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Yard Stick

Fail

The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so Yard Stick is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 6,173 of 9,536 Tools & Home Improvement niches · −4 vs the category median of 48
Market size
$487K/yr419K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
88%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 71 sellers

Flapen Score

Yard Stick against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Yard Stick market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Yard Stick 419K times last year and spent an estimated $487K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

9.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 419K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $487K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
419K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.4%
Conversion, latest week
9.6%
Market size, estimated
$487Ka year
Peak month
August1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
yard stick220K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $12.11.

Listings sell for $12.11 on average, from $6.86 to $19.56. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At $12.11 that is $12K to $15K a year per listing.

Average price
$12.11under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.86–$19.56
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
$12K–$15K
Returns
1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 12.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #701 within Measuring & Layout Tools. It carries 964 reviews at 4.48 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
12.3%
Average rank
#701in Measuring & Layout Tools
Average rating
4.48 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
964per listing
Listings tracked
8

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Yard Stick 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 88% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$73K$146K$219K$292K1001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

71

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Westcott70%
  • QWORK12%
  • Dritz7%
  • Binzer5%
  • fisima4%
  • LEARNING ADVANTAGE3%

Demand

Yard Stick search demand

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

10K6KSpike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Yard Stick search terms shoppers use

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

  • yard stick220K/yr
  • yardstick68K/yr
  • yard stick 36 inch33K/yr
  • yard stick 48 inch6K/yr
  • yardsticks 36 inches wood13K/yr
  • yard stick wooden17K/yr
  • wooden yard stick8K/yr
  • yard stick ruler5K/yr
  • plastic yard stick5K/yr
  • wooden yard stick 36 inch5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Yard Stick

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Advertised Vs Actual Product”
26%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
1.1%of orders come back
“Breaks easily”
A buyer, on “Durability”26% 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 Yard Stick questions

Answered from the same tracked data.