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Paring Knife

Fail

Prices span $2.35–$17.51, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Paring Knife is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 4,195 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −7 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£95K/yr489K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
44%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 30 sellers

Flapen Score

Paring Knife against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Paring Knife market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Paring Knife 489K times last year and spent an estimated £95K. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

2.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 489K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £95K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
489K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.0%
Conversion, latest week
2.6%
Market size, estimated
£95Ka year
Peak month
January1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
paring knife137K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.33.

Listings sell for £7.33 on average, from £2.35 to £17.51. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £7.33 that is £4K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.33under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.35–£17.51
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£4K–£5K
Returns
1.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #21 within Kitchen Knives. It carries 1,601 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#21in Kitchen Knives
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,601per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 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 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Paring 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 44% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£9K£19K£28K£38K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

44%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

28%

  • Chef Aid27%
  • Richardson Sheffield12%
  • OPOLIA10%
  • Kitchen Devils9%
  • Victorinox9%
  • GGS5%

Demand

Paring Knife search demand

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

13K8KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Paring Knife search terms shoppers use

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

  • paring knife137K/yr
  • vegetable knife56K/yr
  • fruit knife40K/yr
  • small kitchen knife43K/yr
  • paring knife small38K/yr
  • small knife32K/yr
  • peeling knife21K/yr
  • vegetable knife small18K/yr
  • paring knives14K/yr
  • kitchen knives small12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Paring Knife

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

Complain

Quality-Overall23%+1.23

Bad quality

cheap and nasty

Not as well made as that used to be

Size-Overall18%−0.01

they were all too big

Very small

Knife is small

Durability11%−0.13

they dont last

Broke first use

Broken

Rusts/Corrodes8%−0.10

they are allready rusting

<1 Year and Rusting

it's starting to rust

Sharpness8%

This item is insanely sharp

Doesn't react well to sharpening

Not sharp; not even after sharpening them

Love

Quality-Overall32%+1.23

Top quality knives

Excellent product

Great knife, and good quality

Value For Money14%+0.41

Great value

Good value for money

Excellent price

Sharpness12%

Great sharp knife

Extremely sharp

stays sharp

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+1.19

It does a job

Just what I needed

As described

Size-Overall8%−0.01

Good size

Fit your hand

an ideal size for veg prep etc

Return

1.3% Return rate 44% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall39%▅█▄█▇▅

they were all too big

Very small

Knife is small

Quality-Overall24%█▃▃▄▆▆

Bad quality

cheap and nasty

Not as well made as that used to be

Sharpness13%▃██▂▂▃

This item is insanely sharp

Doesn't react well to sharpening

Not sharp; not even after sharpening them

Strength5%█▁▁█▆▁

Very flimsy

the knife is very flimsy

not strong

Material Quality5%▁▆▁▁▃█

FAQ

Common Paring Knife questions

Answered from the same tracked data.