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Alpaca Yarn

Fail

Demand is soft, at -56.4% this quarter, so Alpaca Yarn is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 3,499 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$13K/yr165K searches / yr
90-day growth
-56.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 29 sellers

Flapen Score

Alpaca Yarn against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Alpaca Yarn is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Alpaca Yarn market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Alpaca Yarn 165K times last year and spent an estimated $13K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 165K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -56.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $13K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
165K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-56.4%
Conversion, latest week
0.3%
Market size, estimated
$13Ka year
Peak month
December4.8× the quietest month
Top search term
alpaca yarn101K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $25.01.

Listings sell for $25.01 on average, from $5.49 to $58.69. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $25.01 that is $0 to $3K a year per listing.

Average price
$25.01inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.49–$58.69
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
1K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$3K
Returns
2.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

76% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 15.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #877 within Knitting & Crochet. It carries 480 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
76%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
15.6%
Average rank
#877in Knitting & Crochet
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
480per listing
Listings tracked
41

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 5 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 57 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
57 months

Products

Top Alpaca Yarn 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 only 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 75%

Open market

19%

  • Brand 124%
  • Brand 224%
  • Brand 315%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Alpaca Yarn search demand

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

7K5KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.8×

Search terms

Top Alpaca Yarn search terms shoppers use

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

  • alpaca yarn101K/yr
  • baby alpaca yarn20K/yr
  • alpaca yarn for crocheting13K/yr
  • alpaca wool yarn12K/yr
  • alpaca yarn for knitting11K/yr
  • alpaca silk yarn5K/yr
  • clearance alpaca yarn3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Alpaca Yarn

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

25%of positive reviews mention “Soft Feel”
21%of negative reviews mention “Color”
2.6%of orders come back
“Poor 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Alpaca Yarn questions

Answered from the same tracked data.