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16g Piercing Needle

soft demand (-14.4% this quarter) — 16g Piercing Needle doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

41
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Ranks 8,284 of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · −7 vs the category median of 48

Market size 19Growth 18Conversion 83Competition 25Returns 98Price range 43Avg price 35Brand share 46Review moat 53Quality gap 20
This niche Category average · 10,978 niches

Is 16g Piercing Needle profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, 16g Piercing Needle is a $76K/yr Amazon United States market (83K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 41/100.

16g Piercing Needle: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -14.4% over the last 90 days and 9.0% of searches end in a purchase.

$76K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-14.4%83K
Conversion rate9.0%
Avg price$10.24

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand, so 23% of the market is open.

23%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 13
Top-5 product click share70%
Open market23%
Avg brand age42 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 13 products

Sponsored placement54%
New entrants (1y)4· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews1,367

Top 16g Piercing Needle products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 70% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

$0$8K$15K$23K$31K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

13

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

17%

  • judero34%
  • BodyJ4You16%
  • YONGDA13%
  • DJCIW7%
  • Peslief7%
  • Gakonp5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 17%)

16g Piercing Needle demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume83KCVR9.0%Products13Brands11Top 5 Brands77%OOS Rate3.0%Rating4.7★Reviews1,367Avg BSR#16
2K2KSpike '26Feb '26Mar '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26

Top 16g Piercing Needle search terms shoppers use

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

  • 16g piercing needle22K/yr
  • 16 gauge piercing needle16K/yr
  • piercing needles 16g16K/yr
  • 16g needles for piercing11K/yr
  • 16 gauge needles piercing5K/yr
  • 16 g piercing needle4K/yr
  • 16g piercing needles3K/yr
  • 16 g needles for piercing3K/yr
  • piercing needle 16g3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 16g Piercing Needle

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

94% of reviews
Ease Of Use28%

Easy to use

Quality-Overall20%

Great quality and a good option for those looking for reliable piercing supplies

Value For Money15%

Good deal

Size-Overall11%

Works perfectly and I love all of the sizes that it comes with

Sharpness8%

Very sharp

What buyers complain about

84% of reviews
Size-Overall46%

they didnt even fit

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%

not what it looks like

Quality-Overall5%

Junk

Strength5%

is a little flimsy

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting5%

Ok. Love this, it just doesn't come with clear instructions on how to use it

16g Piercing Needle return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.5%

Return rate

62%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
47%
2Functionality-Overall
13%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
10%
4Defective Material/Parts
7%
5Quality-Overall
4%

Common 16g Piercing Needle questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores 16g Piercing Needle 41/100 on Amazon United States — Skip it. The niche generates $76K/yr across 13 tracked products. 1 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -14.4% over the last 90 days.
16g Piercing Needle buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Size-Overall, Advertised Vs Actual Product, Quality-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.5%.