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Short Knitting Needles

Fail

Demand is soft, at -55.4% this quarter, so Short Knitting Needles is a Fail.

Flapen Score
37
37 / 100
Ranks 3,964 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −9 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$502K/yr157K searches / yr
90-day growth
-55.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
73%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Short Knitting Needles against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Short Knitting Needles is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

37Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Short Knitting Needles market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Short Knitting Needles 157K times last year and spent an estimated $502K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 37 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 157K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -55.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $502K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
157K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-55.4%
Conversion, latest week
4.1%
Market size, estimated
$502Ka year
Peak month
January3.0× the quietest month
Top search term
chiaogoo shorties75K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $78.35.

Listings sell for $78.35 on average, from $12.24 to $235.78. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $78.35 that is $20K to $39K a year per listing.

Average price
$78.35inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$12.24–$235.78
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
$20K–$39K
Returns
2.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

88% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #335 within Knitting & Crochet. It carries 398 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
88%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#335in Knitting & Crochet
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
398per listing
Listings tracked
17

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 46 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
46 months

Products

Top Short Knitting Needles 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 73% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 176%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 33%
  • Brand 42%
  • Brand 52%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Short Knitting Needles search demand

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

5K4KPrime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×

Search terms

Top Short Knitting Needles search terms shoppers use

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

  • chiaogoo shorties75K/yr
  • shorties knitting needles17K/yr
  • short knitting needles16K/yr
  • short interchangeable knitting needles13K/yr
  • short circular knitting needles12K/yr
  • chiaogoo twist shorties4K/yr
  • chiaogoo shorties interchangeable6K/yr
  • chiagoo shorties3K/yr
  • extra short circular knitting needles4K/yr
  • shorties interchangeable knitting needles4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Short Knitting Needles

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

29%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
23%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
2.7%of orders come back
“Tiny”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”23% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Short Knitting Needles questions

Answered from the same tracked data.