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Pill Cutter

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Pill Cutter is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 1,521 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −6 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£483K/yr547K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
84%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 7 sellers

Flapen Score

Pill Cutter against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Pill Cutter is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pill Cutter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pill Cutter 547K times last year and spent an estimated £483K. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

14.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 547K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £483K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
547K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.0%
Conversion, latest week
14.8%
Market size, estimated
£483Ka year
Peak month
February1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
pill cutter244K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.95.

Listings sell for £5.95 on average, from £2.55 to £10.71. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £5.95 that is £36K to £48K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.95under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.55–£10.71
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£36K–£48K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #7 within Medication Aids. It carries 4,716 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
8.3%
Average rank
#7in Medication Aids
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
4,716per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Pill Cutter 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 84% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£48K£97K£145K£193K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

7

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • ACWOO43%
  • GAONLY20%
  • Opret16%
  • DDSHUN14%
  • BUG HULL7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Pill Cutter search demand

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

12K8KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Pill Cutter search terms shoppers use

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

  • pill cutter244K/yr
  • pill cutter for small pills82K/yr
  • tablet cutter for pills63K/yr
  • pill splitter36K/yr
  • tablet cutter30K/yr
  • pill cutters for tablets uk27K/yr
  • pill splitter for small tablets16K/yr
  • pill cutter for small or large pills10K/yr
  • tablet cutter for small tablets6K/yr
  • tablet splitter for pills8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pill Cutter

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Dosage18%−0.16

which is very frustrating when you need specific dosages

Not suitable if you require precise dosing each time you take the pill/tablet

Cuts even small pills in half

Durability11%−0.12

It broke on first use

It broke after only using it a few times

Broke after 2 months

Quality-Overall8%+0.10

Poor performance

Cheap and rubbish

lacks quality

Ease Of Use7%+1.66

I struggled to press it down

Not as easy to use as I'd hoped

Hard to open

Size-Overall6%−0.04

Irregular sizes results

It's small

which is quite large

Love

Ease Of Use19%+1.66

Easy to open

Easy peasy

Easy to carry around

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+0.97

Does what it claims

Product was as described

Just what I needed

Cutting/Trimming11%+0.81

Clean cuts

Cuts well

Cuts well

Dosage10%−0.16

most pills worked well

can store a few pills depending on the size

The little storage pot keeps the tablets safe until the next dose

Quality-Overall10%+0.10

No complaints at all

Good product Good quality quick delivery recommend you buy from this website thank you

Excellent product

Return

0.2% Return rate 13% Fixable by listing

Cutting/Trimming28%▆▄▅▅█▇

Poor cutter

Crushes,,doesn't cut

I found that cuts really badly

Functionality-Overall25%▃█▄▆▆▄

But cuts tablets in half as stated

It doesn't work

Does not work well

Size-Overall12%▄▄█▂▂▅

Irregular sizes results

It's small

which is quite large

Dosage9%█▁▅▂▃▂

which is very frustrating when you need specific dosages

Not suitable if you require precise dosing each time you take the pill/tablet

Cuts even small pills in half

Durability5%▁▆▁▆▅█

It broke on first use

It broke after only using it a few times

Broke after 2 months

FAQ

Common Pill Cutter questions

Answered from the same tracked data.