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Small Scissors

Maybe

An estimated 0.5% of orders come back. But prices span $2.23–$13.90, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Small Scissors is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 16% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +8 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$253K/yr917K searches / yr
90-day growth
+22.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
36%top-5 click share · 33 brands · 123 sellers

Flapen Score

Small Scissors against its category

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

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Small Scissors market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Small Scissors 917K times last year and spent an estimated $253K. The top 5 brands take 49% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 917K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +22.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $253K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
917K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+22.6%
Conversion, latest week
3.6%
Market size, estimated
$253Ka year
Peak month
August1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
small scissors360K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $7.65.

Listings sell for $7.65 on average, from $2.23 to $13.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $7.65 that is $11K to $15K a year per listing.

Average price
$7.65under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$2.23–$13.90
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$11K–$15K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

92% 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 #67 within Cutting Tools. It carries 5,545 reviews at 4.60 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#67in Cutting Tools
Average rating
4.60 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
5,545per listing
Listings tracked
53

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 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
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
46 months

Products

Top Small Scissors 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 36% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

33 falling

Sellers

123

Top-5 brand share

49%

Top 20: 91%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 73%

Open market

45%

  • Brand 112%
  • Brand 211%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Small Scissors search demand

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

23K18KSpike '24Prime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Small Scissors search terms shoppers use

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

  • small scissors360K/yr
  • mini scissors182K/yr
  • tiny scissors60K/yr
  • scissors small40K/yr
  • precision scissors46K/yr
  • small scissors all purpose45K/yr
  • 5 inch scissors17K/yr
  • small sharp scissors31K/yr
  • 5 scissors12K/yr
  • little scissors24K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Small Scissors

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

15%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
21%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.5%of orders come back
“They ARE tiny”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”21% 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 Small Scissors questions

Answered from the same tracked data.