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Cutlery Set

Maybe

Shoppers spend $1.8M a year here. But demand is soft, at -8.4% this quarter, so Cutlery Set is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
64
64 / 100
Top 11% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +13 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£1.8M/yr3.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-8.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
40%top-5 click share · 24 brands · 43 sellers

Flapen Score

Cutlery Set against its category

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

64Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cutlery Set market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cutlery Set 3.4M times last year and spent an estimated £1.8M. The top 5 brands take 58% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 64 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 3.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -8.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.8M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
3.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-8.4%
Conversion, latest week
3.4%
Market size, estimated
£1.8Ma year
Peak month
December2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
cutlery set2.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.03.

Listings sell for £15.03 on average, from £5.14 to £49.91. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £15.03 that is £45K to £60K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.03inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.14–£49.91
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£45K–£60K
Returns
1.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

93% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #78 within Cutlery. It carries 1,395 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
2.6%
Average rank
#78in Cutlery
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,395per listing
Listings tracked
41

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 4 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Cutlery Set 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 only 40% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£53K£107K£160K£213K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

24 rising

Sellers

43

Top-5 brand share

58%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

40%

Top 20: 83%

Open market

36%

  • BEWOS22%
  • NINIROR11%
  • Otto Koning11%
  • Russell Hobbs8%
  • Bestdin6%
  • Viners6%

Demand

Cutlery Set search demand

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

125K75KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Cutlery Set search terms shoppers use

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

  • cutlery set2.1M/yr
  • cutlery491K/yr
  • knife and fork sets187K/yr
  • cutlery sets128K/yr
  • cutlery set for 6 people95K/yr
  • knives and forks set84K/yr
  • stainless steel cutlery set57K/yr
  • cutlery set for 454K/yr
  • knife fork spoon set32K/yr
  • cutlery set for 8 people52K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cutlery Set

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

Complain

Quality-Overall18%+0.97

Cheap and flimsy

Cheap quality

Dreadful quality

Size-Overall9%−0.04

The tea spoons are very big

Huge

Also on the small side

Rusts/Corrodes8%−0.08

Actually began to rust

Began to Rust

It's rusted after some months

Sharpness7%−0.07

Not sharp from the edges at all

they're not sharp

very sharp edges

Thickness7%−0.02

Slightly thin,

Thinner than expected

Not as thick as pictured

Love

Value For Money32%+2.85

Good Value

Excellent value for money

Excellent Value

Quality-Overall31%+0.97

Excellent product

Good quality set

feel the quality is fair for the price

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%−0.02

As described

Beautiful as described

Just what I was looking for

Strength5%−0.03

Great sturdy set

Good, sturdy seat for every day use

Nice and sturdy

Weight Light3%

This is a nice lightweight set, easy to use & ideal for a caravan or motorhome, where weight & size is important

are fairly lightweight which is ideal for us

Nice Lightweight Set

Return

1.3% Return rate 18% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall37%█▆██▅▅

Cheap and flimsy

Cheap quality

Dreadful quality

Size-Overall10%▄███▄▅

The tea spoons are very big

Huge

Also on the small side

Strength7%▅▇▄▄█▃

Too flimsy

Bit Flimsy

Cheap and flimsy

Thin6%▃▅▂▂█▅
Weight Light6%█▆▇▅▅▇

FAQ

Common Cutlery Set questions

Answered from the same tracked data.