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Plumb Bob

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But demand is soft, at +5.0% this quarter, so Plumb Bob is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 4% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +15 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$283K/yr245K searches / yr
90-day growth
+5.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 667 sellers

Flapen Score

Plumb Bob against its category

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

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plumb Bob market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Plumb Bob 245K times last year and spent an estimated $283K. The top 5 brands take 69% of clicks. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 245K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +5.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $283K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
245K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+5.0%
Conversion, latest week
5.3%
Market size, estimated
$283Ka year
Peak month
October1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
plumb bob142K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $21.96.

Listings sell for $21.96 on average, from $0.95 to $59.81. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $21.96 that is $16K to $22K a year per listing.

Average price
$21.96inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$0.95–$59.81
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$16K–$22K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

59% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #18 within Measuring & Layout Tools. It carries 551 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
59%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
6.3%
Average rank
#18in Measuring & Layout Tools
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
551per listing
Listings tracked
34

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 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
63 months

Products

Top Plumb Bob 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$8K$17K$25K$34K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 rising

Sellers

667

Top-5 brand share

69%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

26%

  • HCCMLOVE26%
  • Johnson21%
  • Relaxweex8%
  • AWF PRO8%
  • Tajima6%
  • General Tools5%

Demand

Plumb Bob search demand

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

5K3KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Plumb Bob search terms shoppers use

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

  • plumb bob142K/yr
  • plumb bob with string19K/yr
  • plum bob14K/yr
  • plumb11K/yr
  • plumbob13K/yr
  • plumb line10K/yr
  • plum bob tool10K/yr
  • brass plumb bob5K/yr
  • plomada de albail5K/yr
  • plomada7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plumb Bob

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Freshness”
16%of negative reviews mention “Hard Feel”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Hard as a rock”
A buyer, on “Hard Feel”16% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Plumb Bob questions

Answered from the same tracked data.