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Insulation Tape

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 52% of clicks. But demand is soft, at -3.8% this quarter, so Insulation Tape is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 21% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +7 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$208K/yr202K searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 28 brands · 88 sellers

Flapen Score

Insulation Tape against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Insulation Tape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Insulation Tape 202K times last year and spent an estimated $208K. The top 5 brands take 52% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 202K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $208K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
202K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.8%
Conversion, latest week
8.4%
Market size, estimated
$208Ka year
Peak month
January3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
insulation tape143K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $12.22.

Listings sell for $12.22 on average, from $5.30 to $23.65. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $12.22 that is $6K to $9K a year per listing.

Average price
$12.22under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.30–$23.65
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$6K–$9K
Returns
1.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #86 within Weatherproofing. It carries 2,474 reviews at 4.42 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.0%
Average rank
#86in Weatherproofing
Average rating
4.42 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,474per listing
Listings tracked
33

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 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
5
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
50 months

Products

Top Insulation 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 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$8K$17K$25K$33K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

28 rising

Sellers

88

Top-5 brand share

52%

Top 20: 92%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

43%

  • XFasten16%
  • Romeda15%
  • TapeManBlue9%
  • Frost King7%
  • DEMEDO5%
  • Papillon5%

Demand

Insulation Tape search demand

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

12K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top Insulation Tape search terms shoppers use

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

  • insulation tape143K/yr
  • insulating tape18K/yr
  • insulation tape for air conditioner7K/yr
  • ac insulation tape8K/yr
  • insulated tape14K/yr
  • hvac insulation tape4K/yr
  • installation tape3K/yr
  • thermal tape for insulation2K/yr
  • thermal insulation tape2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Insulation Tape

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
46%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
1.8%of orders come back
“Adhesive is horrible”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”46% 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 Insulation Tape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.