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3mm Beads

Maybe

An estimated 1.3% of orders come back. But shoppers spend an estimated $106K a year here, so 3mm Beads is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 22% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$106K/yr281K searches / yr
90-day growth
+34.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
53%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

3mm Beads against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, 3mm Beads is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The 3mm Beads market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for 3mm Beads 281K times last year and spent an estimated $106K. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 281K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +34.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $106K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
281K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+34.5%
Conversion, latest week
3.0%
Market size, estimated
$106Ka year
Peak month
July1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
3mm seed beads54K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $12.73.

Listings sell for $12.73 on average, from $5.93 to $26.58. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $12.73 that is $3K to $6K a year per listing.

Average price
$12.73under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.93–$26.58
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$6K
Returns
1.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

81% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,055 within Beading Supplies. It carries 745 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
81%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.2%
Average rank
#1,055in Beading Supplies
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
745per listing
Listings tracked
32

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 7 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 3 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top 3mm Beads products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 53% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

53%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

19%

  • Brand 137%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

3mm Beads search demand

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

10K6KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top 3mm Beads search terms shoppers use

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

  • 3mm seed beads54K/yr
  • 3mm beads57K/yr
  • 8/0 seed beads31K/yr
  • 3mm glass beads26K/yr
  • seed beads 3mm24K/yr
  • seed beads 8/015K/yr
  • 3 mm beads13K/yr
  • 3mm beads for jewelry making12K/yr
  • 3mm glass seed beads11K/yr
  • 8/0 glass seed beads12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 3mm Beads

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

28%of positive reviews mention “Color”
21%of negative reviews mention “Color”
1.3%of orders come back
“lose almost all color”
A buyer, on “Color”21% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common 3mm Beads questions

Answered from the same tracked data.