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Methylated Spirits

Fail

The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Methylated Spirits is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 551 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −6 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£144K/yr114K searches / yr
90-day growth
+7.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 71 sellers

Flapen Score

Methylated Spirits against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Methylated Spirits is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Methylated Spirits market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Methylated Spirits 114K times last year and spent an estimated £144K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

15.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 114K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +7.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £144K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
114K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+7.4%
Conversion, latest week
15.0%
Market size, estimated
£144Ka year
Peak month
May1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
methylated spirits83K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.38.

Listings sell for £8.38 on average, from £3.97 to £17.55. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At £8.38 that is £8K to £10K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.38under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.97–£17.55
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
£8K–£10K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 67% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #152 within Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies. It carries 379 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
67%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#152in Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
379per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 71 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
71 months

Products

Top Methylated Spirits 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 74% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£14K£29K£43K£57K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 flat

Sellers

71

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

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

Demand

Methylated Spirits search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Methylated Spirits search terms shoppers use

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

  • methylated spirits83K/yr
  • methylated spirit27K/yr
  • meths spirit3K/yr
  • meths2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Methylated Spirits

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

Complain

Leak-Proof75%

leaked into the packaging

Its leaked into the couriers car

What can you say its meths, I use it for cleaning my tiled floors and windows, one star less because the packaging was damaged on receipt, leaking out some of the product

Smell25%+0.24

Smells like my childhood

Love

Value For Money31%+2.06

Brilliant well worth the money

Good value

Good value for money

Ease Of Cleaning24%−0.02

Good value, and great cleaning properties

Very nice cleans well

Excellent for all types of cleaning

Advertised Vs Actual Product22%+1.15

Really does the job

Exactly what I needed for the job

as expected

Quality-Overall11%+0.76

Great product

item is good

Very good product

Size-Overall4%+0.24

Good size so easy to store

Return

0.1% Return rate 6% Fixable by listing

Leak-Proof38%▁▁▁▁▆█

leaked into the packaging

Its leaked into the couriers car

What can you say its meths, I use it for cleaning my tiled floors and windows, one star less because the packaging was damaged on receipt, leaking out some of the product

Functionality-Overall25%█▁▁▁▁▃
Compatibility-Overall13%▁▁▁▁█▁
Flammable13%▁▁█▁▁▁
Value For Money6%▁▁▁█▁▁

FAQ

Common Methylated Spirits questions

Answered from the same tracked data.