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Folding Scalpel Knife

Maybe

Products sell for $24.09 on average, inside the sweet spot. But buyers convert on only 2.0% of searches, so Folding Scalpel 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
$137K/yr289K searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
37%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Folding Scalpel Knife against its category

The dotted line is the Tools & Home Improvement average. Past it, Folding Scalpel 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 Folding Scalpel Knife market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Folding Scalpel Knife 289K times last year and spent an estimated $137K. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–Jul. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

2.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 289K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $137K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
289K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.7%
Conversion, latest week
2.0%
Market size, estimated
$137Ka year
Peak month
July4.4× the quietest month
Top search term
otf utility knife67K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $24.09.

Listings sell for $24.09 on average, from $7.98 to $78.94. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $24.09 that is $2K to $6K a year per listing.

Average price
$24.09inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.98–$78.94
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
1.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 98% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #375 within Knives, Parts & Accessories. It carries 338 reviews at 4.30 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
98%
Out of stock, average day
5.5%
Average rank
#375in Knives, Parts & Accessories
Average rating
4.30 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
338per listing
Listings tracked
47

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 5 of last year's 16 launches as successful.

16 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 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
16
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Folding Scalpel 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 only 37% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$5K$11K$16K$22K101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

37%

Top 20: 73%

Open market

18%

  • Caressolove55%
  • OLITANS8%
  • TGZUO8%
  • cobratecknives4%
  • Tops Home4%
  • COOL PARD EDC3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (12 brands, 18%)

Demand

Folding Scalpel Knife search demand

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

8K6KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Apr, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.4×

Search terms

Top Folding Scalpel Knife search terms shoppers use

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

  • otf utility knife67K/yr
  • automatic utility knife29K/yr
  • folding scalpel knife36K/yr
  • scalpel pocket knife25K/yr
  • otf box cutter20K/yr
  • otf scalpel14K/yr
  • folding scalpel14K/yr
  • otf scalpel knife16K/yr
  • caressolove automatic utility knife7K/yr
  • otf razor knife9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Folding Scalpel Knife

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

17%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
21%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
1.3%of orders come back
“Fell apart”
A buyer, on “Durability”21% 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 Folding Scalpel Knife questions

Answered from the same tracked data.