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felting needles

Worth a look

Shows low returns (1.0%), but soft demand (-25.3% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 51Growth 12Conversion 80Competition 59Returns 95Price range 51Avg price 45Brand share 48Review moat 57Quality gap 40

Returns

Great1.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Conversion

Great8.3%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Competition

Good50%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Review moat

Good1,231.38

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Market size

Good$296K

$296K/yr · 312K searches

Price range

Good$4.07–$26.33

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Brand share

Okay76%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Avg price

Okay$11.36

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Growth

Bad-25.3%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Competition

The top 5 products take 50% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

48

Top-5 brand share

76%

Open market

20%

  • Mayboos27%
  • IMZAY16%
  • Desert Breeze Distributing12%
  • Phinus11%
  • Yizzvb10%
  • SOCNITC4%

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%4%$12K8%$24K12%$35K16%$47K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

All 29 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -25.3% search growth over the last 90 days.
10K6KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Quality-Overall16%

“Fantastic Felting Tool Set”

Value For Money15%

“Well worth it”

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%

“As advertised”

Ease Of Use6%

“Easy to use”

Handle Quality6%

“the handles are smooth”

Strength4%

“Sturdy”

Size-Overall4%

“Cute multi-sized set”

Durability3%

“very durable”

Gifting Purpose2%

“Gift”

Material Quality2%

“Feels like its a good material”

What buyers complain about

Durability23%

“The durability is terrible”

Quality-Overall14%

“the overall effect of these is low quality”

Size-Overall11%

“do not fit”

Strength9%

“Break easily”

Thickness5%

“The needle size is WAY too thick”

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting3%

“No instructions included”

Color2%

“Cons: 1. The needles leave a black tinge on the felting surface which is bad when using a light color”

Smell1%

“Smells horrible”

Color Fading/Discoloration1%

“covered in a grease that discolored my project even after wiping them off”

Defective Material/Parts1%

“It seems not to work”

Top return reasons

Size-Overall38%
Defective Material/Parts10%
Advertised Vs Actual Product8%
Durability7%
Value For Money6%
Functionality-Overall6%
Quality-Overall5%
Material Quality5%
Thickness3%
Strength2%