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Damascus Knife Set

Fail

Buyers convert on only 0.6% of searches, so Damascus Knife Set is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 3,831 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −5 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£43K/yr89K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
28%top-5 click share · 27 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Damascus Knife Set against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Damascus Knife Set market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Damascus Knife Set 89K times last year and spent an estimated £43K. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

0.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 89K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 0.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £43K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
89K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.8%
Conversion, latest week
0.6%
Market size, estimated
£43Ka year
Peak month
November10.5× the quietest month
Top search term
damascus knife set54K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £83.10.

Listings sell for £83.10 on average, from £12.31 to £301.36. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £83.10 that is £0 to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£83.10inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£12.31–£301.36
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£8K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #191 within Kitchen Knives. It carries 618 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.6%
Average rank
#191in Kitchen Knives
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
618per listing
Listings tracked
69

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 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 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Damascus Knife 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 28% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£869£2K£3K£3K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

27 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

28%

Top 20: 65%

Open market

36%

  • SHAN ZU20%
  • NANFANG BROTHERS14%
  • HOSHANHO11%
  • HUIKAILI8%
  • SYOKAMI7%
  • Home Safety5%

Demand

Damascus Knife Set search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Black Friday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 10.5×

Search terms

Top Damascus Knife Set search terms shoppers use

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

  • damascus knife set54K/yr
  • chef knife set with bag11K/yr
  • damascus steel knife set5K/yr
  • hoshanho knife set7K/yr
  • japanese chef knife set6K/yr
  • syokami4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Damascus Knife Set

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

Complain

Sharpness25%

Questionable sharpness

not as sharp as they appear to be

dont stay sharp

Quality-Overall19%+0.97

Not the best quality if you want good knives

cheap product

Bad quality

Durability9%−0.10

the blade snapped with normal use

Useless after few months

Broken very quickly

Rusts/Corrodes5%−0.04

it rust every time

got slight rust

the blades rust immediately

Value For Money3%+1.91

They are expensive

They look and feel like a more expensive than they are

Expensive

Love

Sharpness35%

Great looking sharp knives

Really sharp

Excellent knives very sharp

Quality-Overall25%+0.97

High quality knives

Good quality Knives

Excellent product

Value For Money12%+1.91

Excellent Value

Really good for the money

Value for money

Ease Of Use3%+0.34

Easy to use

Easy to carry with the case

they're easy to maintain with proper care

Gifting Purpose3%+0.26

Gift

Great present

A great gift set

Return

1.6% Return rate 23% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall25%▂▇█▅▆▆

Not the best quality if you want good knives

cheap product

Bad quality

Sharpness14%▇▆▅▇▄█

Questionable sharpness

not as sharp as they appear to be

dont stay sharp

Rusts/Corrodes10%█▃▃▃▅▂

it rust every time

got slight rust

the blades rust immediately

Size-Overall8%▃▄▅▇█▇

santoku is a bit small should of really read the description properly

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%▅▁█▁▁▅

False information

FAQ

Common Damascus Knife Set questions

Answered from the same tracked data.