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French Knitting Machine

Fail

Demand is soft, at -36.7% this quarter, so French Knitting Machine is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 4,377 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −8 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£91K/yr123K searches / yr
90-day growth
-36.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 42 sellers

Flapen Score

French Knitting Machine against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, French Knitting Machine is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The French Knitting Machine market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for French Knitting Machine 123K times last year and spent an estimated £91K. The top 5 brands take 80% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

2.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 123K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -36.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £91K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
123K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-36.7%
Conversion, latest week
2.2%
Market size, estimated
£91Ka year
Peak month
December2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
french knitting machine31K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £33.84.

Listings sell for £33.84 on average, from £9.00 to £95.98. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £33.84 that is £3K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£33.84inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.00–£95.98
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£8K
Returns
4.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #909 within Art & Craft Supplies. It carries 569 reviews at 3.87 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.9%
Average rank
#909in Art & Craft Supplies
Average rating
3.87 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
569per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 13 launches as successful.

13 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 28 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
13
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
28 months

Products

Top French Knitting Machine 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£9K£18K£27K£36K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

16 rising

Sellers

42

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

17%

  • Caydo52%
  • Prym16%
  • Foppla4%
  • HERCHR4%
  • SEWACC4%
  • BUTORY3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 17%)

Demand

French Knitting Machine search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top French Knitting Machine search terms shoppers use

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

  • french knitting machine31K/yr
  • i cord knitter machine16K/yr
  • icord knitting machine16K/yr
  • caydo electric i-cord knitting machine12K/yr
  • icord machine6K/yr
  • icord maker6K/yr
  • icord5K/yr
  • knitted wire art kit4K/yr
  • cord maker4K/yr
  • cord knitting machine6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about French Knitting Machine

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall19%−0.50

Did not work

Didn't work as expected

Absolutely awful, doesnt work properly

Value For Money16%−0.10

At £70 it's not cheap

I believe that the price was very high

I know this type of thing can be expensive

Durability10%−0.18

and has broken within 24 hours

Broken

Can't comment on durability

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting6%−0.07

Instructions aren't amazing

The instructions could be clearer in places

No instructions

Quality-Overall6%+0.47

Terrible quality and doesnt work how it should

Rubbish

Absolutley rubbish

Love

Ease Of Use26%+2.46

Once I got the hang of it its pretty easy to use

Easy to use

This piece of kit is so quick to use

Quality-Overall12%+0.47

Build quality feels solid

Excellent product

well made product

Value For Money10%−0.10

value for money

worth it

excellent results and excellent value for money

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting8%−0.07

Really clear instructions to set it up

The instructions are good

Instructions easy to follow

Assembly/Installation6%+0.30

easy to get installed so you can store it away

So easy to set up

It can be set up very quickly

Return

4.9% Return rate 3% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall45%▅▇██▆▆

Did not work

Didn't work as expected

Absolutely awful, doesnt work properly

Defective Material/Parts14%█▅▅▆▆▇

Th machine is not working as expected

Stitch/Finish/Polish9%█▄▅▁▄▅
Ease Of Use4%▅▃▃█▁▅

Requires a lot of space to use

We found this a bit complicated to understand at first

Tricky to start

Mechanism Issues4%▁█▁▄▂▁

FAQ

Common French Knitting Machine questions

Answered from the same tracked data.