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Spring Loaded Scissors

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $55K a year here, so Spring Loaded Scissors is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 2,976 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −3 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$55K/yr159K searches / yr
90-day growth
+20.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 63 sellers

Flapen Score

Spring Loaded Scissors against its category

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

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Spring Loaded Scissors market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Spring Loaded Scissors 159K times last year and spent an estimated $55K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 159K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +20.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $55K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
159K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+20.3%
Conversion, latest week
2.2%
Market size, estimated
$55Ka year
Peak month
February1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
spring loaded scissors34K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $15.59.

Listings sell for $15.59 on average, from $5.14 to $36.72. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $15.59 that is $4K to $8K a year per listing.

Average price
$15.59inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.14–$36.72
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$8K
Returns
1.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #139 within Cutting Tools. It carries 2,034 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.3%
Average rank
#139in Cutting Tools
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,034per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 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
46 months

Products

Top Spring Loaded 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 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

63

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

13%

  • Brand 159%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 34%
  • Brand 43%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 13%)

Demand

Spring Loaded Scissors search demand

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

4K3KPrime Day '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMayAug

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Spring Loaded Scissors search terms shoppers use

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

  • spring loaded scissors34K/yr
  • felt book supplies14K/yr
  • spring scissors20K/yr
  • rag quilt scissors21K/yr
  • rag quilt snips13K/yr
  • felt busy book supplies6K/yr
  • ergonomic scissors7K/yr
  • fiskars easy action scissors6K/yr
  • fiskars spring loaded scissors5K/yr
  • spring action scissors5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Spring Loaded Scissors

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Use”
13%of negative reviews mention “Sharpness”
1.9%of orders come back
“The blades weren't sharp”
A buyer, on “Sharpness”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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Spring Loaded Scissors questions

Answered from the same tracked data.