Piping Cord
FailShoppers spend an estimated $75K a year here, so Piping Cord is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 39 / 100Ranks 3,666 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −7 vs the category median of 4639
- Market size
- $75K/yr129K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -3.7%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 57%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 18 sellers
Flapen Score
Piping Cord against its category
The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Piping Cord is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Piping Cord market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Piping Cord 129K times last year and spent an estimated $75K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 4.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 129K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $75K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 129K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -3.7%
- Conversion, latest week
- 4.0%
- Market size, estimated
- $75Ka year
- Peak month
- November1.4× the quietest month
- Top search term
- cording for sewing19K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $14.66.
Listings sell for $14.66 on average, from $5.68 to $23.53. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $14.66 that is $1K to $4K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $14.66under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $5.68–$23.53
- 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–$4K
- Returns
- 2.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #24 within Trim & Embellishments. It carries 1,142 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 80%
- Prime listings
- 95%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #24in Trim & Embellishments
- Average rating
- 4.62 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 1,142per 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 47 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
- 47 months
Products
Top Piping Cord 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 57% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
12 falling
Sellers
18
Top-5 brand share
82%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
57%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
14%
- Brand 152%
- Brand 212%
- Brand 37%
- Brand 45%
- Brand 55%
- Brand 64%
- Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 14%)
Demand
Piping Cord search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Search terms
Top Piping Cord search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- cording for sewing19K/yr
- piping cord for sewing12K/yr
- piping cord14K/yr
- cording for sewing piping18K/yr
- decorative cord7K/yr
- cord trim7K/yr
- braided cord for crafts7K/yr
- cotton piping cord6K/yr
- twisted cord5K/yr
- upholstery piping cord6K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Piping Cord
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“I do not want polyester”
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
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FAQ
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