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Hori Hori Gardening Knife

Fail

The top 5 products take 86% of clicks, so Hori Hori Gardening Knife is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 4,712 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −10 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£62K/yr132K searches / yr
90-day growth
+37.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
86%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 31 sellers

Flapen Score

Hori Hori Gardening Knife against its category

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

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hori Hori Gardening Knife market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Hori Hori Gardening Knife 132K times last year and spent an estimated £62K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun–Dec. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

2.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 132K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +37.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £62K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
132K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+37.8%
Conversion, latest week
2.9%
Market size, estimated
£62Ka year
Peak month
April4.0× the quietest month
Top search term
hori hori gardening knife68K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £16.19.

Listings sell for £16.19 on average, from £7.18 to £23.26. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £16.19 that is £4K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£16.19inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.18–£23.26
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£8K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

64% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 91% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #70 within Garden Tools & Watering Equipment. It carries 211 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
64%
Prime listings
91%
Out of stock, average day
14.7%
Average rank
#70in Garden Tools & Watering Equipment
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
211per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Hori Hori Gardening 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 86% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£6K£12K£19K£25K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • Spear & Jackson33%
  • Esschert30%
  • Sunsiou12%
  • FLORA GUARD10%
  • Darlac8%
  • Gonpabuly3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Hori Hori Gardening Knife search demand

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

5K3KHoliday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.0×

Search terms

Top Hori Hori Gardening Knife search terms shoppers use

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

  • hori hori gardening knife68K/yr
  • hori hori knife28K/yr
  • hori hori18K/yr
  • niwaki hori hori knife13K/yr
  • hori hori garden knife6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hori Hori Gardening Knife

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

Complain

Durability15%−0.09

Snapped after a few uses

Broken after not much use

Didn't last one day

Value For Money7%−0.04

I thought this maybe a little overpriced

at £31 this is quite expensive

Its not the cheapest option

Ease Of Use5%+0.21

out a bit of a struggle

It was extremely difficult to order due to safety rules

Quality-Overall5%+1.59

not finished to a very high standard

disappointed with quality

Basic tool, quality could be better

Adhesion/Stickiness4%+0.11

leaving only a small sticky residue

Love

Quality-Overall21%+1.59

This is an excellent quality garden tool

The overall build quality is excellent

Excellent product

Ease Of Use12%+0.21

easy to use

Handy tool

Very useful tool

Strength11%+1.01

It is sturdy

Construction is incredibly sturdy

Sturdy tool

Cutting/Trimming8%−0.01

the serrated edge cuts through roots very easily

good for cutting through roots

Its razor sharp

Plant Growth6%

Great for gardening

Also good for cutting a plant inhalf when matured to a good size so you now have two

Very handy in the garden

Return

0.5% Return rate 43% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall41%▁▁▁▅▆█

Its larger than you might expect

being a bit to large for smaller hands

Durability16%▁██▁▁▃

Snapped after a few uses

Broken after not much use

Didn't last one day

Ease Of Use7%▁▁▁▁█▃

out a bit of a struggle

It was extremely difficult to order due to safety rules

Quality-Overall7%▁▁▁█▅▁

not finished to a very high standard

disappointed with quality

Basic tool, quality could be better

Metal Quality5%▁▁▁█▁▁

the metal pins werent in a great state

It is not real metal

FAQ

Common Hori Hori Gardening Knife questions

Answered from the same tracked data.