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Oil Tank Level Gauge

Fail

Demand is soft, at -59.5% this quarter, so Oil Tank Level Gauge is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 388 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£287K/yr114K searches / yr
90-day growth
-59.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 18 sellers

Flapen Score

Oil Tank Level Gauge against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Oil Tank Level Gauge is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Oil Tank Level Gauge market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Oil Tank Level Gauge 114K times last year and spent an estimated £287K. The top 5 brands take 77% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

3.8% 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, 3.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -59.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £287K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
114K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-59.5%
Conversion, latest week
3.8%
Market size, estimated
£287Ka year
Peak month
January4.4× the quietest month
Top search term
oil tank level monitor27K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £66.02.

Listings sell for £66.02 on average, from £15.32 to £128.91. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £66.02 that is £17K to £33K a year per listing.

Average price
£66.02inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£15.32–£128.91
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£17K–£33K
Returns
3.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

59% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 82% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #218 within Test & Measurement. It carries 391 reviews at 4.05 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
59%
Prime listings
82%
Out of stock, average day
7.7%
Average rank
#218in Test & Measurement
Average rating
4.05 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
391per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 39 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Oil Tank Level Gauge 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 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£14K£29K£43K£57K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

18

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

18%

  • PlumbEZ30%
  • Watchman17%
  • Sonic Watchman15%
  • Dumenix9%
  • Kingspan5%
  • Generic5%

Demand

Oil Tank Level Gauge search demand

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

4K3KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.4×

Search terms

Top Oil Tank Level Gauge search terms shoppers use

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

  • oil tank level monitor27K/yr
  • watchman oil tank monitor23K/yr
  • oil tank level gauge26K/yr
  • oil tank monitor10K/yr
  • watchman5K/yr
  • heating oil tank level monitor4K/yr
  • watchman sonic oil level monitor7K/yr
  • oil tank gauge7K/yr
  • oil watchman4K/yr
  • watchman sonic2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Oil Tank Level Gauge

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

Complain

Functionality-Overall17%−0.17

Cant get it to work

Couldnt get product to work

Simply didnt work so was returned

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting13%−0.11

Took a few days to settle down as said by instructions

No instructions

No fitting instructions

Durability12%−0.09

doesnt last

Only lasted a few weeks

Replacement failed within 6 weeks

Battery Life10%−0.05

Had one of these for 21 years then it stopped working changed the battery

Dead battery

Quality-Overall9%+0.79

Cheap

Rubbish

Love

Assembly/Installation27%+1.57

Easy to install

Easy to set up

Installed in under 5 minutes without any hassle

Quality-Overall19%+0.79

Kingspan watchman is probably the best brand around

Excellent Product

excellent bit of kit

Advertised Vs Actual Product12%+0.88

Works as advertised

Does the job

It works as they said it would

Efficiency8%+0.13

It works

appears to work well

Works perfectly

Ease Of Use7%+0.48

So much easier

This time, protected with bottom half of large lemonade bottle, and remains clear and easy to read

Simple and effective

Return

3.2% Return rate 40% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall33%▆█▇▇▅▆

Didnt fit

Compatibility-Overall17%█▆▆▆▃▄
Functionality-Overall15%▆▂█▅█▇

Cant get it to work

Couldnt get product to work

Simply didnt work so was returned

Connectivity-Overall6%▃▃▃█▁▁

Eventually I worked out that it was the 2.4g wifi signal that was causing the issue

Measurement/Reading Accuracy4%▂▂▁▆▆█

Not sure how accurate they are

Initial reading was bang on with dipstick reading

I dont know how accurate they are

FAQ

Common Oil Tank Level Gauge questions

Answered from the same tracked data.