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Root Cutter

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Root Cutter is a Fail.

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Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Ranks 6,400 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −7 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$239K/yr154K searches / yr
90-day growth
+139.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
86%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 24 sellers

Flapen Score

Root Cutter against its category

The dotted line is the Patio, Lawn & Garden average. Past it, Root Cutter is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Root Cutter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Root Cutter 154K times last year and spent an estimated $239K. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Apr–May–Jun. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 154K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +139.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $239K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
154K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+139.2%
Conversion, latest week
3.4%
Market size, estimated
$239Ka year
Peak month
May4.7× the quietest month
Top search term
root slayer shovel46K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $46.05.

Listings sell for $46.05 on average, from $17.61 to $64.93. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $46.05 that is $23K to $35K a year per listing.

Average price
$46.05inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$17.61–$64.93
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$23K–$35K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

100% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #30 within Hand Tools. It carries 6,070 reviews at 4.70 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.8%
Average rank
#30in Hand Tools
Average rating
4.70 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,070per listing
Listings tracked
9

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Root Cutter 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 86% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

3 flat

Sellers

24

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 191%
  • Brand 25%
  • Brand 34%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Root Cutter search demand

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

6K4KPrime Day '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.7×

Search terms

Top Root Cutter search terms shoppers use

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

  • root slayer shovel46K/yr
  • root slayer24K/yr
  • root shovel14K/yr
  • root cutter15K/yr
  • tree root cutter15K/yr
  • root cutting shovel8K/yr
  • root slayer shovels for gardening4K/yr
  • serrated shovel5K/yr
  • root cutter tool7K/yr
  • root assassin shovel4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Root Cutter

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
19%of negative reviews mention “Weight Heavy”
1.1%of orders come back
“Quite heavy”
A buyer, on “Weight Heavy”19% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Root Cutter questions

Answered from the same tracked data.