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Scissors for School

Maybe

Search demand grew >1,000% this quarter. But prices span $2.23–$12.96, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Scissors for School is a Maybe.

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Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 13% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +9 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$252K/yr659K searches / yr
90-day growth
>1,000%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 134 sellers

Flapen Score

Scissors for School against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Scissors for School market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Scissors for School 659K times last year and spent an estimated $252K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 5.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 659K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved >1,000% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $252K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
659K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
>1,000%
Conversion, latest week
5.3%
Market size, estimated
$252Ka year
Peak month
August49.0× the quietest month
Top search term
scissors for school186K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $7.23.

Listings sell for $7.23 on average, from $2.23 to $12.96. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $7.23 that is $11K to $14K a year per listing.

Average price
$7.23under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$2.23–$12.96
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$11K–$14K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

74% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #136 within Cutting Tools. It carries 8,877 reviews at 4.77 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
74%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.4%
Average rank
#136in Cutting Tools
Average rating
4.77 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
8,877per listing
Listings tracked
35

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Scissors for School 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 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

134

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

5%

  • Brand 148%
  • Brand 218%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 5%)

Demand

Scissors for School search demand

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

100K60KPrime Day '24Spike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

Peak months: Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 49.0×

Search terms

Top Scissors for School search terms shoppers use

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

  • scissors for school186K/yr
  • fiskars scissors kids123K/yr
  • school scissors87K/yr
  • kids scissors ages 8-1036K/yr
  • student scissors32K/yr
  • tijeras escolares24K/yr
  • scissors for kids age 8-1225K/yr
  • scissors school21K/yr
  • school scissors for kids age 8-1216K/yr
  • pointed scissors for school kids14K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scissors for School

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
13%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.3%of orders come back
“Poor quality control”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”13% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Scissors for School questions

Answered from the same tracked data.