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Bobbins

strong incumbent ratings (4.7★) — Bobbins doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

49
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Top 38% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +2 vs the category median of 47

Market size 53Growth 22Conversion 90Competition 41Returns 92Price range 41Avg price 22Brand share 59Review moat 41Quality gap 21
This niche Category average · 4,656 niches

Is Bobbins profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Bobbins is a $352K/yr Amazon United States market (423K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Bobbins: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -5.8% over the last 90 days and 10.6% of searches end in a purchase.

$352K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr-5.8%423K
Conversion rate10.6%
Avg price$7.83

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand, so 30% of the market is open.

30%

open market share

Brands · sellers19 · 32
Top-5 product click share61%
Open market30%
Avg brand age55 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 24 products

Sponsored placement96%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews2,441

Top Bobbins products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 61% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$18K$35K$53K$70K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

26%

  • Eoehro21%
  • Joyberg20%
  • XUKEKOY10%
  • kidoom10%
  • Brother8%
  • YEQIN4%

Bobbins demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume423KCVR10.6%Products24Brands19Top 5 Brands70%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.7★Reviews2,441Avg BSR#23
10K6KHoliday '24Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Bobbins search terms shoppers use

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

  • bobbins153K/yr
  • bobbins for brother sewing machine66K/yr
  • bobbin43K/yr
  • sewing bobbins24K/yr
  • brother bobbins23K/yr
  • sewing machine bobbins22K/yr
  • brother sewing machine bobbins18K/yr
  • plastic bobbins14K/yr
  • brother bobbins for sewing machine14K/yr
  • sa156 bobbins for brother11K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Bobbins

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

84% of reviews
Quality-Overall15%

The container seems like decent quality

Value For Money14%

Excellent Value

Color13%

Beautiful colors

Size-Overall13%

It fit my machine

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

As advertised

What buyers complain about

69% of reviews
Size-Overall23%

they were far too small

Quality-Overall12%

Cheap made

Compatibility-Overall8%

they do not work with all Singer machines as they claimed

Functionality-Overall7%

Didnt work

Durability7%

Breaks easily

Bobbins return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

1.2%

Return rate

62%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
47%
2Compatibility-Overall
14%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
7%
4Value For Money
5%
5Functionality-Overall
4%

Common Bobbins questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Bobbins 49/100 on Amazon United States — Skip it. The niche generates $352K/yr across 24 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -5.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Bobbins on Amazon United States is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.