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Cut Throat Razor Blades

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.57–$8.98) — Cut Throat Razor Blades doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

33
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Market size 11Growth 22Conversion 52Competition 21Returns 97Price range 0Avg price 14Brand share 38Review moat 29Quality gap 43
This niche Category average

Is Cut Throat Razor Blades profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cut Throat Razor Blades is a £43K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (193K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 33/100.

Cut Throat Razor Blades: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -6.9% over the last 90 days and 4.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£43K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr-6.9%193K
Conversion rate4.3%
Avg price£5.22

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 82% of demand, so 18% of the market is open.

18%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 10
Top-5 product click share75%
Open market18%
Avg brand age46 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 16 products

Sponsored placement56%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews3,564

Top Cut Throat Razor Blades 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 75% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£4K£9K£13K£17K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

10

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • Derby47%
  • Amazon Basics19%
  • Wilkinson Sword6%
  • DEKTON6%
  • BIC4%
  • STONLI3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 15%)

Cut Throat Razor Blades demand & seasonality

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

Volume193KCVR4.3%Products16Brands13Top 5 Brands82%OOS Rate17.9%Rating4.5★Reviews3,564Avg BSR#46
4K3KSpike '24Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Cut Throat Razor Blades search terms shoppers use

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

  • cut throat razor blades61K/yr
  • scraper blades40K/yr
  • single edge razor blades36K/yr
  • straight razor blades19K/yr
  • cut throat blades8K/yr
  • razor blades single edge8K/yr
  • cutthroat razors blades5K/yr
  • scraper blade5K/yr
  • barber razor blades4K/yr
  • glass scraper blades5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cut Throat Razor Blades

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Sharpness20%

Blades are quite sharp

Value For Money17%

Good Value

Quality-Overall14%

Great quality, been using them for over a year

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

Just as Advertised

Cutting/Trimming11%

Clean close shave

What buyers complain about

62% of reviews
Sharpness15%

Not as sharp or quality as the other well known brands

Quality-Overall11%

They seem quite cheap

Cutting/Trimming7%

Cant get a good shave

Durability5%

I actually changed a blade because I thought it couldnt have lasted as long as it did

Ease Of Use5%

found it hard to use

Cut Throat Razor Blades return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

49%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
38%
2Quality-Overall
17%
3Grip
8%
4Sharpness
8%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
6%

Common Cut Throat Razor Blades questions

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

Flapen scores Cut Throat Razor Blades 33/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £43K/yr across 16 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -6.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Cut Throat Razor Blades on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.