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Raptor Shears

Maybe

Returns run at only 1.0% of orders. But the products selling today already average 4.7★, so Raptor Shears is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 21% of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · +7 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$894K/yr496K searches / yr
90-day growth
+9.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
56%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 20 sellers

Flapen Score

Raptor Shears against its category

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

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Raptor Shears market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Raptor Shears 496K times last year and spent an estimated $894K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

3.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 496K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 3.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +9.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $894K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
496K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+9.2%
Conversion, latest week
3.7%
Market size, estimated
$894Ka year
Peak month
December1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
leatherman raptor54K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $48.31.

Listings sell for $48.31 on average, from $8.56 to $90.53. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $48.31 that is $12K to $24K a year per listing.

Average price
$48.31inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.56–$90.53
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
$12K–$24K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

92% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #68 within Scissors & Shears. It carries 1,284 reviews at 4.70 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
92%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
9.9%
Average rank
#68in Scissors & Shears
Average rating
4.70 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,284per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 7 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 7 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 48 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
7Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
48 months

Products

Top Raptor Shears 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$89K$179K$268K$358K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 falling

Sellers

20

Top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

8%

  • Leatherman62%
  • X.I. Products11%
  • Lemasa8%
  • Gymsire5%
  • Generic3%
  • OrbitShell2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 8%)

Demand

Raptor Shears search demand

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

15K10KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Raptor Shears search terms shoppers use

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

  • leatherman raptor54K/yr
  • trauma shears foldable71K/yr
  • raptor shears57K/yr
  • raptor trauma shears39K/yr
  • leatherman raptor shears36K/yr
  • raptors27K/yr
  • foldable trauma shears33K/yr
  • folding trauma shears30K/yr
  • tactical scissors31K/yr
  • leatherman shears22K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Raptor Shears

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

23%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
14%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
1.0%of orders come back
“Quality control is poor”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”14% 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 Raptor Shears questions

Answered from the same tracked data.