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Whittling

Maybe

Products sell for $26.79 on average, inside the sweet spot. But demand is soft, at -14.5% this quarter, so Whittling is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
50
50 / 100
Top 30% of 4,656 Arts, Crafts & Sewing niches · +4 vs the category median of 46
Market size
$206K/yr170K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 18 sellers

Flapen Score

Whittling against its category

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

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Whittling market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Whittling 170K times last year and spent an estimated $206K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 170K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $206K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
170K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.5%
Conversion, latest week
4.5%
Market size, estimated
$206Ka year
Peak month
December6.9× the quietest month
Top search term
widdle kit27K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $26.79.

Listings sell for $26.79 on average, from $10.14 to $59.45. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $26.79 that is $7K to $13K a year per listing.

Average price
$26.79inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$10.14–$59.45
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$7K–$13K
Returns
1.3%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, 10.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #55 within Woodcrafts. It carries 501 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
10.2%
Average rank
#55in Woodcrafts
Average rating
4.57 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
501per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

7 of last year's 12 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

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

Products

Top Whittling 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

18

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

9%

  • Brand 136%
  • Brand 225%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 65%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 9%)

Demand

Whittling search demand

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

25K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.9×

Search terms

Top Whittling search terms shoppers use

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

  • widdle kit27K/yr
  • whittling kit for beginners28K/yr
  • wood carving kit for beginners29K/yr
  • whittling kit for kids21K/yr
  • wood widdle kit adult11K/yr
  • wood carving kit for kids14K/yr
  • whittle kit9K/yr
  • kids whittling kit11K/yr
  • beginner wood carving kit8K/yr
  • wood whittling kit for beginners7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Whittling

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

22%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
13%of negative reviews mention “Wood Quality”
1.3%of orders come back
“I have complaints about the wood”
A buyer, on “Wood Quality”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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Whittling questions

Answered from the same tracked data.