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Stainless Steel Tape Measure

Fail

Demand is soft, at -32.2% this quarter, so Stainless Steel Tape Measure is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 44% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$78K/yr76K searches / yr
90-day growth
-32.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 75 sellers

Flapen Score

Stainless Steel Tape Measure against its category

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

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Stainless Steel Tape Measure market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Stainless Steel Tape Measure 76K times last year and spent an estimated $78K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 76K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -32.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $78K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
76K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-32.2%
Conversion, latest week
4.9%
Market size, estimated
$78Ka year
Peak month
October3.2× the quietest month
Top search term
stainless steel tape measure19K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $21.01.

Listings sell for $21.01 on average, from $10.10 to $35.84. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $21.01 that is $2K to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$21.01inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$10.10–$35.84
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$5K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

77% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #450 within Measuring & Layout Tools. It carries 332 reviews at 4.23 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
77%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.5%
Average rank
#450in Measuring & Layout Tools
Average rating
4.23 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
332per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 8 launches as successful.

8 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
8
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Stainless Steel 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$4K$8K$12K$16K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

75

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

13%

  • PROBON33%
  • TMWEFUSC26%
  • Generic11%
  • Komelon7%
  • BBYIYOOT6%
  • Fizocosisto3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 13%)

Demand

Stainless Steel Tape Measure search demand

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

5K3KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.2×

Search terms

Top Stainless Steel Tape Measure search terms shoppers use

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

  • stainless steel tape measure19K/yr
  • probon tape measure14K/yr
  • waterproof tape measure6K/yr
  • stainless steel measuring tape6K/yr
  • stainless tape measure4K/yr
  • cinta metrica de acero inoxidable8K/yr
  • probon3K/yr
  • probon tape measure 25 ft10K/yr
  • steel measure tape6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Stainless Steel Tape Measure

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
15%of negative reviews mention “Measurement/Reading Accuracy”
1.1%of orders come back
“users might find it a touch more difficult to read than the average tape measure”
A buyer, on “Measurement/Reading Accuracy”15% 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.

13 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Stainless Steel Tape Measure questions

Answered from the same tracked data.