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expansion valve

Worth a look

Shows demand growing +149.5% this quarter, but high returns (13.2%) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 28Growth 96Conversion 45Competition 14Returns 0Price range 88Avg price 87Brand share 32Review moat 94Quality gap 95

Growth

Incredible+149.5%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Quality gap

Incredible4.0★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Review moat

Great119.4

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Price range

Great$11.44–$54.41

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Avg price

Great$19.82

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Conversion

Okay3.6%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Brand share

Okay86%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Market size

Okay$119K

$119K/yr · 167K searches

Competition

Bad84%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Returns

Bad13.2%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Competition

The top 5 products capture 84% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

86%

Open market

10%

  • Jewkot51%
  • Prywog13%
  • UAC9%
  • dawfall7%
  • A-Premium6%
  • Civwesi4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 10%)

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%15%$18K30%$36K45%$54K60%$71K1101001K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 10 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +149.5% search growth over the last 90 days.
7K5KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.6×

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Size-Overall43%

“Fits perfectly”

Value For Money15%

“It was cheap”

Assembly/Installation10%

“Excellent product, it worked wonderfully and was very easy to install”

Quality-Overall10%

“Good item”

Efficiency10%

“It works”

Soft Feel5%

“it feels nice in the hand I guess”

Heating3%

“Regulates the Cold Stuff Fine-GOOD PRODUCT”

Pressure3%

“EXPANSION VALVE WORKS”

What buyers complain about

Compatibility-Overall29%

“Completely incompatible despite saying it fits”

Size-Overall21%

“Doesnt fit as advertised”

Quality-Overall14%

“cheep junk, bad machining, doesn't fit, don't waste your money”

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%

“was very upset that this was advertised to fit my 02 olds alero 4 cyl”

Functionality-Overall8%

“the high side port line bottoms out”

Defective Material/Parts8%

“was totally not the correct part”

Charging3%

“Ac still not working”

Assembly/Installation3%

“Item did not fit when installed”

Natural Resource Wastage2%

“Waste of time and money Run”

Thickness1%

“block is thinner than original”

Top return reasons

Size-Overall37%
Compatibility-Overall29%
Advertised Vs Actual Product11%
Defective Material/Parts10%
Mounting2%
Functionality-Overall2%
Assembly/Installation2%
Maintenance And Repair1%
Value For Money1%
Compression1%