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Steel Needles for Hand Sewing

Fail

Prices span $3.14–$13.95, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Steel Needles for Hand Sewing is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 2,538 of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · −1 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$582K/yr808K searches / yr
90-day growth
-44.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

Steel Needles for Hand Sewing against its category

The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Steel Needles for Hand Sewing is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Steel Needles for Hand Sewing market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Steel Needles for Hand Sewing 808K times last year and spent an estimated $582K. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 808K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -44.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $582K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
808K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-44.8%
Conversion, latest week
9.3%
Market size, estimated
$582Ka year
Top search term
steel needles for hand sewing180K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $7.72.

Listings sell for $7.72 on average, from $3.14 to $13.95. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At $7.72 that is $15K to $19K a year per listing.

Average price
$7.72under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.14–$13.95
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
$15K–$19K
Returns
0.5%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #33 within Sewing Notions & Supplies. It carries 905 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
1.1%
Average rank
#33in Sewing Notions & Supplies
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
905per listing
Listings tracked
18

04 · Newcomers

7 of last year's 14 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

14 products launched here in the last 12 months. 7 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
14
Successful launches
7Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Steel Needles for Hand Sewing 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 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

16 rising

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

24%

  • Brand 125%
  • Brand 221%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Steel Needles for Hand Sewing search demand

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

80K60KOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 20.3× · 10 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Steel Needles for Hand Sewing search terms shoppers use

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

  • steel needles for hand sewing180K/yr
  • stainless steel sewing needles118K/yr
  • steel sewing needles103K/yr
  • steel sewing needles for hand sewing8K/yr
  • stainless steel needles for hand sewing71K/yr
  • steel needles38K/yr
  • stainless steel needles37K/yr
  • steel needles for hand sewing kit19K/yr
  • steel sewing needles kit44K/yr
  • stainless steel sewing needle kit27K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Steel Needles for Hand Sewing

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.5%of orders come back
“Small”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”17% 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 Steel Needles for Hand Sewing questions

Answered from the same tracked data.