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Drywall Knife

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.8% of orders. But demand is soft, at -16.0% this quarter, so Drywall Knife is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 15% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +9 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$380K/yr347K searches / yr
90-day growth
-16.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 27 brands · 106 sellers

Flapen Score

Drywall Knife against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Drywall Knife market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Drywall Knife 347K times last year and spent an estimated $380K. The top 5 brands take 58% of clicks. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 347K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $380K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
347K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-16.0%
Conversion, latest week
5.7%
Market size, estimated
$380Ka year
Peak month
September1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
drywall knife128K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $19.26.

Listings sell for $19.26 on average, from $4.86 to $93.95. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $19.26 that is $5K to $10K a year per listing.

Average price
$19.26inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.86–$93.95
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$5K–$10K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

68% 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 #137 within Handsaws. It carries 2,734 reviews at 4.56 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
68%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#137in Handsaws
Average rating
4.56 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,734per listing
Listings tracked
34

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Drywall Knife 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 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$15K$30K$46K$61K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

27 falling

Sellers

106

Top-5 brand share

58%

Top 20: 94%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

38%

  • IRWIN23%
  • Goldblatt13%
  • IVY Classic8%
  • Ayoii8%
  • KATA5%
  • WORKPRO4%

Demand

Drywall Knife search demand

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

9K7KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Drywall Knife search terms shoppers use

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

  • drywall knife128K/yr
  • navajas para drywall78K/yr
  • sheetrock knife28K/yr
  • navaja para drywall16K/yr
  • fixed blade utility knife14K/yr
  • cuchillas para drywall18K/yr
  • drywall blade13K/yr
  • drywall utility knife10K/yr
  • dry wall knife9K/yr
  • drywall knife cutter6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Drywall Knife

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

21%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
20%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.8%of orders come back
“Junk quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”20% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Drywall Knife questions

Answered from the same tracked data.