sickle
Worth a lookShows beatable incumbent ratings (4.0★), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.
Quality gap
Incredible4.0★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Growth
Incredible+122.6%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Avg price
Incredible$30.25avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Returns
Great1.1%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Price range
Great$9.77–$100.86cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Review moat
Good1,023.74avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Market size
Good$311K$311K/yr · 361K searches
Brand share
Okay78%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Competition
Okay60%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Conversion
Okay2.9%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, sickle is a $311K/yr Amazon United States market (361K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug. Verdict: Worth a look — 68/100.
Data updated Jul 9, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
sickle market data
- Units sold / yr
- 10K–13K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- $303K–$378K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 2.9%
- Avg BSR
- #247
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 84%
- Out of stock
- 1.8%
- Avg brand age
- 47 months
- Avg seller age
- 173 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
13 falling
Sellers
55
Top-5 brand share
78%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
60%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
17%
- Truper43%
- Walensee14%
- TOYPOPOR8%
- Zenport7%
- YEELOR5%
- 正清5%
- Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 17%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +122.6% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×
Top sickle search terms
- sickle113K/yr
- scythe tool43K/yr
- sickle garden tool42K/yr
- scythe grass cutter12K/yr
- scythes13K/yr
- guadaa22K/yr
- hand sickle14K/yr
- grass sickle13K/yr
- garden sickle10K/yr
- sickle knife15K/yr
Top sickle products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 19 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Truper Serrated Grass Sickle 16 High-Carbon Steel Blade Lightweight Wooden Handle Hand Scythe for Manual Harvesting and Weed Clearing (Model 15120)
Truper$19.714.4★314 rev
TRUPER HP-1 Serrated Grass Hooks 18 (46cm) 12 (30cm)
Truper$25.964.4★314 rev
Walensee Grass Whip Scythe with Double-Edged Serrated Sharp Steel Blade Grass Cutter with Soft Rubber 22-Inch Handle Cut Tall Grass and Overgrown Weeds in The Yard Fields and Ditches Black 1 Pack
Walensee$25.503.7★1,567 rev
YEELOR Weeding Sickle Serrated & Plain-Edged Combined Steel Scythe 51-Inch Adjustable Long Handle Lightweight Long-Handled Garden Sickle Tool for Gardens Yards Fields & Overgrown Areas
YEELOR$24.674.0★557 rev
Zenport K310 Brush Clearing Sickle with 9-Inch Carbon Steel Blade and 9-Inch Aluminum Handle - Gardening/Landscaping Hand Sickle with Grip
Zenport$23.754.6★3,811 rev
Newest
by launch date
20 Scythe Tool for Grass Cutting Unique Curved Stainless Steel Pole Adjustable Dual-hand Grip Professional-Grade Blade for Clearing Bushes Vines Fields Ditches Paths Landscaping 61in.
VEKSICY$100.8633 rev
Walensee 48-Inch Grass Whip with Long Handle Scythe with Double-Edged Serrated Steel Blade Soft Rubber Grip Cut Tall Grass and Overgrown Weeds in The Yard Fields and Ditches Black 1 Pack
Walensee$29.761,567 rev
YOUWEIAN Traditional Scythe with 23.2-Inch Blade 65 Manganese Steel S-Shaped Wooden Handle Manual Grass Cutting Garden Tool
YOUWEIAN$55.589 rev
27 Scythe for Grass Cutting with 27 Steel Blade & 62 Handle Wide-Area High-Efficiency Manual Weeding Farming Tall Grass Cutting Long Scythe Tool for YardLawn Care Weed Trimming with Stone
CGENWDCH$59.6111 rev
ROLKAR Scythe Tool for Grass Cutting Weeding Sickle Garden Tools for Clearing Bushes Brush Vines in Yard Fields Ditches Paths Landscaping Weed Razor Cutter Machete for Farming Harvesting
ROLKAR$49.7423 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumYOUWEIAN Traditional Scythe with 23.2-Inch Blade 65 Manganese Steel S-Shaped Wooden Handle Manual Grass Cutting Garden Tool
YOUWEIAN$55.581.8★
Walensee 48-Inch Grass Whip with Long Handle Scythe with Double-Edged Serrated Steel Blade Soft Rubber Grip Cut Tall Grass and Overgrown Weeds in The Yard Fields and Ditches Black 1 Pack
Walensee$29.763.7★
20 Scythe Tool for Grass Cutting Unique Curved Stainless Steel Pole Adjustable Dual-hand Grip Professional-Grade Blade for Clearing Bushes Vines Fields Ditches Paths Landscaping 61in.
VEKSICY$100.863.2★
27 Scythe for Grass Cutting with 27 Steel Blade & 62 Handle Wide-Area High-Efficiency Manual Weeding Farming Tall Grass Cutting Long Scythe Tool for YardLawn Care Weed Trimming with Stone
CGENWDCH$59.612.8★
TOYPOPOR Japanese Weeding Sickle Hoe 11 Gardening Hand Weeder Nejiri Kama Blade Tool Digging Cutting Weed Remover High-Carbon Steel One-Piece Molding with Wood Handle Very Sharp Edge Quick Work
TOYPOPOR$11.964.5★
What buyers say about sickle
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“easy to put together”
“this will be perfect for trimming”
“Excellent product”
“Good for the price”
“Lightweight, easy to use”
“it never breaks or slows down”
“This Grass Whip appears sturdy enough not to bend or weaken from use, so far”
“Assembly is straightforward”
“Does as advertised”
“Sharper than I expected too”
What buyers complain about
“To small”
“not durable”
“Does not cut”
“Wrong parts/ difficult assembly”
“Poor Quality”
“Didn't do the job”
“Kinda misleading description”
“Rusts horribly”
“Unfortunately is is flimsy”
“a little bit more bulky than a previous one I had”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is sickle profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $311K/yr across 19 tracked products. 4 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +122.6%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (68/100).
- How competitive is the sickle niche?
- 13 brands and 55 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 60% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 78% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in sickle?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Size-Overall, Durability, Cutting/Trimming. The return rate is 1.1%.
- When does demand for sickle peak?
- Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug; the busiest month runs 3.1× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the sickle niche?
- Listings span $9.77–$100.86; the average listing price is $30.25 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,024 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.