in Door Hardware & Locks
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,449per listing
Listings tracked
37

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 4 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Dead Bolt 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 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$3K$7K$10K$14K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 rising

Sellers

64

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

32%

  • Kwikset23%
  • Comfhouse13%
  • BESTTEN12%
  • SCHLAGE8%
  • Copper Creek6%
  • TEEHO6%

Demand

Dead Bolt search demand

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

50K30KHoliday '24Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 11.6×

Search terms

Top Dead Bolt search terms shoppers use

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

  • dead bolt55K/yr
  • dead bolt lock23K/yr
  • single cylinder deadbolt9K/yr
  • dead lock7K/yr
  • dead bolts7K/yr
  • dead bolt locks8K/yr
  • deadbolt lock with key7K/yr
  • single cylinder deadbolt lock5K/yr
  • dead bolts for exterior doors7K/yr
  • heavy duty deadbolt lock4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dead Bolt

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

29%of positive reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
18%of negative reviews mention “Locking Mechanism”
5.1%of orders come back
“Doesn't lock”
A buyer, on “Locking Mechanism”18% 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 Dead Bolt questions

Answered from the same tracked data.