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Metal Scissors

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $32K a year here, so Metal Scissors is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 3,499 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$32K/yr66K searches / yr
90-day growth
+3.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Metal Scissors against its category

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

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Metal Scissors market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Metal Scissors 66K times last year and spent an estimated $32K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 66K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +3.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $32K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
66K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+3.9%
Conversion, latest week
3.4%
Market size, estimated
$32Ka year
Peak month
December1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
metal scissors36K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.23.

Listings sell for $14.23 on average, from $5.97 to $47.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $14.23 that is $4K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.23under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.97–$47.90
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$7K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

85% 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 #213 within Cutting Tools. It carries 3,587 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.5%
Average rank
#213in Cutting Tools
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,587per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
54 months

Products

Top Metal Scissors products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 8, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$3K$6K$10K$13K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

32

Est. top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

20%

  • Mr. Pen35%
  • Fiskars18%
  • HURRICANE10%
  • LIVINGO8%
  • Yutoner4%
  • Proshear4%

Demand

Metal Scissors search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Holiday '25DecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Metal Scissors search terms shoppers use

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

  • metal scissors36K/yr
  • all metal scissors9K/yr
  • metal scissors heavy duty6K/yr
  • silver scissors5K/yr
  • steel scissors6K/yr
  • scissors metal5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Metal Scissors

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
16%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
1.1%of orders come back
“Not top 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.

14 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Metal Scissors questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data