Fake Straw
FailShoppers spend an estimated $24K a year here, so Fake Straw is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 37 / 100Ranks 3,964 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −9 vs the category median of 4637
- Market size
- $24K/yr57K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -31.9%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 62%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 39 sellers
Flapen Score
Fake Straw against its category
The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Fake Straw is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Fake Straw market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Fake Straw 57K times last year and spent an estimated $24K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 37 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 3.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 57K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -31.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $24K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 57K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -31.9%
- Conversion, latest week
- 3.8%
- Market size, estimated
- $24Ka year
- Peak month
- October6.3× the quietest month
- Top search term
- fake straw14K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $10.97.
Listings sell for $10.97 on average, from $6.39 to $21.86. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $10.97 that is $1K to $3K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $10.97under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $6.39–$21.86
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 4K–5K
- Units per listing a year
- 100–250
- Revenue per listing a year
- $1K–$3K
- Returns
- 3.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is ads.
95% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #362 within Paper & Paper Crafts. It carries 782 reviews at 4.29 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 95%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 1.5%
- Average rank
- #362in Paper & Paper Crafts
- Average rating
- 4.29 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 782per listing
- Listings tracked
- 20
04 · Newcomers
1 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
3 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 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 3
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 40 months
Products
Top Fake Straw 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 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
15 rising
Sellers
39
Top-5 brand share
82%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
62%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
18%
- Brand 131%
- Brand 230%
- Brand 37%
- Brand 46%
- Brand 54%
- Brand 64%
- Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 18%)
Demand
Fake Straw search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.3×
Search terms
Top Fake Straw search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- fake straw14K/yr
- craft straw9K/yr
- straw for crafts9K/yr
- decorative straw4K/yr
- hay for crafts4K/yr
- craft hay3K/yr
- nativity straw7K/yr
- hay for nativity scene4K/yr
- straw for nativity scene3K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fake Straw
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“the pieces are so short”
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.
18 topics
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FAQ
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