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Butterfly Knife

soft demand (-34.1% this quarter) — Butterfly Knife doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Market size 16Growth 8Conversion 15Competition 46Returns 97Price range 51Avg price 37Brand share 64Review moat 93Quality gap 92
This niche Category average

Is Butterfly Knife profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Butterfly Knife is a £62K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (499K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand. Demand peaks in Feb–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Butterfly Knife: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -34.1% over the last 90 days and 1.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£62K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K
Search volume / yr-34.1%499K
Conversion rate1.2%
Avg price£10.48

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 67% of demand, so 34% of the market is open.

34%

open market share

Brands · sellers18 · 25
Top-5 product click share57%
Open market34%
Avg brand age49 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.0★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 21 products

Sponsored placement24%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.0★
Avg reviews143

Top Butterfly Knife 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 57% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£6K£12K£19K£25K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

26%

  • XCMC21%
  • City Million16%
  • Ideal Swan12%
  • AOSILEY9%
  • Eophmi8%
  • Baosong7%

Butterfly Knife demand & seasonality

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

Volume499KCVR1.2%Products21Brands18Top 5 Brands67%OOS Rate13.5%Rating4.0★Reviews143Avg BSR#1,106
15K10KHoliday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Butterfly Knife search terms shoppers use

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

  • butterfly knife264K/yr
  • balisong73K/yr
  • butterfly knife trainer59K/yr
  • balisong trainer44K/yr
  • practice butterfly knife17K/yr
  • butter fly knife9K/yr
  • balisongs6K/yr
  • training butterfly knife10K/yr
  • fake butterfly knife6K/yr
  • balisong knife6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Butterfly Knife

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

What buyers love

95% of reviews
Quality-Overall35%

Very good quality for a cheap butterfly knife

Fun/Entertainment Experience23%

Fun gadget

Grip11%

Good for dexterity in the hands and once youve mastered your simple rollouts theres a galaxy of moves and tricks

Durability9%

Very durable

Value For Money7%

Good value

What buyers complain about

91% of reviews
Durability39%

Broke after a few uses

Quality-Overall18%

Absolute rubbish

Rusts/Corrodes7%

Slight problem, after a couple weeks of playing it started to squeak a bit, which could be a sign of rust

Value For Money7%

Make it cheaper please 3 stars

Material Quality4%

since it was plastic it felt terrible

Butterfly Knife 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.

1Durability
24%
2Quality-Overall
19%
3Defective Material/Parts
14%
4Functionality-Overall
7%
5Mechanism Issues
5%

Common Butterfly Knife questions

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

Flapen scores Butterfly Knife 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £62K/yr across 21 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -34.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Butterfly Knife on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Feb–Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.