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Can Opener

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But prices span $3.09–$13.49, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Can Opener is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 23% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +7 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£2.0M/yr1.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 55 sellers

Flapen Score

Can Opener against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Can Opener is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Can Opener market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Can Opener 1.8M times last year and spent an estimated £2.0M. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

15.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.1%
Conversion, latest week
15.5%
Market size, estimated
£2.0Ma year
Peak month
January1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
tin opener738K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.13.

Listings sell for £7.13 on average, from £3.09 to £13.49. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 10,000 to 12,500 of them. At £7.13 that is £71K to £89K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.13under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.09–£13.49
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
10,000–12,500
Revenue per listing a year
£71K–£89K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #39 within Manual Can Openers. It carries 7,275 reviews at 4.24 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
1.4%
Average rank
#39in Manual Can Openers
Average rating
4.24 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
7,275per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Can Opener 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£202K£403K£605K£806K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 flat

Sellers

55

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

25%

  • CULINARE26%
  • SOVARCATE17%
  • Lychico13%
  • Amazon Basics7%
  • Brabantia6%
  • Lantana5%

Demand

Can Opener search demand

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

40K30KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Can Opener search terms shoppers use

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

  • tin opener738K/yr
  • can opener676K/yr
  • tin opener uk120K/yr
  • can openers that work75K/yr
  • can openers37K/yr
  • tin openers28K/yr
  • tin openers manual18K/yr
  • can opener manual25K/yr
  • can openers for arthritic hands22K/yr
  • tin openers for arthritis hands19K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Can Opener

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

Complain

Durability34%−0.32

Broke on first use

Fell apart

Broke within a week

Quality-Overall17%−0.03

Cheap quality- would definitely not buy this again -

Awful Quality

For a well known brand very disappointing that quality control has let them down

Functionality-Overall13%−0.11

Didnt work well

Did not work

just do NOT work properly

Ease Of Use9%+1.83

Too hard to turn

has struggled with every single can I've tried to open

Difficult to use

Value For Money4%+0.52

Not worth the money even at this price

Wish I would have brought a cheap one

Over priced

Love

Ease Of Use27%+1.83

Makes life easier

Easy to use

Easy open

Quality-Overall14%−0.03

Good quality can opener

Brilliant quality

Its lasted in perfect condition for over a month now so very good quality

Value For Money11%+0.52

Good value for money

Good value for money

Good price

Strength8%+0.46

strong opener

This tin opener looks strong, sturdy and expected to be a great opener

Sturdy & Easy

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.56

As advertised

As Described

Just what I was looking for

Return

0.4% Return rate 4% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall45%██▆▇█▇

Didnt work well

Did not work

just do NOT work properly

Durability9%█▄▅█▅▆

Broke on first use

Fell apart

Broke within a week

Ease Of Use8%▇█▅▅▇▆

Too hard to turn

has struggled with every single can I've tried to open

Difficult to use

Defective Material/Parts5%▃█▆█▆▄
Grip4%▇▄▆▆▆█

Won't grip on

The gripper wheel started spinning

Loses grip

FAQ

Common Can Opener questions

Answered from the same tracked data.