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Engine Hoist

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($117.73–$213.54) — Engine Hoist doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

36
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Ranks 745 of 811 Automotive niches · −13 vs the category median of 49

Market size 34Growth 25Conversion 21Competition 9Returns 99Price range 0Avg price 55Brand share 7Review moat 98Quality gap 53
This niche Category average · 811 niches

Is Engine Hoist profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Engine Hoist is a £161K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (59K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 36/100.

Engine Hoist: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +0.2% over the last 90 days and 1.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£161K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr750
Search volume / yr+0.2%59K
Conversion rate1.7%
Avg price£161.02

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 97% of demand, so 3% of the market is open.

3%

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 9
Top-5 product click share89%
Open market3%
Avg brand age46 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 8 products

Sponsored placement75%
New entrants (1y)3· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews31

Top Engine Hoist products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 89% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£24K£48K£72K£97K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

9

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

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Engine Hoist demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume59KCVR1.7%Products8Brands6Top 5 Brands97%OOS Rate30.8%Rating4.4★Reviews31Avg BSR#17
1K750Spike '25AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Engine Hoist search terms shoppers use

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

  • engine hoist25K/yr
  • engine crane15K/yr
  • engine lift5K/yr
  • engine hoists6K/yr
  • engine hoist 2 ton5K/yr
  • engine crane 2 ton3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Engine Hoist

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

100% of reviews
Quality-Overall67%

Amazing quality and well built easy to install great price highly recommended

Assembly/Installation11%

Easy to fit together

Strength11%

Can't fault this at all, easy to assemble and sturdy

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

Just what I ordered

Storage Capacity6%

great to store as it folds

What buyers complain about

100% of reviews
Size-Overall100%

struts dont fit

Engine Hoist return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.2%

Return rate

6%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Defective Material/Parts
25%
2Assembly/Installation
9%
3Weight Heavy
9%
4Durability
9%
5Value For Money
7%

Common Engine Hoist questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Engine Hoist 36/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £161K/yr across 8 tracked products. 2 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +0.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Engine Hoist on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.