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Dinner Knives

Fail

Prices span $2.15–$13.80, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Dinner Knives is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 4,022 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −6 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£37K/yr59K searches / yr
90-day growth
-12.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 21 sellers

Flapen Score

Dinner Knives against its category

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

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Dinner Knives market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Dinner Knives 59K times last year and spent an estimated £37K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

8.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 59K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -12.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £37K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
59K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-12.5%
Conversion, latest week
8.4%
Market size, estimated
£37Ka year
Peak month
December1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
dinner knives20K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.38.

Listings sell for £7.38 on average, from £2.15 to £13.80. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £7.38 that is £738 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.38under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.15–£13.80
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£738–£2K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #31 within Cutlery. It carries 309 reviews at 4.39 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
89%
Out of stock, average day
8.8%
Average rank
#31in Cutlery
Average rating
4.39 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
309per listing
Listings tracked
18

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 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Dinner Knives 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£4K£5K£7K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

21

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

  • Amazon Basics26%
  • Berglander21%
  • Olympia15%
  • Funnydin7%
  • SOL6%
  • NISBETS5%

Demand

Dinner Knives search demand

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

2K2KHoliday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Dinner Knives search terms shoppers use

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

  • dinner knives20K/yr
  • table knives8K/yr
  • cutlery knives9K/yr
  • cutlery knives only6K/yr
  • dinner knives set of 66K/yr
  • dinner knife4K/yr
  • table knife3K/yr
  • knives cutlery2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Dinner Knives

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

Complain

Size-Overall19%−0.04

too long for my cutlery drawer, a shame

Big, BIG

Small knife

Quality-Overall10%+1.84

Dissapointed with quality

Poor quality

Very low quality

Comfort-Overall10%−0.09

Well made, just uncomfortable to hold

uncomfortable to hold. the square edge ones.

Thin8%−0.07

Very thin

Thin knifes

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.92

Not as expected

Love

Quality-Overall27%+1.84

Good quality knives

Quality knives

Good Quality

Value For Money17%−0.02

Good value

Great value

Great buy

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%+0.92

Way above my expectations

Exactly as described

just what I needed

Weight Light6%+0.47

Lightweight knives

Good weight and they look attractive

weight

Design-Overall4%+0.29

perfectly designed for the job

Lovely design and weight

Good design, handy as extra cutlery

Return

1.0% Return rate 40% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall32%█▅▃▃▇▃

too long for my cutlery drawer, a shame

Big, BIG

Small knife

Quality-Overall25%▇█▇▄▅▇

Dissapointed with quality

Poor quality

Very low quality

Thin8%▁▁█▄▂▄

Very thin

Thin knifes

Comfort-Overall5%▅▂▁█▅▄

Well made, just uncomfortable to hold

uncomfortable to hold. the square edge ones.

Sharpness5%▁█▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Dinner Knives questions

Answered from the same tracked data.