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Chicago Screws

Fail

Prices span $6.88–$13.35, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Chicago Screws is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 2,312 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · on the category median
Market size
$167K/yr392K searches / yr
90-day growth
-13.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
45%top-5 click share · 22 brands · 35 sellers

Flapen Score

Chicago Screws against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Chicago Screws market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Chicago Screws 392K times last year and spent an estimated $167K. The top 5 brands take 60% of clicks. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 392K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -13.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $167K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
392K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-13.3%
Conversion, latest week
4.2%
Market size, estimated
$167Ka year
Peak month
November1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
chicago screws192K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $10.10.

Listings sell for $10.10 on average, from $6.88 to $13.35. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $10.10 that is $5K to $8K a year per listing.

Average price
$10.10under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.88–$13.35
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$5K–$8K
Returns
1.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #261 within Leathercraft. It carries 664 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.3%
Average rank
#261in Leathercraft
Average rating
4.63 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
664per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

3 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 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 42 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
42 months

Products

Top Chicago Screws 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 45% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

22 falling

Sellers

35

Top-5 brand share

60%

Top 20: 98%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

35%

  • Brand 118%
  • Brand 212%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 58%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Chicago Screws search demand

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

8K6KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Chicago Screws search terms shoppers use

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

  • chicago screws192K/yr
  • chicago screws for leather59K/yr
  • chicago screw19K/yr
  • screw rivets19K/yr
  • binding screws15K/yr
  • rivet screws9K/yr
  • binding screw32K/yr
  • black chicago screws7K/yr
  • screw rivets for leather7K/yr
  • binding barrels and screws7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Chicago Screws

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

22%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
16%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
1.9%of orders come back
“they are way too short so I could not use them”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”16% 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 Chicago Screws questions

Answered from the same tracked data.