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Crucible

Maybe

The average product has only 179 reviews. But demand is soft, at -21.5% this quarter, so Crucible is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 5% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +13 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$446K/yr545K searches / yr
90-day growth
-21.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
36%top-5 click share · 38 brands · 51 sellers

Flapen Score

Crucible against its category

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

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Crucible market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Crucible 545K times last year and spent an estimated $446K. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 545K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -21.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $446K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
545K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-21.5%
Conversion, latest week
1.1%
Market size, estimated
$446Ka year
Peak month
January1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
crucible195K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $75.09.

Listings sell for $75.09 on average, from $6.50 to $282.82. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $75.09 that is $8K to $19K a year per listing.

Average price
$75.09inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.50–$282.82
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$8K–$19K
Returns
1.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #61 within Jewelry Casting Supplies. It carries 179 reviews at 4.24 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
10.3%
Average rank
#61in Jewelry Casting Supplies
Average rating
4.24 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
179per listing
Listings tracked
60

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 17 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

17 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
17
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Crucible 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 36% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

38 rising

Sellers

51

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 87%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 69%

Open market

39%

  • Brand 126%
  • Brand 214%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 46%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Crucible search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Crucible search terms shoppers use

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

  • crucible195K/yr
  • crucibles for melting metal102K/yr
  • gold melting kit41K/yr
  • graphite crucible36K/yr
  • metal melting kit24K/yr
  • silver melting kit20K/yr
  • gold smelting kit14K/yr
  • smelting kit16K/yr
  • crucible kit13K/yr
  • crisol para fundir oro9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Crucible

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
1.3%of orders come back
“Too small”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”17% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Crucible questions

Answered from the same tracked data.