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Thimble

Maybe

An estimated 0.9% of orders come back. But prices span $3.40–$15.90, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Thimble 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
$366K/yr580K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 21 brands · 75 sellers

Flapen Score

Thimble against its category

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

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

Market

The Thimble market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Thimble 580K times last year and spent an estimated $366K. The top 5 brands take 67% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 580K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $366K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
580K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.4%
Conversion, latest week
8.0%
Market size, estimated
$366Ka year
Peak month
January1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
thimble169K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $7.85.

Listings sell for $7.85 on average, from $3.40 to $15.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $7.85 that is $12K to $16K a year per listing.

Average price
$7.85under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.40–$15.90
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
50K–60K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$12K–$16K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

84% 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 #20 within Sewing Notions & Supplies. It carries 916 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#20in Sewing Notions & Supplies
Average rating
4.35 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
916per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 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 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Thimble 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 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

21 falling

Sellers

75

Top-5 brand share

67%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 88%

Open market

29%

  • Brand 132%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 38%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Thimble search demand

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

13K8KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Thimble search terms shoppers use

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

  • thimble169K/yr
  • thimbles for hand sewing175K/yr
  • thimbles41K/yr
  • sewing thimble22K/yr
  • thimbles for hand embroidery29K/yr
  • finger protectors for sewing19K/yr
  • thimbles for hand quilting17K/yr
  • sewing finger protector16K/yr
  • sewing thimbles for hand sewing13K/yr
  • thimble pads for hand sewing11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Thimble

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

15%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
35%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.9%of orders come back
“Too Big”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”35% 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 Thimble questions

Answered from the same tracked data.