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French Knitting Machine

soft demand (-36.7% this quarter) — French Knitting Machine doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

43
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Ranks 4,377 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −8 vs the category median of 51

Market size 23Growth 7Conversion 27Competition 42Returns 26Price range 89Avg price 95Brand share 42Review moat 73Quality gap 96
This niche Category average · 5,777 niches

Is French Knitting Machine profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, French Knitting Machine is a £91K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (123K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 80% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.

French Knitting Machine: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -36.7% over the last 90 days and 2.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£91K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr-36.7%123K
Conversion rate2.2%
Avg price£33.84

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 80% of demand, so 20% of the market is open.

20%

open market share

Brands · sellers16 · 42
Top-5 product click share60%
Open market20%
Avg brand age28 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 3.9★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 23 products

Sponsored placement83%
New entrants (1y)13· 2 succeeded
Avg rating3.9★
Avg reviews569

Top French Knitting Machine products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond 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%)

French Knitting Machine demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume123KCVR2.2%Products23Brands16Top 5 Brands80%OOS Rate2.9%Rating3.9★Reviews569Avg BSR#909
4K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Top French Knitting Machine search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about French Knitting Machine

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

77% of reviews
Ease Of Use26%

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

Quality-Overall12%

Build quality feels solid

Value For Money10%

value for money

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting8%

Really clear instructions to set it up

Assembly/Installation6%

easy to get installed so you can store it away

What buyers complain about

73% of reviews
Functionality-Overall19%

Did not work

Value For Money16%

At £70 it's not cheap

Durability10%

and has broken within 24 hours

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting6%

Instructions aren't amazing

Quality-Overall6%

Terrible quality and doesnt work how it should

French Knitting Machine return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

4.9%

Return rate

3%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Functionality-Overall
45%
2Defective Material/Parts
14%
3Stitch/Finish/Polish
9%
4Ease Of Use
4%
5Mechanism Issues
4%

Common French Knitting Machine questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores French Knitting Machine 43/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £91K/yr across 23 tracked products. 2 of 13 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -36.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for French Knitting Machine on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.4× the quietest.