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Water Leak Detector

Fail

Shoppers spend only $61K a year here, so Water Leak Detector is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 482 of 740 Business, Industry & Science niches · −4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£61K/yr78K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
59%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Water Leak Detector against its category

The dotted line is the Business, Industry & Science average. Past it, Water Leak Detector is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Water Leak Detector market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Water Leak Detector 78K times last year and spent an estimated £61K. The top 5 brands take 75% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

2.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 78K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £61K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
78K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.9%
Conversion, latest week
2.5%
Market size, estimated
£61Ka year
Peak month
January1.8× the quietest month
Top search term
water leak detector41K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £31.77.

Listings sell for £31.77 on average, from £7.00 to £120.32. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 2K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £31.77 that is £0 to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£31.77inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.00–£120.32
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
2K–2K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£3K
Returns
2.5%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #73 within Test & Measurement. It carries 830 reviews at 4.31 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.7%
Average rank
#73in Test & Measurement
Average rating
4.31 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
830per listing
Listings tracked
24

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
39 months

Products

Top Water Leak Detector 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 59% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£6K£12K£18K£24K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

75%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

59%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

20%

  • Tapo26%
  • SwitchBot21%
  • X-Sense16%
  • Geevon8%
  • BSIDE5%
  • SONOFF5%

Demand

Water Leak Detector search demand

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

3K2KPrime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Search terms

Top Water Leak Detector search terms shoppers use

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

  • water leak detector41K/yr
  • leak detector17K/yr
  • water sensor7K/yr
  • water leak sensor7K/yr
  • water alarm3K/yr
  • water detectors3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Water Leak Detector

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

Complain

Leak-Proof16%

from a small leak from the washing machine connection

I had been having some leaks in a cupboard

the source of potential water leaks

Connectivity-Overall13%−0.14

Unable to connect to WiFi after 2 hours of trying

Impossible to connect

No WiFi connection possible

Assembly/Installation8%+1.11

I had a problem with set up

Overly Complicated Setup and Use

Noise Level6%−0.02

The alarm tone is very loud

Volume is far too low

ok. loud

Water Resistance6%−0.04

Cord did not detect water

Water damage can be catastrophic

water gushing out of a fitting

Love

Assembly/Installation19%+1.11

Easy installation

Easy setup

set up

Quality-Overall10%+0.45

Great devices

Excellent product

High quality device

Value For Money10%+0.65

Worth the money

Very good value for money

Good value

Efficiency9%+0.68

Works very well

Working fine

It works

Sensor7%+0.51

Brilliant sensor

Turned out so good that I've added also x-sense smoke detectors to my setup - all conveniently managed through the same app

it's easy to set up the parameters for the sensors

Return

2.5% Return rate 12% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall20%▄▄█▅▄▆

Doesnt work

Connectivity-Overall18%▄▄▅███

Unable to connect to WiFi after 2 hours of trying

Impossible to connect

No WiFi connection possible

Compatibility-Overall11%▂█▃▇▇▁

Have been unable to integrate my into my home automaton ecosystem

Leak-Proof6%▄▃█▃▂▃

from a small leak from the washing machine connection

I had been having some leaks in a cupboard

the source of potential water leaks

Size-Overall5%▇█▅▁▆█

FAQ

Common Water Leak Detector questions

Answered from the same tracked data.