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Knife Set

Maybe

Shoppers spend $2.4M a year here. But buyers convert on only 1.1% of searches, so Knife Set is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 20% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +8 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£2.4M/yr6.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
36%top-5 click share · 27 brands · 40 sellers

Flapen Score

Knife Set against its category

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

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Knife Set market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Knife Set 6.7M times last year and spent an estimated £2.4M. The top 5 brands take 50% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 6.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
£2.4Ma year
Peak month
December2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
knife set2.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £32.20.

Listings sell for £32.20 on average, from £2.35 to £201.51. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At £32.20 that is £40K to £48K a year per listing.

Average price
£32.20inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.35–£201.51
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
£40K–£48K
Returns
1.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #41 within Kitchen Knives. It carries 5,166 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.6%
Average rank
#41in Kitchen Knives
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
5,166per listing
Listings tracked
48

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 6 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 6 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 53 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
6Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
53 months

Products

Top Knife Set 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 only 36% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£73K£145K£218K£291K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

27 falling

Sellers

40

Top-5 brand share

50%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 77%

Open market

43%

  • D.Perlla16%
  • Amazon Basics12%
  • ACOQOOS8%
  • nuovva8%
  • Ninja7%
  • MasterChef7%

Demand

Knife Set search demand

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

300K200KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Knife Set search terms shoppers use

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

  • knife set2.0M/yr
  • knife802K/yr
  • kitchen knife sets533K/yr
  • kitchen knives634K/yr
  • knife block577K/yr
  • kitchen knife352K/yr
  • knives309K/yr
  • knife block set with knives181K/yr
  • knives sets188K/yr
  • knife set with block242K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Knife Set

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

Complain

Quality-Overall17%+0.51

Not very good quality

Not too sure on the quality

Poor quality and exactly not as described

Durability14%−0.08

One of the utensils broke on first use

durability issues

Broke

Sharpness9%+1.46

Blades are hardly sharp

don't stay sharp for long

not sharp enough

Rusts/Corrodes9%−0.07

it's starting to rust

started to rust

Easy rust

Handle Quality5%−0.03

Bad handle

The handle doesnt look strong

Splitting handle

Love

Sharpness27%+1.46

The blades are sharp

Great sharp knives

Beautiful and sharp

Quality-Overall23%+0.51

Beautiful quality

Good Quality Knife

Great quality price

Value For Money17%+1.70

Excellent price

Excellent value for money

Excellent Value

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%+0.16

Better than expected

As described

Just what i wanted

Ease Of Use3%+0.30

easy to handle

easy to control

Easy to use

Return

1.5% Return rate 46% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall23%▅▇▇▇█▆

Bigger than I thought

Not fit for purpose

bit small for me

Quality-Overall18%▄▇▆██▇

Not very good quality

Not too sure on the quality

Poor quality and exactly not as described

Color9%▇▇▄█▇▇
Sharpness9%▆▄▇▆▅█

Blades are hardly sharp

don't stay sharp for long

not sharp enough

Rusts/Corrodes5%█▄▆▃▆▆

it's starting to rust

started to rust

Easy rust

FAQ

Common Knife Set questions

Answered from the same tracked data.