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Waxed Thread

Maybe

An estimated 1.4% of orders come back. But the products selling today already average 4.6★, so Waxed Thread is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 19% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +7 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$175K/yr346K searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
34%top-5 click share · 32 brands · 47 sellers

Flapen Score

Waxed Thread against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Waxed Thread market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Waxed Thread 346K times last year and spent an estimated $175K. The top 5 brands take 54% of clicks. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 346K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $175K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
346K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.9%
Market size, estimated
$175Ka year
Peak month
May1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
waxed thread75K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $10.30.

Listings sell for $10.30 on average, from $5.16 to $25.62. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $10.30 that is $3K to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$10.30under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.16–$25.62
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$5K
Returns
1.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #138 within Thread & Floss. It carries 1,710 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
2.0%
Average rank
#138in Thread & Floss
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,710per listing
Listings tracked
47

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 54 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
54 months

Products

Top Waxed Thread products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 20, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 34% of clicks, no more. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$5K$11K$16K$21K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

32 rising

Sellers

47

Est. top-5 brand share

54%

Top 20: 89%

Est. top-5 click share

34%

Top 20: 71%

Open market

41%

  • BUTUZE28%
  • Kraftex8%
  • JUPEAN7%
  • MORFEN6%
  • FANDOL5%
  • JANYUN4%

Demand

Waxed Thread search demand

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

7K5KPrime Day '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Waxed Thread search terms shoppers use

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

  • waxed thread75K/yr
  • waxed cord28K/yr
  • wax thread27K/yr
  • waxed thread for leather29K/yr
  • waxed linen thread26K/yr
  • leather thread31K/yr
  • leather sewing thread18K/yr
  • wax cord10K/yr
  • waxed twine11K/yr
  • leather thread for hand sewing12K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Waxed Thread

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

20%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
10%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
1.4%of orders come back
“I'm not really impressed with the quality it seems a little bit thinner than my other ones”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”10% 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 Waxed Thread questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data