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Scissors

Scissors shows low returns (0.6%), but a deep review moat (11,188 avg reviews) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

51
Worth a look

Ranks 54 of 104 Arts & Crafts niches · −1 vs the category median of 52

Market size 36Growth 26Conversion 83Competition 52Returns 97Price range 76Avg price 80Brand share 36Review moat 21Quality gap 32
This niche Category average · 104 niches

Is Scissors profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Arab Emirates niche tracking, Scissors is a $175K/yr Amazon United Arab Emirates market (115K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Demand peaks in Aug. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.

Scissors: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +0.7% over the last 90 days and 9.0% of searches end in a purchase.

$175K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr+0.7%115K
Conversion rate9.0%
Avg price$16.80

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand, so 17% of the market is open.

17%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 38
Top-5 product click share54%
Open market17%
Avg brand age55 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 21 products

Sponsored placement62%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews11,188

Top Scissors products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 54% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$18K$35K$53K$70K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

38

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

13%

  • Scotch36%
  • deli18%
  • Maped15%
  • Amazon Basics9%
  • Erich Krause4%
  • OkeanosHaven4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 13%)

Scissors demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume115KCVR9.0%Products21Brands11Top 5 Brands83%OOS Rate7.9%Rating4.6★Reviews11,188Avg BSR#6
5K3KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Top Scissors search terms shoppers use

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

  • scissors94K/yr
  • مقص13K/yr
  • scissor8K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scissors

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

94% of reviews
القطع/التشذيب25%

They're very nice scissors

الجودة الشاملة25%

Excellent Quality

حدة13%

Sharp and well made

المنتج المعلن عنه مقابل المنتج الفعلي13%

Does the job

القيمة مقابل المال13%

Worth the price

What buyers complain about

88% of reviews
الحجم الكلي25%

Too small

الراحة الشاملة13%

it feels uncomfortable every time

قوة13%

rather weak

جودة المواد13%

Bad material

المواد/الأجزاء المعيبة13%

Scissors plastic part cracked after 1 week of use

Scissors return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.6%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1الحجم الكلي
59%
2سهولة الاستخدام في المنزل
7%
3الجودة الشاملة
7%
4المنتج المعلن عنه مقابل المنتج الفعلي
6%
5القطع/التشذيب
4%

Common Scissors questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Scissors 51/100 on Amazon United Arab Emirates — Worth a look. The niche generates $175K/yr across 21 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +0.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Scissors on Amazon United Arab Emirates peaks in Aug, where the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.