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Left Handed Scissors

Fail

Prices span $2.88–$15.54, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Left Handed Scissors 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
£79K/yr107K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 41 sellers

Flapen Score

Left Handed Scissors against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Left Handed Scissors is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Left Handed Scissors market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Left Handed Scissors 107K times last year and spent an estimated £79K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Dec. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

11.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 107K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £79K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
107K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.9%
Conversion, latest week
11.0%
Market size, estimated
£79Ka year
Peak month
December2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
left handed scissors96K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.70.

Listings sell for £6.70 on average, from £2.88 to £15.54. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £6.70 that is £3K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.70under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.88–£15.54
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£5K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 86% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #57 within Art & Craft Supplies. It carries 6,166 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
86%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#57in Art & Craft Supplies
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
6,166per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 72 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
72 months

Products

Top Left Handed Scissors 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£16K£24K£31K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

41

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

14%

  • Maped26%
  • Westcott18%
  • Frepxzlk17%
  • CCR15%
  • Asdirne6%
  • LIVINGO6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 14%)

Demand

Left Handed Scissors search demand

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

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

Peak months: Sep, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Left Handed Scissors search terms shoppers use

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

  • left handed scissors96K/yr
  • left handed scissors adult7K/yr
  • left-handed scissors3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Left Handed Scissors

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

Complain

Quality-Overall33%0.00

Extremely poor quality

Very poor quality

Functionality-Overall17%−0.05

Not fit for purpose. Blunt. Doesnt even cut paper cleanly

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%−0.02

This is truly misleading

Ease Of Use17%+0.23

Very hard to use

Durability17%−0.04

one pair broke within the first week

Love

Value For Money24%+0.57

Worth the money

Excellent value

Good price

Quality-Overall16%0.00

Super cute set I would recommend as they feel properly made

Excellent product

Good strong quality

Ease Of Use10%+0.23

comfortable to hold

Easy to use

Just got easier

Sharpness7%+0.88

the scissors helped

Sharp, useful

Great, stay sharp even after years

Size-Overall7%+0.86

- They are a nice size

They fit my large hands perfectly

Good size - ideal for use while rug tufting

Return

0.3% Return rate 73% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall68%▆▇▆█▆▆
Functionality-Overall8%▁█▄▁▁▁

Not fit for purpose. Blunt. Doesnt even cut paper cleanly

Quality-Overall8%▁▁▇▅█▁

Extremely poor quality

Very poor quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%█▁▁▃▁▅

This is truly misleading

Weight Heavy4%▁▁▄▁█▃

FAQ

Common Left Handed Scissors questions

Answered from the same tracked data.