Skip to content

Gold Testing Kit

Maybe

The products selling today average only 3.6★. But demand is soft, at -35.7% this quarter, so Gold Testing Kit is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 27% of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · +5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£66K/yr104K searches / yr
90-day growth
-35.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 36 brands · 125 sellers

Flapen Score

Gold Testing Kit against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Gold Testing Kit is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Gold Testing Kit market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Gold Testing Kit 104K times last year and spent an estimated £66K. The top 5 brands take 47% of clicks. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 104K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -35.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £66K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
104K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-35.7%
Conversion, latest week
1.9%
Market size, estimated
£66Ka year
Top search term
gold testing kit38K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £32.67.

Listings sell for £32.67 on average, from £4.63 to £313.98. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £32.67 that is £0 to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£32.67inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.63–£313.98
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
1K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£3K
Returns
2.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

79% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 60% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #3,894 within Test & Measurement. It carries 167 reviews at 3.59 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
79%
Prime listings
60%
Out of stock, average day
16.6%
Average rank
#3,894in Test & Measurement
Average rating
3.59 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
167per listing
Listings tracked
42

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 23 launches as successful.

23 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 35 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
23
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
35 months

Products

Top Gold Testing Kit 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 only 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£2K£4K£6K£8K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)3 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

36 rising

Sellers

125

Top-5 brand share

47%

Top 20: 88%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

48%

  • GTE17%
  • Xweptuy9%
  • WEILAOK8%
  • Okuyonic7%
  • Gemtone7%
  • AllisWay5%

Demand

Gold Testing Kit search demand

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

5K3KJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4× · 7 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Gold Testing Kit search terms shoppers use

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

  • gold testing kit38K/yr
  • gold tester31K/yr
  • xrf gold tester8K/yr
  • gold tester machine11K/yr
  • gold testing kit 10k 14k 18k 22k6K/yr
  • gold purity tester5K/yr
  • gold tester kit5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gold Testing Kit

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting23%−0.19

No instructions

no information on how to use

firstly there is no instructions on how to complete the test. I had to watch a video on YouTube to see how to use the kit

Advertised Vs Actual Product20%−0.16

Misleading

FALSE DESCRIPTION

So that's just not an accurate description

Quality-Overall11%+2.03

Cheap

Very badly made

Rubbish

Leak-Proof11%

It was leaking

I assume they were leaking

Gloves and equipment was al ruined as the liquid leaked

Certifications4%−0.05

then false negative on a GIA certificated diamond so unfortunately I will have to return it

Love

Quality-Overall28%+2.03

Good kit

All item tested excellent

Excellent product

Ease Of Use21%+1.12

Easy to use

its actually handy even without the acid. which youll need as this doesnt include it

Fine basic

Value For Money11%+0.74

Good value for money

does a really good job at its price point

its inexpensive accurate

Weight Light8%+0.28

the item is very lightweight

Perfect for weighing light things like powders

Efficiency7%+0.59

Works well

it works well

Return

2.0% Return rate 14% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall42%█▆▇▄▅▇

Does not work

Product does not work

Leak-Proof13%▂▃▁█▃▂

It was leaking

I assume they were leaking

Gloves and equipment was al ruined as the liquid leaked

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%▁█▃▂▅▁

Misleading

FALSE DESCRIPTION

So that's just not an accurate description

Defective Material/Parts6%▁▅▆██▄
Size-Overall5%▄▁█▃▆▁

Bottles are tiny not close to descriptions amd photos

the testing stone is too small

FAQ

Common Gold Testing Kit questions

Answered from the same tracked data.