How competitive is the Methylated Spirits niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

6 brands and 71 sellers compete in Methylated Spirits on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Methylated Spirits products take 74% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 98% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Methylated Spirits?

Methylated Spirits buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Leak-Proof, Smell, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.

What does it cost to enter the Methylated Spirits niche?

Methylated Spirits sells for £8.38 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £3.97–£17.55. The average incumbent carries 379 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Methylated Spirits

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 98% of clicks) — Methylated Spirits doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

Skip it

This niche Category average

Is Methylated Spirits profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Methylated Spirits is a £144K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (114K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.

Methylated Spirits: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +7.4% over the last 90 days and 15.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£144K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K

Search volume / yr+7.4%114K

Conversion rate15.0%

Avg price£8.38

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand, so 2% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers6 · 71

Top-5 product click share74%

Open market2%

Avg brand age71 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 12 products

Top Methylated Spirits products & what they sell for

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

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Bartoline Methylated Spirit 500ml Premium Fuel for Alcohol Burners & Stain Remover for Hard Surfaces

Price: £4.27
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 2,402
Age: 13y ago

Barrettine Methylated Spirit - 5L

Price: £17.55
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 598
Age: 19y ago

2X500Ml Mineralised Methylated Spirit

Price: £6.74
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 236
Age: 11y ago

Rustins Methylated Spirit for Cleaning and Degreasing

Price: £4.70
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 165
Age: 19y ago

RUSTINS Methylated Spirit for Cleaning and Degreasing

Price: £4.90
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 247
Age: 19y ago

Newest

by launch date

Methylated Spirit 500ml Pack of 2 | Cleaning Liquid Fuel for Burners & Camping Stoves | General Cleaning & Stain Remover

Price: £7.93
Rating: 4.1/5
Reviews: 6
Age: 1y ago

Zopper 2 x Methylated Spirit 500ml Cleaning Liquid Fuel Burners Camping Stoves General Cleaning Stain Cleaner

Price: £9.93
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 33
Age: 1y ago

Swindon Composite Supplies: Methylated Spirit- Camping Fuel - Industrial Solvent 5000ml (5 L)

Price: £16.69
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 218
Age: 2y ago

Swindon Composite Supplies : Methylated Spirit Camping Fuel Industrial Solvent 1000ml (1 Litre))

Price: £7.76
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 218
Age: 2y ago

2X500Ml Mineralised Methylated Spirit

Price: £6.74
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 236
Age: 11y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 74% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

Bartoline39%
Barrettine27%
RUSTINS22%
Swindon Composite Supplies5%
AXpower Inspirational Technology Empowering People5%
ZOPPER2%
Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Methylated Spirits demand & seasonality

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

Volume114KCVR15.0%Products12Brands6Top 5 Brands98%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews379Avg BSR#152

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Methylated Spirits search terms shoppers use

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

methylated spirits83K/yr +8.1%13.5% conv.
methylated spirit27K/yr +5.6%11.5% conv.
meths spirit3K/yr +1.3%19.2% conv.
meths2K/yr +11.4%12.7% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Methylated Spirits

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

What buyers love

100% of reviews

Value For Money31%

“Brilliant well worth the money”

Ease Of Cleaning24%

“Good value, and great cleaning properties”

Advertised Vs Actual Product22%

“Really does the job”

Quality-Overall11%

“Great product”

Size-Overall4%

“Good size so easy to store”

What buyers complain about

100% of reviews

Leak-Proof75%

“leaked into the packaging”

Smell25%

“Smells like my childhood”

Methylated Spirits return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

Fixable by listing

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

1Leak-Proof

38%

2Functionality-Overall

25%

3Compatibility-Overall

13%

4Flammable

13%

5Value For Money

Common Methylated Spirits questions

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

Flapen scores Methylated Spirits 43/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £144K/yr across 12 tracked products. Search demand moved +7.4% over the last 90 days.