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Curved Needle

Fail

Prices span $2.04–$10.34, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Curved Needle is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 3,179 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −4 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$96K/yr106K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
65%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 49 sellers

Flapen Score

Curved Needle against its category

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

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Curved Needle market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Curved Needle 106K times last year and spent an estimated $96K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 14.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 106K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 14.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $96K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
106K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.8%
Conversion, latest week
14.1%
Market size, estimated
$96Ka year
Peak month
January1.1× the quietest month
Top search term
curved needle30K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $6.44.

Listings sell for $6.44 on average, from $2.04 to $10.34. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At $6.44 that is $6K to $8K a year per listing.

Average price
$6.44under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$2.04–$10.34
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
$6K–$8K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

82% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #25 within Sewing Notions & Supplies. It carries 1,711 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
82%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.6%
Average rank
#25in Sewing Notions & Supplies
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,711per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

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

1 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 41 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Curved Needle 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 65% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

49

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

18%

  • Brand 128%
  • Brand 219%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 411%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 18%)

Demand

Curved Needle search demand

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

2K2KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.1×

Search terms

Top Curved Needle search terms shoppers use

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

  • curved needle30K/yr
  • curved sewing needles28K/yr
  • curved needles for hand sewing12K/yr
  • curved sewing needle11K/yr
  • curved needles8K/yr
  • curved sewing needles for hand sewing7K/yr
  • curved needles sewing10K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Curved Needle

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
16%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.7%of orders come back
“Bad quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-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 Curved Needle questions

Answered from the same tracked data.