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Scissors

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But prices span $1.17–$10.92, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Scissors is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Ranks 2,729 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · on the category median
Market size
£1.0M/yr1.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 63 sellers

Flapen Score

Scissors against its category

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

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Scissors market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Scissors 1.2M times last year and spent an estimated £1.0M. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

15.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.2M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.8%
Conversion, latest week
15.4%
Market size, estimated
£1.0Ma year
Peak month
December1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
scissors898K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £5.58.

Listings sell for £5.58 on average, from £1.17 to £10.92. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At £5.58 that is £28K to £33K a year per listing.

Average price
£5.58under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.17–£10.92
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
£28K–£33K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #15 within Art & Craft Supplies. It carries 13,575 reviews at 4.61 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
2.4%
Average rank
#15in Art & Craft Supplies
Average rating
4.61 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
13,575per listing
Listings tracked
26

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 62 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
62 months

Products

Top 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£41K£81K£122K£162K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

63

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

19%

  • KUONIIY18%
  • Westcott17%
  • iBayam16%
  • Amazon Basics13%
  • Asdirne10%
  • MAGNIFICENT 7 STAR8%

Demand

Scissors search demand

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

30K20KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Scissors search terms shoppers use

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

  • scissors898K/yr
  • scissors all purpose137K/yr
  • sharp scissors28K/yr
  • scissor18K/yr
  • paper scissors20K/yr
  • office scissors14K/yr
  • sissors11K/yr
  • large scissors8K/yr
  • household scissors5K/yr
  • sharp scissors all purpose5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scissors

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

Complain

Rusts/Corrodes19%−0.12

Rusts easily

they do rust

theyre starting to rust

Durability13%−0.07

Broke after 3 uses

have already started to fall apart

they dont feel durable

Quality-Overall13%+1.92

Basically a very low quality item You get what you pay for, right

Not good quality

Cheap rubbish

Size-Overall9%+0.13

it just doesn't quite fit under the lip of a standard jar

.Too big

Small

Strength6%−0.01

they look like they would be flimsy

Not as strong as I thought

Weak

Love

Quality-Overall31%+1.92

Brilliant quality

Price excellent for quality

Great tool quality at reasonable price

Value For Money27%+1.54

Excellent value for money

Decent price

Great deal

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.35

Exactly what I wanted

Better than expected

As described

Strength7%−0.01

Sturdy Sissors

Sturdy and strong

They look sturdy size is good èase of use quality is good

Ease Of Use4%

Easy to handle

Easy to use

Very handy

Return

0.2% Return rate 58% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall44%▆▅█▇█▇

it just doesn't quite fit under the lip of a standard jar

.Too big

Small

Quality-Overall16%▆▇▆█▃█

Basically a very low quality item You get what you pay for, right

Not good quality

Cheap rubbish

Rusts/Corrodes4%▅█▃▁▅▆

Rusts easily

they do rust

theyre starting to rust

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%██▅▃▁▃

This is truly misleading

Not quite as described

Defective Material/Parts3%▁▂▂▃█▁

FAQ

Common Scissors questions

Answered from the same tracked data.