Thread
PassThread scores 66 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $3.0M a year here, demand is soft, at -2.7% this quarter, and an estimated 1.0% of orders come back.
- Flapen Score
- 66 / 100Top 1% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +20 vs the category median of 4666
- Market size
- $3.0M/yr3.1M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -2.7%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 33%top-5 click share · 37 brands · 117 sellers
Flapen Score
Thread against its category
The dotted line is the Arts, Crafts & Sewing average. Past it, Thread is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Thread market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Thread 3.1M times last year and spent an estimated $3.0M. The top 5 brands take 48% of clicks. Flapen scores it 66 out of 100, a Pass.
01 · Demand
An estimated 5.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 3.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 5.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $3.0M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 3.1M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -2.7%
- Conversion, latest week
- 5.8%
- Market size, estimated
- $3.0Ma year
- Peak month
- January1.3× the quietest month
- Top search term
- sewing thread588K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $16.51.
Listings sell for $16.51 on average, from $3.86 to $58.04. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At $16.51 that is $41K to $50K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $16.51inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $3.86–$58.04
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 150K–200K
- Units per listing a year
- 2,500–3,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- $41K–$50K
- Returns
- 1.0%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, 0.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #123 within Thread & Floss. It carries 4,448 reviews at 4.61 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 86%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.4%
- Average rank
- #123in Thread & Floss
- Average rating
- 4.61 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 4,448per listing
- Listings tracked
- 58
04 · Newcomers
6 of last year's 8 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
8 products launched here in the last 12 months. 6 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 8
- Successful launches
- 6Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 52 months
Products
Top Thread 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 33% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
37 rising
Sellers
117
Top-5 brand share
48%
Top 20: 87%
Top-5 click share
33%
Top 20: 72%
Open market
47%
- Brand 122%
- Brand 29%
- Brand 36%
- Brand 46%
- Brand 55%
- Brand 64%
Demand
Thread search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Search terms
Top Thread search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- sewing thread588K/yr
- thread for sewing482K/yr
- thread411K/yr
- gutermann sewing thread227K/yr
- sewing machine thread176K/yr
- thread for sewing machine176K/yr
- gutermann thread103K/yr
- cotton thread100K/yr
- sewing thread & floss99K/yr
- hilos para coser a maquina63K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Thread
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Inconsistent quality”
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.
15 topics
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