Is Box Cutter profitable to sell on Amazon United States?

Flapen scores Box Cutter 63 out of 100 on Amazon United States, a Maybe. Shoppers spend $8.3M a year across 36 tracked products. Amazon counts 2 of the 2 products launched in the last year as successful launches. Search demand grew +3.3% in the last 90 days.

How competitive is the Box Cutter niche on Amazon United States?

20 brands and 66 sellers compete in Box Cutter on Amazon United States. The top 5 Box Cutter products take 48% of clicks, and the top 5 brands take 65%.

What do buyers complain about in Box Cutter?

Box Cutter buyers on Amazon United States complain most about Quality-Overall, Durability, and Ease Of Use. Returns run at 1.0% of orders.

When does demand for Box Cutter peak?

Search demand for Box Cutter on Amazon United States is steady all year. The busiest month runs 1.2× the quietest.

What does it cost to enter the Box Cutter niche?

Box Cutter sells for $11.73 on average on Amazon United States, outside the $15 to $100 sweet spot. Listings run $4.71 to $39.38. The average product has 2,967 reviews, the count a new listing must catch up to.

Box Cutter

Maybe

Shoppers spend $8.3M a year here. But the products selling today already average 4.6★, so Box Cutter is a Maybe.

Flapen Score: 63
63 / 100Top 4% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +15 vs the category median of 48
Market size: $8.3M/yr8.3M searches / yr
90-day growth: +3.3%search demand this quarter
Competition: 48%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 66 sellers

Flapen Score

Box Cutter against its category

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

63Maybe

This niche Category average

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Market

The Box Cutter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Box Cutter 8.3M times last year and spent an estimated $8.3M. The top 5 brands take 65% of clicks. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 8.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +3.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $8.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months: 8.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90: +3.3%
Conversion, latest week: 8.5%
Market size, estimated: $8.3Ma year
Peak month: December1.2× the quietest month
Top search term: box cutter3.1M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $11.73.

Listings sell for $11.73 on average, from $4.71 to $39.38. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 600K to 800K a year. The average listing sells 15,000 to 20,000 of them. At $11.73 that is $176K to $235K a year per listing.

Average price: $11.73under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range: $4.71–$39.38
Amazon United States median price: $24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year: 600K–800K
Units per listing a year: 15,000–20,000
Revenue per listing a year: $176K–$235K
Returns: 1.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #39 within Knives, Parts & Accessories. It carries 2,967 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings: 94%
Prime listings: 100%
Out of stock, average day: 0.0%
Average rank: #39in Knives, Parts & Accessories
Average rating: 4.58 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews: 2,967per listing
Listings tracked: 36

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 53 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months: 2
Successful launches: 2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age: 53 months

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