chinese sword
Worth a lookShows a thin review moat (84 avg reviews), but weak search conversion (0.6%) keeps it on the watch list.
Review moat
Incredible83.78avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Competition
Great23%top-5 click share — an open shelf
Brand share
Great50%top-5 brand share — no brand owns this niche
Avg price
Great$88.01avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Quality gap
Good4.3★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Returns
Okay4.3%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Price range
Okay$9.06–$265.29cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Growth
Bad-9.6%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad$75K$75K/yr · 138K searches
Conversion
Bad0.6%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, chinese sword is a $75K/yr Amazon United States market (138K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 50% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.
Data updated Jul 25, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
chinese sword market data
- Units sold / yr
- 1K–1K
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- $88K–$110K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 0.6%
- Avg BSR
- #4,068
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 80%
- Sponsored
- 74%
- Out of stock
- 4.1%
- Avg brand age
- 62 months
- Avg seller age
- 196 days
Competition & brand share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (23% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.Brands
34 falling
Sellers
54
Top-5 brand share
50%
Top 20: 89%
Top-5 click share
23%
Top 20: 56%
Open market
45%
- Loong sword20%
- XUAN LU TANG12%
- SJ SHI JIAN8%
- MASTER USA6%
- Simple polymer5%
- SHEN GUANG LONG5%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -9.6% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Top chinese sword search terms
- chinese sword46K/yr
- tai chi sword33K/yr
- jian sword19K/yr
- dao sword10K/yr
- chinese broadsword6K/yr
- chinese weapons5K/yr
- chinese war sword5K/yr
- chinese sword real5K/yr
- chinese swords5K/yr
- chinese dao sword4K/yr
Top chinese sword 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 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Chinese Han Sword Polypropylene Long Sword with high Toughness Training Samurai Knife Training Sword(Chinese Dragon Pattern Han Sword)
XUAN LU TANG$35.684.5★26 rev
Simple polymer Telescopic Retractable Sword Kung Fu Taichi Chinese Sword Practice Performing Magic Sword Halloween Role Play
Simple polymer$11.713.9★55 rev
Tai Chi Scalable Training Sword with Storage Cloth Pouch
Eintly$9.062.8★12 rev
Tai Chi Sword 99cm/38.9inch High Elasticity Plastic Plastic Sword Martial Arts Polypropylene Training Katana Practice with Scabbard (Red Hanging Tassel)
XUAN LU TANG$34.194.9★16 rev
OYZ Katana Sword Japanese Samurai Sword 1095 High Carbon Steel Katana Handmade Chinese Sword Folded Steel
OYZ$93.894.6★262 rev
Newest
by launch date
Wooden Tai Chi Training Tool Bamboo Flow Practice for Balance Coordination & Mindfulness Lightweight Movement Tool for Mobility & Body Control
TAI CHI BALANCE$64.741 rev
LOONGSWORD DragonPhoenix Chinese Sword HandForged HighManganese Steel Hollow-Etched Blade & Alloy Dragon/Phoenix Guard Wooden Scabbard Martial Arts & Display Collectible
Loong sword$110.412 rev
SHEN GUANG LONG Real Handmade Premium Tai Chi Sword Stainless Steel Blade Rosewood Scabbard Full Tang Martial Arts Practice Sword with Sheath and Bag Engraving Available (31 Inches #5)
SHEN GUANG LONG$165.9911 rev
Master USA Polymer Training Equipment Black Polypropylene Blade Martial Arts Training Gear Rounded Tip- Practice Cosplay (472 Black)
MASTER USA$29.401 rev
LOONGSWORD Kangxi Dao Sword 40.75 | Hand-Forged Gold-Tint High Manganese Steel Blade | Yellow Faux-Leather Wood Scabbard | Qing Dynasty Style | Martial Arts & Display Sword
Loong sword$107.370 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumWooden Tai Chi Training Tool Bamboo Flow Practice for Balance Coordination & Mindfulness Lightweight Movement Tool for Mobility & Body Control
TAI CHI BALANCE$64.744.0★
LOONGSWORD Kangxi Dao Sword 40.75 | Hand-Forged Gold-Tint High Manganese Steel Blade | Yellow Faux-Leather Wood Scabbard | Qing Dynasty Style | Martial Arts & Display Sword
Loong sword$107.370.0★
PS 36 Inch Tai Chi Chinese Training Sword Indoor and Outdoor Practice Tool Swordplay Training Accessory Cosplay Costume Prop Gift Item with Nylon Sheath
Pacific Solution$18.263.9★
LOONGSWORD DragonPhoenix Chinese Sword HandForged HighManganese Steel Hollow-Etched Blade & Alloy Dragon/Phoenix Guard Wooden Scabbard Martial Arts & Display Collectible
Loong sword$110.415.0★
Chinese Sword Tang Dynasty Dao Carbon Steel Straight Blade Sharp Katana Dragon Pattern Sheath
SJ SHI JIAN$118.544.1★
What buyers say about chinese sword
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Excellent build quality”
“For a cheap blade it's good”
“Definitely balanced for cutting”
“Perfectly balanced”
“Like an excellent replica done in shiny black plastic”
“The design looks fantastic”
“durable”
“exactly as you expect”
“Pretty good for practicing”
“Fun item”
What buyers complain about
“Cheap”
“Cut two banana trees and one papaya and handle plastic cracked and broke”
“the smallest is hardest to take out”
“Rusted first day”
“Missing display”
“only downside is the sheath could have been done better however not really an issue considering it design”
“Good blade bad handle”
“Plastic handle is too hard for the spring of the blade”
“just know it's kinda flimsy”
“Straight up plastic”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is chinese sword profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $75K/yr across 76 tracked products. 0 of 5 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -9.6%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (50/100).
- How competitive is the chinese sword niche?
- 34 brands and 54 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 23% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 50% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in chinese sword?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Quality-Overall, Durability, Ease Of Use. The return rate is 4.3%.
- When does demand for chinese sword peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the chinese sword niche?
- Listings span $9.06–$265.29; the average listing price is $88.01 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 84 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.