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Sword

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 38% of clicks. But buyers convert on only 1.1% of searches, so Sword is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 9% of 1,773 Toys & Games niches · +15 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£103K/yr459K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
29%top-5 click share · 44 brands · 81 sellers

Flapen Score

Sword against its category

The dotted line is the Toys & Games average. Past it, Sword is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Sword market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sword 459K times last year and spent an estimated £103K. The top 5 brands take 38% of clicks. Demand peaks in Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 459K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £103K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
459K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
£103Ka year
Peak month
October2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
sword207K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £20.55.

Listings sell for £20.55 on average, from £2.96 to £143.45. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £20.55 that is £2K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£20.55inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.96–£143.45
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£5K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 67% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #252 within Dress-Up Accessories. It carries 381 reviews at 4.15 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
67%
Out of stock, average day
9.1%
Average rank
#252in Dress-Up Accessories
Average rating
4.15 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
381per listing
Listings tracked
64

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 18 launches as successful.

18 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 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
18
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Sword 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 only 29% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£3K£6K£9K£12K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

44 rising

Sellers

81

Top-5 brand share

38%

Top 20: 81%

Top-5 click share

29%

Top 20: 64%

Open market

57%

  • Wicked Costumes11%
  • 57 SPECIAL REPLICAS9%
  • SHASHAYA7%
  • Spinosaurus6%
  • I LOVE FANCY DRESS5%
  • Smiffys4%

Demand

Sword search demand

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

23K18KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Sword search terms shoppers use

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

  • sword207K/yr
  • swords39K/yr
  • toy sword38K/yr
  • wooden sword25K/yr
  • plastic sword19K/yr
  • kids sword14K/yr
  • swords for kids12K/yr
  • larp sword9K/yr
  • toy swords9K/yr
  • toy swords for boys12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sword

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

Complain

Size-Overall19%−0.34

A lot f cosplay swords out there are far too short

Ridiculously small

Too small for kids toys only

Durability12%−0.13

Broke very easily

Broken within 40 days

Broke within five minutes

Quality-Overall12%+1.65

Horrible Quality

Terrible quality, looks like something from the pound shop, not even in a proper box, comes loose no way you can gift it

It is cheaply made

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%−0.03

description of dimensions highly misleading

Smaller than look in pic

The pictures are not true to the size of it

Value For Money8%+0.19

I don't think it was worth the price I paid

Massively overpriced

But not at that price

Love

Quality-Overall29%+1.65

Good product, just as advertised

High quality sword

Amazing quality

Value For Money13%+0.19

that's totally fair enough at the price

very good price

Excellent value for money

Strength11%+0.37

Robust sword which holds up to play

Sturdy and well made

the sword is surprisingly sturdy really impressed

Fun/Entertainment Experience7%+0.37

Kids enjoying them

Grandson has loads of fun with them

so fun for all ages

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.03

just as advertised

exactly as expected

Great item, just as described

Return

1.6% Return rate 56% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall45%█▆▆▄▄▂

A lot f cosplay swords out there are far too short

Ridiculously small

Too small for kids toys only

Quality-Overall10%▁▄▄█▇█

Horrible Quality

Terrible quality, looks like something from the pound shop, not even in a proper box, comes loose no way you can gift it

It is cheaply made

Defective Material/Parts8%▁█▄▄▇▇

The item din't work properly

Could not turn off - the switch did not seem to work so a bit of a bother with the batteries

Durability5%▁▃█▁▄▅

Broke very easily

Broken within 40 days

Broke within five minutes

Functionality-Overall5%▁▂▂▃▅█

FAQ

Common Sword questions

Answered from the same tracked data.