pottery rib
Skip it47/100a small market ($118K/yr) — pottery rib doesn't clear our bar today.
Market/yr
$118K
Growth (1y)
+160.6%
Products
29
Brands
15
was 40 a year ago
Sellers
77
Price range
$5.05–$108.86
Returns
0.6%
Rating
4.6★
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Scored 47/100 across market size, growth, competition, quality gap, and returns.
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +160.6% year over year.Seasonality
Monthly demand index across the year — 1.00 is average.Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×
Competition
- MudTools73%
- KALIONE8%
- Mozeat Lens3%
- Vonalux3%
- Yoioduok3%
- Abeillo2%
- Other (9 brands)10%
The top 5 products take 53% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them. 15 brands and 77 sellers compete here.
Brands
15 falling
was 40 a year ago
Sellers
77
Top 5 brand share
89%
Product shelf
All 29 tracked products in this niche.
Mudtools Mudsponges Pack White Finishing Pottery Sponge Orange Absorbant Blue Workhourse Wheel Throwing Hand Building Clay Ceramics (3-Pack)
MudTools
$33.504.8★1,126 reviews
Essentials Starter Kit - Mudtools
MudTools
$108.864.6★132 reviews
Mudtools Do-All Trim Tool: Double Ended Pottery Trimming Tool for Wheel Throwing Clay Cutting Edge Loop Shape Curled End Ceramic Smoothing Surface Made in The USA
MudTools
$33.564.7★234 reviews
Mudtools Pottery Ribs Shape 1 Polymer Rib (Red Very Soft) Kidney-Shaped Clay Shaping Tool (R1)
MudTools
$15.174.8★762 reviews
Mudwire - Green Handle Standard Cutoff Tool for Pottery Wheel and Clay Artists - Sherrill Mudtools
MudTools
$15.564.8★1,007 reviews
Clay Cutters Wire Steel Wire Clay Cutter Cutting Pottery Tools Cut Off Tools for Clay Artists with Black and Blue Handle Pottery Wheel Wire Tools 2 Pcs
KALIONE
$5.974.6★177 reviews
Mudtools Blue Workhorse Mudsponge All Purpose Pottery Sponge for Clay Ceramics and Wheel Throwing | Compressed Durable Perfect for Clay Smoothing and Detail Ceramic Work (Blue)
MudTools
$13.884.7★651 reviews
Mudtools White Finishing MudSponge
MudTools
$14.784.7★651 reviews
Reviews
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Worth the price”
“Excellent Quality”
“Easy to use”
“Just as described”
“Works great to clean up and sofen rims”
“Very soft and hold water well”
“Sturdy”
“They'll absolutely last for years if you take care of them”
“Comfortable grip”
“Perfect for clay”
What buyers complain about
“So not the longest lasting”
“Handle design not great”
“They are flimsy, fragile, and next to useless after a few uses”
“For the price I dont see how it is any different from”
“Doesn't work”
“Garbage”
“I stopped using with light clay bodies because it turned the clay quite blue”
“This item is really small”
“They are fatter than Mudtool ribs throughout the body”
“Waste of time and money”
Top return reasons
- Size-Overall25%
- Value For Money23%
- Advertised Vs Actual Product8%
- Material Quality7%
- Defective Material/Parts7%
- Shape/Style5%
- Quality-Overall5%
- Functionality-Overall3%
- Thin3%
- Compatibility-Overall2%