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Butchers String

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.51–$6.06) — Butchers String doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

39
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Market size 32Growth 17Conversion 100Competition 18Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 12Brand share 32Review moat 47Quality gap 25
This niche Category average

Is Butchers String profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Butchers String is a £147K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (138K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.

Butchers String: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -16.1% over the last 90 days and 24.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£147K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr30K
Search volume / yr-16.1%138K
Conversion rate24.0%
Avg price£4.43

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 19
Top-5 product click share78%
Open market14%
Avg brand age45 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 · 12 products

Sponsored placement75%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews1,842

Top Butchers String 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 capture 78% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£15K£29K£44K£59K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

11%

  • tenn well45%
  • Vivifying20%
  • PH PERKHOMY12%
  • HIFSA5%
  • KINGLAKE4%
  • jijAcraft4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 11%)

Butchers String demand & seasonality

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

Volume138KCVR24.0%Products12Brands10Top 5 Brands86%OOS Rate5.3%Rating4.6★Reviews1,842Avg BSR#2,804
10K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.2×

Top Butchers String search terms shoppers use

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

  • butchers twine52K/yr
  • butchers string26K/yr
  • cooking string13K/yr
  • butchers string for cooking meat8K/yr
  • cooking twine8K/yr
  • butchers twine for meat cooking5K/yr
  • kitchen twine6K/yr
  • butcher string4K/yr
  • cooking string for meat6K/yr
  • kitchen string4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Butchers String

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

What buyers love

97% of reviews
Quality-Overall28%

Excellent quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product24%

Exactly as advertised

Strength14%

fairly strong

Value For Money13%

Excellent value for money

Ease Of Use9%

so easy to use

What buyers complain about

83% of reviews
Size-Overall18%

Not fit for purpose

Ease Of Use18%

not easy to find

Quality-Overall18%

Poor quality

Value For Money17%

It worked out slightly worse value than larger quantities

Strength5%

Not strong enough

Butchers String return rate & reasons

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

0.2%

Return rate

26%

Fixable by listing

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

1Thin
29%
2Size-Overall
23%
3Quality-Overall
12%
4Strength
10%
5Value For Money
9%

Common Butchers String questions

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

Flapen scores Butchers String 39/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £147K/yr across 12 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -16.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Butchers String on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 5.2× the quietest.