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Zipstitch

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $13K a year here, so Zipstitch is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 7,720 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$13K/yr29K searches / yr
90-day growth
+33.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 17 sellers

Flapen Score

Zipstitch against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Zipstitch is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Zipstitch market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Zipstitch 29K times last year and spent an estimated $13K. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jul–Aug–Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 29K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +33.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $13K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
29K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+33.7%
Conversion, latest week
2.4%
Market size, estimated
$13Ka year
Peak month
August10.1× the quietest month
Top search term
zipstitch26K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $19.40.

Listings sell for $19.40 on average, from $7.70 to $44.42. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $19.40 that is $0 to $2K a year per listing.

Average price
$19.40inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.70–$44.42
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$2K
Returns
0.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

96% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #545 within Bandages & Bandaging Supplies. It carries 839 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
96%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
8.4%
Average rank
#545in Bandages & Bandaging Supplies
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
839per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

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

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. 5 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Zipstitch 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

16 rising

Sellers

17

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

18%

  • Brand 122%
  • Brand 216%
  • Brand 316%
  • Brand 411%
  • Brand 59%
  • Brand 68%

Demand

Zipstitch search demand

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

10K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jul, Aug, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 10.1×

Search terms

Top Zipstitch search terms shoppers use

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

  • zipstitch26K/yr
  • zipstich2K/yr
  • zipstitch wound closure device546/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Zipstitch

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

22%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
33%of negative reviews mention “Adhesion/Stickiness”
0.6%of orders come back
“Adhesion isn't great”
A buyer, on “Adhesion/Stickiness”33% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Zipstitch questions

Answered from the same tracked data.