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Merino Wool Yarn

Fail

Demand is soft, at -57.0% this quarter, so Merino Wool Yarn is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 2,538 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −1 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$51K/yr359K searches / yr
90-day growth
-57.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
29%top-5 click share · 27 brands · 47 sellers

Flapen Score

Merino Wool Yarn against its category

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

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Merino Wool Yarn market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Merino Wool Yarn 359K times last year and spent an estimated $51K. The top 5 brands take 64% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 359K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -57.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $51K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
359K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-57.0%
Conversion, latest week
0.8%
Market size, estimated
$51Ka year
Peak month
January6.5× the quietest month
Top search term
merino wool yarn102K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $17.61.

Listings sell for $17.61 on average, from $4.98 to $50.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $17.61 that is $0 to $2K a year per listing.

Average price
$17.61inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.98–$50.90
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$2K
Returns
2.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

72% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #907 within Knitting & Crochet. It carries 725 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
72%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
12.7%
Average rank
#907in Knitting & Crochet
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
725per listing
Listings tracked
86

04 · Newcomers

4 of last year's 16 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

16 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 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
16
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
56 months

Products

Top Merino Wool Yarn 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 29% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

27 rising

Sellers

47

Top-5 brand share

64%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

29%

Top 20: 59%

Open market

32%

  • Brand 130%
  • Brand 211%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Merino Wool Yarn search demand

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

20K15KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.5×

Search terms

Top Merino Wool Yarn search terms shoppers use

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

  • merino wool yarn102K/yr
  • 100% wool yarn50K/yr
  • merino yarn27K/yr
  • superwash merino wool yarn22K/yr
  • chunky wool yarn23K/yr
  • merino wool yarn for knitting14K/yr
  • worsted weight wool yarn14K/yr
  • worsted wool yarn10K/yr
  • bulky wool yarn14K/yr
  • merino wool yarn for crocheting8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Merino Wool Yarn

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

24%of positive reviews mention “Soft Feel”
14%of negative reviews mention “Color”
2.5%of orders come back
“it is clearly not the same color”
A buyer, on “Color”14% 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 Merino Wool Yarn questions

Answered from the same tracked data.