Petrol Can
MaybeAn estimated 0.3% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -46.2% this quarter, so Petrol Can is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 50 / 100Top 43% of 811 Automotive niches · +1 vs the category median of 4950
- Market size
- £895K/yr690K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -46.2%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 82%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 50 sellers
Flapen Score
Petrol Can against its category
The dotted line is the Automotive average. Past it, Petrol Can is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Petrol Can market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Petrol Can 690K times last year and spent an estimated £895K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Demand peaks in Mar–Apr–May. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
An estimated 8.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 690K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -46.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £895K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 690K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -46.2%
- Conversion, latest week
- 8.9%
- Market size, estimated
- £895Ka year
- Peak month
- April5.5× the quietest month
- Top search term
- petrol can180K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £14.52.
Listings sell for £14.52 on average, from £5.02 to £28.18. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 50K to 60K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £14.52 that is £58K to £73K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £14.52under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £5.02–£28.18
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 50K–60K
- Units per listing a year
- 4,000–5,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- £58K–£73K
- Returns
- 0.3%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 50% ship with Prime. On an average day, 27.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #91 within Car Accessories. It carries 1,094 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 80%
- Prime listings
- 50%
- Out of stock, average day
- 27.2%
- Average rank
- #91in Car Accessories
- Average rating
- 4.34 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 1,094per listing
- Listings tracked
- 10
04 · Newcomers
Brands here are settling in.
The brands on the shelf have sold for 58 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 0
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 58 months
Products
Top Petrol Can products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
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Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 82% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
7 falling
Sellers
50
Top-5 brand share
93%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
82%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
4%
- Brand 156%
- Brand 220%
- Brand 36%
- Brand 45%
- Brand 54%
- Brand 64%
- Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 4%)
Demand
Petrol Can search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Mar, Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.5×
Search terms
Top Petrol Can search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- petrol can180K/yr
- jerry can142K/yr
- fuel can81K/yr
- jerry can 20l61K/yr
- jerry can 10l18K/yr
- petrol can 5l14K/yr
- jerry cans21K/yr
- diesel can25K/yr
- diesel jerry can14K/yr
- petrol can 20l18K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Petrol Can
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“just leaks everywhere”
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.
19 topics
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FAQ
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