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Mechanic Gloves

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But demand is soft, at -11.4% this quarter, so Mechanic Gloves is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 17% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +8 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$1.3M/yr1.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
39%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 129 sellers

Flapen Score

Mechanic Gloves against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mechanic Gloves market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Mechanic Gloves 1.4M times last year and spent an estimated $1.3M. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.4%
Conversion, latest week
4.5%
Market size, estimated
$1.3Ma year
Peak month
December1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
mechanix gloves648K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $20.31.

Listings sell for $20.31 on average, from $6.73 to $38.99. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At $20.31 that is $41K to $51K a year per listing.

Average price
$20.31inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.73–$38.99
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
$41K–$51K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #53 within Hand & Arm Protection. It carries 10,531 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#53in Hand & Arm Protection
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
10,531per listing
Listings tracked
52

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
59 months

Products

Top Mechanic Gloves 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 only 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$50K$100K$151K$201K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

129

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 70%

Open market

10%

  • Mechanix Wear74%
  • NEOTRIL7%
  • TitanFlex3%
  • HexArmor3%
  • ANBOSON3%
  • TREEGO2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 10%)

Demand

Mechanic Gloves search demand

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

60K40KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Mechanic Gloves search terms shoppers use

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

  • mechanix gloves648K/yr
  • mechanix gloves for men210K/yr
  • heavy duty nitrile gloves53K/yr
  • 8 mil nitrile gloves50K/yr
  • mechanix49K/yr
  • rubber gloves heavy duty42K/yr
  • heavy duty rubber gloves37K/yr
  • heavy duty disposable gloves30K/yr
  • 7 mil nitrile gloves26K/yr
  • mechanic gloves disposable28K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mechanic Gloves

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
26%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.8%of orders come back
“the sizing is off”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”26% 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 Mechanic Gloves questions

Answered from the same tracked data.