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Department 56 Light Cord

Fail

Demand is soft, at -32.8% this quarter, so Department 56 Light Cord is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 6,968 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · −6 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$90K/yr44K searches / yr
90-day growth
-32.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Department 56 Light Cord against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Department 56 Light Cord is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Department 56 Light Cord market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Department 56 Light Cord 44K times last year and spent an estimated $90K. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

9.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 44K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -32.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $90K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
44K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-32.8%
Conversion, latest week
9.0%
Market size, estimated
$90Ka year
Top search term
department 56 light cord8K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $22.68.

Listings sell for $22.68 on average, from $7.98 to $105.63. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $22.68 that is $2K to $6K a year per listing.

Average price
$22.68inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.98–$105.63
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$6K
Returns
2.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

46% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 17.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #538 within Light Sockets. It carries 1,228 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
46%
Prime listings
92%
Out of stock, average day
17.4%
Average rank
#538in Light Sockets
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,228per listing
Listings tracked
13

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 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Department 56 Light Cord 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 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$5K$9K$14K$18K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Department 5664%
  • Austin Coast9%
  • Creative Hobbies9%
  • NETEHA8%
  • YIMILITE5%
  • MEILUX4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Department 56 Light Cord search demand

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

6K4KHoliday '25Spike '26NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 57.6× · 9 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Department 56 Light Cord search terms shoppers use

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

  • department 56 light cord8K/yr
  • dept 56 light cords7K/yr
  • department 56 lighting system4K/yr
  • department 56 lights5K/yr
  • dept 56 lights4K/yr
  • dept 56 lights for village houses2K/yr
  • dickens village light cord2K/yr
  • single bulb light cord for christmas village house3K/yr
  • dept 56 replacement cords3K/yr
  • department 56 replacement parts3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Department 56 Light Cord

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

22%of positive reviews mention “Advertised Vs Actual Product”
25%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
2.6%of orders come back
“Does not work”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”25% 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.

20 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Department 56 Light Cord questions

Answered from the same tracked data.