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Fake Knife

Fail

Prices span $3.23–$15.60, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Fake Knife is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Ranks 3,207 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −2 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£54K/yr238K searches / yr
90-day growth
-27.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 25 brands · 36 sellers

Flapen Score

Fake Knife against its category

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

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Fake Knife market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Fake Knife 238K times last year and spent an estimated £54K. The top 5 brands take 53% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 238K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -27.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £54K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
238K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-27.1%
Conversion, latest week
3.6%
Market size, estimated
£54Ka year
Peak month
October17.0× the quietest month
Top search term
fake knife111K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.23.

Listings sell for £6.23 on average, from £3.23 to £15.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £6.23 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.23under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.23–£15.60
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£3K
Returns
1.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

48% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 94% ship with Prime. On an average day, 21.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #294 within Seasonal Décor. It carries 90 reviews at 4.19 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
48%
Prime listings
94%
Out of stock, average day
21.7%
Average rank
#294in Seasonal Décor
Average rating
4.19 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
90per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 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 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Fake Knife 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£5K£8K£11K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)3 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

25 rising

Sellers

36

Top-5 brand share

53%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

41%

  • Wicked Costumes17%
  • VEYLIN12%
  • Luckious11%
  • Boolavard7%
  • BEHAHAI6%
  • JLEivvi6%

Demand

Fake Knife search demand

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

45K35KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 17.0×

Search terms

Top Fake Knife search terms shoppers use

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

  • fake knife111K/yr
  • toy knife21K/yr
  • prop knife19K/yr
  • retractable knife prop6K/yr
  • prank knife3K/yr
  • fake knives5K/yr
  • knife prop4K/yr
  • halloween knife21K/yr
  • michael myers knife5K/yr
  • fake knofe2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fake Knife

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

Complain

Durability30%−0.29

it broke after 5 mins

break easily

It broke very quickly

Quality-Overall14%+2.98

As its very cheap dont expect much

Cheap quality

Bad quality

Strength11%−0.05

Breaks too easy

a little flimsy

Not very robust

Add-Ons/Attachments6%−0.08

the attachment from the hook then the case broke off in the matter of a week

Design-Overall6%−0.08

As soon as I put the knife in the sheath and gave it a little push past the fully-sheathed point, it split the bottom; well, it's not designed for that, so that's fair enough

Love

Quality-Overall46%+2.98

is absolutely immaculate

Brilliant quality

Good item

Value For Money17%+0.75

good value cheap

Value for money

Amazing for the money

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.74

Was as expected

Flexibility4%+0.06

Flexible yet sturdy

Weight Light4%−0.08

They look good and are lightweight

Return

1.2% Return rate 25% Fixable by listing

Quality-Overall22%█▁▁▂▄▂

As its very cheap dont expect much

Cheap quality

Bad quality

Size-Overall20%▁▁▇▆▇█

But one bad thing about it is the fact its way bigger than a normal Buck 120

Durability17%▁▁█▄▅▃

it broke after 5 mins

break easily

It broke very quickly

Design-Overall8%▁▁▁▁▄█

As soon as I put the knife in the sheath and gave it a little push past the fully-sheathed point, it split the bottom; well, it's not designed for that, so that's fair enough

Functionality-Overall8%▁▁▁█▁▁

it will not work

FAQ

Common Fake Knife questions

Answered from the same tracked data.