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Scissors

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.6% of orders. But the average product has 11,188 reviews to catch up to, so Scissors is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Ranks 54 of 104 Arts & Crafts niches · −1 vs the category median of 52
Market size
$175K/yr115K searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 38 sellers

Flapen Score

Scissors against its category

The dotted line is the Arts & Crafts average. Past it, Scissors is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Scissors market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Arab Emirates searched for Scissors 115K times last year and spent an estimated $175K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Demand peaks in Aug. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 115K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Arab Emirates for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $175K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
115K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.7%
Conversion, latest week
9.0%
Market size, estimated
$175Ka year
Peak month
August1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
scissors94K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $16.80.

Listings sell for $16.80 on average, from $3.04 to $52.32. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $16.80 that is $4K to $8K a year per listing.

Average price
$16.80inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.04–$52.32
Amazon United Arab Emirates median price
$60.52across 3,090 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$8K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United Arab Emirates median 1.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

62% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #6 within Arts & Crafts. It carries 11,188 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
62%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
7.9%
Average rank
#6in Arts & Crafts
Average rating
4.56 starsAmazon United Arab Emirates average 4.27 stars
Average reviews
11,188per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 55 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
55 months

Products

Top Scissors 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past 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%)

Demand

Scissors search demand

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

5K3KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Scissors search terms shoppers use

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

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

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scissors

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

25%of positive reviews mention “القطع/التشذيب”
25%of negative reviews mention “الحجم الكلي”
0.6%of orders come back
“Too small”
A buyer, on “الحجم الكلي”25% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Scissors questions

Answered from the same tracked data.