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Scythe Gardening Tool

Maybe

Search demand grew +353.7% this quarter. But shoppers spend only $22K a year here, so Scythe Gardening Tool is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
61
61 / 100
Top 17% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +10 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£22K/yr81K searches / yr
90-day growth
+353.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 13 sellers

Flapen Score

Scythe Gardening Tool against its category

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

61Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Scythe Gardening Tool market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Scythe Gardening Tool 81K times last year and spent an estimated £22K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 61 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 81K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +353.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £22K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
81K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+353.7%
Conversion, latest week
1.5%
Market size, estimated
£22Ka year
Peak month
June8.1× the quietest month
Top search term
scythe gardening tool22K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £18.45.

Listings sell for £18.45 on average, from £8.70 to £44.66. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £18.45 that is £0 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£18.45inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£8.70–£44.66
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
1K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£2K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

32% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 68% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #166 within Garden Tools & Watering Equipment. It carries 131 reviews at 3.83 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
32%
Prime listings
68%
Out of stock, average day
12.3%
Average rank
#166in Garden Tools & Watering Equipment
Average rating
3.83 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
131per listing
Listings tracked
22

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 40 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
40 months

Products

Top Scythe Gardening Tool 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£1K£2K£3K£4K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

13

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

21%

  • Darlac34%
  • Bellota18%
  • Spear & Jackson14%
  • Faithfull5%
  • Sizi4%
  • Generic4%

Demand

Scythe Gardening Tool search demand

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

5K4KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 8.1×

Search terms

Top Scythe Gardening Tool search terms shoppers use

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

  • scythe gardening tool22K/yr
  • sickle20K/yr
  • scythes12K/yr
  • sickle gardening tool12K/yr
  • garden scythe8K/yr
  • weed slasher4K/yr
  • garden scythe long handle3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scythe Gardening Tool

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

Complain

Value For Money16%−0.22

Not worth the money

Waste of money

Size-Overall13%−0.13

Too small

tiny

As in, tiny

Cutting/Trimming11%−0.07

Tried it on various bushes and grasses, did not cut anything

It will not cut brush or grass

Blunt blade did not cut anything handle was top heavy requested a refund

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.16

Sadly this did not live up to its promise

Not as described

Weight Light6%+0.30

Rather too lightweight for the job

Love

Ease Of Use22%+1.91

Easy to use

ease of use - just like the one dad used to use

Good tool and cheap found it very easy to use and Im disabled

Quality-Overall14%+0.66

Good product

Excellent value, quality tool, excellent utility

A first rate tool and well made

Cutting/Trimming9%−0.07

I find it very helpful when weeding

Razor sharp

Perfect for slashing weeds

Plant Growth7%+0.80

Easy to use for weeding the strong rooted unwanted plants

This helped me save 300£ for someone to weed my garden

really helped with the garden weeds made the work easier

Weight Light7%+0.30

Lightweight

Light and easy to use

its just the right weight

Return

0.8% Return rate 15% Fixable by listing

Cutting/Trimming19%▁▁▁▆█▇

Tried it on various bushes and grasses, did not cut anything

It will not cut brush or grass

Blunt blade did not cut anything handle was top heavy requested a refund

Functionality-Overall14%▁▁▁█▃▅

Not very efficient

Not for for purpose

Size-Overall13%▁█▃▁▁▂

Too small

tiny

As in, tiny

Defective Material/Parts10%▁▁▁█▄█
Quality-Overall7%▁▁█▆▄▁

FAQ

Common Scythe Gardening Tool questions

Answered from the same tracked data.