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Axe Sharpener

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But demand is soft, at -3.9% this quarter, so Axe Sharpener is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 24% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +6 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$340K/yr251K searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 86 sellers

Flapen Score

Axe Sharpener against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Axe Sharpener is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Axe Sharpener market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Axe Sharpener 251K times last year and spent an estimated $340K. The top 5 brands take 71% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 251K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $340K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
251K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.9%
Conversion, latest week
5.6%
Market size, estimated
$340Ka year
Peak month
December1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
axe sharpener97K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $23.98.

Listings sell for $23.98 on average, from $7.45 to $98.68. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $23.98 that is $12K to $18K a year per listing.

Average price
$23.98inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.45–$98.68
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$12K–$18K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #247 within Sharpening Stones. It carries 3,583 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
4.2%
Average rank
#247in Sharpening Stones
Average rating
4.56 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
3,583per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 60 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
60 months

Products

Top Axe Sharpener 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 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$14K$27K$41K$54K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 rising

Sellers

86

Top-5 brand share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

24%

  • SHARPAL25%
  • Sharp Pebble19%
  • DDF iohEF14%
  • Lansky9%
  • Angerstone5%
  • NedFoss5%

Demand

Axe Sharpener search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Holiday '24Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Axe Sharpener search terms shoppers use

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

  • axe sharpener97K/yr
  • machete sharpener37K/yr
  • axe sharpening stone21K/yr
  • hatchet sharpener14K/yr
  • ax sharpener8K/yr
  • sharpening puck13K/yr
  • lansky sharpening stones10K/yr
  • machete sharpener tool6K/yr
  • axe sharpening puck8K/yr
  • axe sharpening kit4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Axe Sharpener

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

32%of positive reviews mention “Sharpness”
27%of negative reviews mention “Sharpness”
0.8%of orders come back
“Will not sharp”
A buyer, on “Sharpness”27% 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 Axe Sharpener questions

Answered from the same tracked data.