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Black String

Fail

Prices span $4.41–$11.04, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Black String is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 2,538 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −1 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$49K/yr66K searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Black String against its category

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

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Black String market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Black String 66K times last year and spent an estimated $49K. The top 5 brands take 53% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 10.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 66K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 10.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $49K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
66K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.9%
Conversion, latest week
10.7%
Market size, estimated
$49Ka year
Peak month
October2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
black string63K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $6.94.

Listings sell for $6.94 on average, from $4.41 to $11.04. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $6.94 that is $2K to $3K a year per listing.

Average price
$6.94under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.41–$11.04
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$3K
Returns
1.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #64 within Beading Supplies. It carries 2,322 reviews at 4.67 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.5%
Average rank
#64in Beading Supplies
Average rating
4.67 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,322per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

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

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Black String 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 48% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

21 rising

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

53%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

41%

  • Brand 122%
  • Brand 213%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Black String search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Spike '26DecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

Peak months: Sep, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black String

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
15%of negative reviews mention “Thickness”
1.5%of orders come back
“Not as thick as some photos suggest”
A buyer, on “Thickness”15% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Black String questions

Answered from the same tracked data.