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Putty Knife

Fail

Prices span $3.22–$13.85, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Putty Knife is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 4,568 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · on the category median
Market size
$964K/yr858K searches / yr
90-day growth
+7.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
78%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 23 sellers

Flapen Score

Putty Knife against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Putty Knife market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Putty Knife 858K times last year and spent an estimated $964K. The top 5 brands take 78% of clicks. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

15.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 858K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +7.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $964K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
858K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+7.5%
Conversion, latest week
15.7%
Market size, estimated
$964Ka year
Peak month
May1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
putty knife447K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $7.16.

Listings sell for $7.16 on average, from $3.22 to $13.85. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 125K to 150K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At $7.16 that is $43K to $57K a year per listing.

Average price
$7.16under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$3.22–$13.85
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
125K–150K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
$43K–$57K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

93% 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 #25 within Painting Supplies & Tools. It carries 2,159 reviews at 4.68 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
93%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#25in Painting Supplies & Tools
Average rating
4.68 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,159per listing
Listings tracked
15

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 51 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
51 months

Products

Top Putty 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 78% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$96K$193K$289K$386K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

16%

  • Rerdeim24%
  • Amazon Basics18%
  • Smafixt15%
  • Beyotool13%
  • Cnnzdo8%
  • Harniruco6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 16%)

Demand

Putty Knife search demand

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

20K15KPrime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Putty Knife search terms shoppers use

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

  • putty knife447K/yr
  • putty knife set63K/yr
  • spackle knife57K/yr
  • espatulas para construccion61K/yr
  • putty knives38K/yr
  • spackle tool34K/yr
  • espatulas para pintor34K/yr
  • putty scraper15K/yr
  • metal putty knife11K/yr
  • small putty knife14K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Putty Knife

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

28%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
19%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.9%of orders come back
“Poor quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”19% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Putty Knife questions

Answered from the same tracked data.