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Tattoo Needles

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.3% of orders. But demand is soft, at -9.9% this quarter, so Tattoo Needles is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 14% of 10,978 Beauty & Personal Care niches · +9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$1.9M/yr2.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 17 sellers

Flapen Score

Tattoo Needles against its category

The dotted line is the Beauty & Personal Care average. Past it, Tattoo Needles is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Tattoo Needles market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Tattoo Needles 2.3M times last year and spent an estimated $1.9M. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

4.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.9M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.9%
Conversion, latest week
4.5%
Market size, estimated
$1.9Ma year
Peak month
January1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
tattoo needles1.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $19.38.

Listings sell for $19.38 on average, from $7.16 to $49.20. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At $19.38 that is $78K to $97K a year per listing.

Average price
$19.38inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.16–$49.20
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
$78K–$97K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

29% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #29 within Piercing & Tattoo Supplies. It carries 1,282 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
29%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
2.0%
Average rank
#29in Piercing & Tattoo Supplies
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,282per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 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
46 months

Products

Top Tattoo Needles products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$97K$195K$292K$389K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

17

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

17%

  • Wormhole Tattoo24%
  • POSEIDON22%
  • SUMPIGGER14%
  • Vidattx10%
  • MAST TATTOO8%
  • EZTAT26%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 17%)

Demand

Tattoo Needles search demand

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

50K30KBlack Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Tattoo Needles search terms shoppers use

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

  • tattoo needles1.1M/yr
  • tattoo needle cartridge210K/yr
  • tattoo cartridge needles231K/yr
  • agujas para tatuajes119K/yr
  • wormhole tattoo cartridge needles87K/yr
  • tattoo cartridges80K/yr
  • tattoo needles cartridges71K/yr
  • wormhole tattoo needles50K/yr
  • tattoo needle38K/yr
  • cartuchos para tatuar35K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tattoo Needles

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Quality-Overall34%+1.82

Horrible horrible quality

Garbage

Trash products

Value For Money10%

NOT WORTH THE MONEY

Don't pay for same day

it's a waste of money

Jamming/Clogging7%−0.04

They are loose in the tubes and wobble

Jam up and just not easy to work with

Ink flow is a nightmare – constant spitting and clogging

Functionality-Overall5%−0.04

They dont work I want my money back

they just would not work well

Size-Overall5%+0.55

they just don't fit securely

Won't fit my machine – feels loose and wobbles

While that doesn't bother me personally much others may end up frustrated over them not being easy to determine sizes

Love

Quality-Overall38%+1.82

Excellent product

appeared consistent in quality throughout the assortment

The build quality is great

Value For Money18%

Great deal

less expensive

Fair price

Ease Of Use8%+0.99

Easy to use

Great for beginners

easy to work with

Advertised Vs Actual Product8%+0.39

True to the picture

are exactly as advertised

As described

Size-Overall7%+0.55

Good fit

Seems to fit easily

The cartridges fit securely

Return

0.3% Return rate 51% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall35%█▆▆█▇▇

they just don't fit securely

Won't fit my machine – feels loose and wobbles

While that doesn't bother me personally much others may end up frustrated over them not being easy to determine sizes

Defective Material/Parts14%▅▅▅▆▄█
Advertised Vs Actual Product12%▆▆▄▄█▂

Not as shown

Definitely not the same

Functionality-Overall9%▃█▆▇▃▃

They dont work I want my money back

they just would not work well

Quality-Overall7%▃▂█▅▃▅

Horrible horrible quality

Garbage

Trash products

FAQ

Common Tattoo Needles questions

Answered from the same tracked data.