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Tailors Chalk

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But prices span $2.37–$10.63, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Tailors Chalk is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 29% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +5 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£87K/yr141K searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 26 brands · 55 sellers

Flapen Score

Tailors Chalk against its category

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

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Tailors Chalk market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Tailors Chalk 141K times last year and spent an estimated £87K. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

14.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 141K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £87K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
141K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.0%
Conversion, latest week
14.1%
Market size, estimated
£87Ka year
Peak month
February1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
tailors chalk69K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.36.

Listings sell for £4.36 on average, from £2.37 to £10.63. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £4.36 that is £2K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.36under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.37–£10.63
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£3K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #249 within Drawing. It carries 861 reviews at 4.14 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
12.1%
Average rank
#249in Drawing
Average rating
4.14 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
861per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 15 launches as successful.

15 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 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
15
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Tailors Chalk 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 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£7K£10K£14K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

26 falling

Sellers

55

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 95%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

38%

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  • Rumyve15%
  • Jinpojun10%
  • Lotsdonxia8%
  • OZXTYO6%
  • Neerow6%

Demand

Tailors Chalk search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Tailors Chalk search terms shoppers use

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

  • tailors chalk69K/yr
  • fabric chalk18K/yr
  • sewing chalk16K/yr
  • dressmakers chalk9K/yr
  • sewing chalk for marking fabric6K/yr
  • taylors chalk for fabric6K/yr
  • taylors chalk5K/yr
  • tailor chalk4K/yr
  • fabric chalk for sewing4K/yr
  • dress makers chalk3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tailors Chalk

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

Complain

Thickness17%−0.13

The chalk is quite thin

A little thin

The pieces are quite thin

Strength17%−0.13

Not very strong

Quite flimsy

are so flimsy

Durability14%−0.09

it shattered into tiny pieces

Chalk broke first time

mine immediately broke on first use

Quality-Overall11%−0.10

This must come from temu, the chalk just falls to bits in your hand, absolute rubbish

Cheap rubbish

Dreadful quality

Sharpness6%−0.02

some of the of them keep breaking when they are sharpened

Every time I sharpen the leads break & fall out, pretty useless

A bit messy to sharpen

Love

Ease Of Use16%+1.33

Easy to use

Extremely handy and a good replacement

These small easy to hold

Value For Money15%+0.56

Good value

Value for money

Good value pack

Advertised Vs Actual Product15%+1.03

Just as advertised

Exactly as seen

Just what I was expecting

Color10%+0.90

Bright colours

Colours are good

The colours are vibrant

Quality-Overall8%−0.10

Good quality leaves a loved mark

It is a good set

Good quality

Return

0.3% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall30%▃▁█▄▁█

Doesn't work at all

found that they didnt really work

Durability22%▆█▁▁▅▆

it shattered into tiny pieces

Chalk broke first time

mine immediately broke on first use

Strength12%▅▆█▃▁▁

Not very strong

Quite flimsy

are so flimsy

Material Quality9%▁▁▁▁█▁

Didnt work very well on felt

These were NOT made of chalk

Defective Material/Parts9%▁█▁▁▅▁

FAQ

Common Tailors Chalk questions

Answered from the same tracked data.