dry ice for smoke effects
Skip itSoft demand (-37.3% this quarter) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Avg price
Incredible$35.69avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Quality gap
Great4.1★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Price range
Good$8.80–$141.93cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Returns
Okay4.0%return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate
Review moat
Okay2,877.2avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Brand share
Okay84%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Market size
Bad$65K$65K/yr · 142K searches
Conversion
Bad1.3%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Competition
Bad81%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Growth
Bad-37.3%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Competition
The top 5 products capture 81% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
9 falling
Sellers
15
Top-5 brand share
84%
Open market
10%
- Arctic Hayes37%
- Akeydeco16%
- Chrome Cherry13%
- Praxair11%
- LUNA ICE7%
- Froggy's Fog6%
- 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.
All 10 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Arctic Hayes PH001 13g White Smoke Pellet (Tube of 6)
Arctic Hayes$18.403.7★169 rev
Akeydeco Halloween Party Mist Maker Ultrasonic Water Pond Fountain Fogger 9 LED Red Yellow and Blue Light Flashes Aluminum Atomizer Air Humidifier for and Rockery Fish Tank Vase Birdbath Deco
Akeydeco$9.044.2★2,497 rev
Praxair Dry Ice Pellets (40 lb.)
Praxair$141.933.4★44 rev
Icicle Cocktail Stirrer Dry Ice Swizzle Sticks for Smokey Cocktails Drinks and Coffee Glows In The Dark (Use with Dry Ice) 10 Pack
Chrome Cherry$19.433.9★363 rev
Dry Ice Packs for Shipping - Long Lasting ice Packs - 24+ Hour Freeze Power - BPA Free - 12 Pack Bulk 3 lb Hielo Seco - Reusable Gel Bricks for Food
LUNA ICE$10.204.2★3,790 rev
Newest
by launch date
Dry Ice Packs for Shipping Frozen Food No Smoke Effect Shipping Ice Packs for Cooler/Lunch Box Shipping Cold Pack Long Lasting Reusable Gel Ice Freezer Packs for Cooler Flexible 5 Sheets-60Cell
Blobuste$8.80274 rev
LURT Fog Machine 500W Mini Smoke machine with Wireless Remote Control and Auto Mode Portable for Parties Outdoor Halloween Wedding Stage Effect indoor Disco and Disinfection 2500CFM Fuse Protection
LURT$38.22403 rev
Dry Ice Packs for Shipping - Long Lasting ice Packs - 24+ Hour Freeze Power - BPA Free - 12 Pack Bulk 3 lb Hielo Seco - Reusable Gel Bricks for Food
LUNA ICE$10.203,790 rev
Arctic Hayes PH001 13g White Smoke Pellet (Tube of 6)
Arctic Hayes$18.40169 rev
Praxair Dry Ice Pellets (40 lb.)
Praxair$141.9344 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum![wisedry 10 Gram [30 Packs] Silica Gel Desiccant Packets Reusable for Moisture with Color Indicating Rechargeable Small Dessicant Packs Food Grade](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41HqZ6ze55L.jpg)
wisedry 10 Gram [30 Packs] Silica Gel Desiccant Packets Reusable for Moisture with Color Indicating Rechargeable Small Dessicant Packs Food Grade
wisedry$13.984.6★
Froggys Fog Freezin Fog Low-Lying Ground Fog Fluid for Professional and Home Haunters Theatrical Effects and More Half Gallon
Froggy's Fog$19.814.5★
Arctic Hayes PH001 13g White Smoke Pellet (Tube of 6)
Arctic Hayes$18.403.7★
Akeydeco Halloween Party Mist Maker Ultrasonic Water Pond Fountain Fogger 9 LED Red Yellow and Blue Light Flashes Aluminum Atomizer Air Humidifier for and Rockery Fish Tank Vase Birdbath Deco
Akeydeco$9.044.2★
Icicle Cocktail Stirrer Dry Ice Swizzle Sticks for Smokey Cocktails Drinks and Coffee Glows In The Dark (Use with Dry Ice) 10 Pack
Chrome Cherry$19.433.9★
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 88 weeks — -37.3% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Sep, Oct, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.2×
Reviews
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Good quality”
“Easy to use”
“Works as advertised”
“Great affordable option”
“they stayed cold”
“Perfect size”
“they are holding up great”
“Affordable compact and effective”
“its holding very well”
“they don't take up a lot of space”
What buyers complain about
“Too small”
“Lasted less than a week”
“they are colder than some of the other gel packs I've used. I froze these as per instructions for 24 hrs prior to using them”
“Trash”
“Returning this, the images are so deceiving, these are tiny and they need to be soaked overnight before use”
“Tried cleaning with vinegar and still nothing”
“WEAK”
“Everything in the box was cold”
“Tried cleaning with vinegar and still nothing”
“stopped working three weeks after installing”