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Thermal Paste Remover

Fail

Prices span $3.28–$14.44, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Thermal Paste Remover is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 552 of 1,028 Computers & Accessories niches · −1 vs the category median of 42
Market size
£535K/yr505K searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 61 sellers

Flapen Score

Thermal Paste Remover against its category

The dotted line is the Computers & Accessories average. Past it, Thermal Paste Remover is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Thermal Paste Remover market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Thermal Paste Remover 505K times last year and spent an estimated £535K. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

16.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 505K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 16.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £535K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
505K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.7%
Conversion, latest week
16.9%
Market size, estimated
£535Ka year
Top search term
thermal paste356K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.26.

Listings sell for £6.26 on average, from £3.28 to £14.44. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £6.26 that is £25K to £31K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.26under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.28–£14.44
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£25K–£31K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

94% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #118 within Components & Replacement Parts. It carries 18,270 reviews at 4.69 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
94%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#118in Components & Replacement Parts
Average rating
4.69 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
18,270per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 4 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 64 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
64 months

Products

Top Thermal Paste Remover 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£27K£54K£80K£107K1001K10K100K1.0M Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 flat

Sellers

61

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

1%

  • ARCTIC65%
  • BSFF16%
  • SYY5%
  • Thermal Grizzly4%
  • Noctua4%
  • Xinyig4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Demand

Thermal Paste Remover search demand

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

10K6KSpike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 21.9× · 7 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Thermal Paste Remover search terms shoppers use

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

  • thermal paste356K/yr
  • thermal paste cpu40K/yr
  • cpu thermal paste31K/yr
  • arctic mx-616K/yr
  • thermal paste remover9K/yr
  • arctic thermal paste6K/yr
  • cpu paste5K/yr
  • thermal paste cleaner4K/yr
  • thermal paste wipes4K/yr
  • pc thermal paste3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Thermal Paste Remover

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

Complain

Heating23%+0.37

reacting to the heat

very high temperatures

Continued overheating after use

Thickness12%−0.05

Comes out thick like body filler

The paste is extremely thick

Much too thick

Ease Of Use11%−0.01

hard to work with

difficult to apply

Harder to use at first

Quality-Overall7%+1.33

this is just poor quality

Expensive rubbish

Not as good as it should be

Value For Money7%+0.40

Bit expensive,

Only downside is its a bit pricey

Expensive

Love

Quality-Overall22%+1.33

Great quality and very easy to apply

Great kit

Excellent quality product

Heating21%+0.37

delivers consistently solid temps

no more overheating issues

Nobody complained, no returns due to heating issues

Advertised Vs Actual Product14%+1.56

As advertised

works as expected

Product matches description

Value For Money12%+0.40

Very affordable

Good value

Excellent Value

Ease Of Use11%−0.01

Very easy to use

This was easy to put on

easy to work with

Return

0.7% Return rate 3% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall17%▃▆▆█▃▆

it did not do its job at all

Doesn't work

Compatibility-Overall17%▇▅▅▇██
Defective Material/Parts13%▄█▃▆▃█
Quality-Overall11%▇▆▄▄█▂

this is just poor quality

Expensive rubbish

Not as good as it should be

Heating9%▁█▃▄▆▄

reacting to the heat

very high temperatures

Continued overheating after use

FAQ

Common Thermal Paste Remover questions

Answered from the same tracked data.