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Mapp Gas

Fail

Demand is soft, at -10.1% this quarter, so Mapp Gas is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Ranks 1,033 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · on the category median
Market size
£155K/yr82K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
65%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 26 sellers

Flapen Score

Mapp Gas against its category

The dotted line is the DIY & Tools average. Past it, Mapp Gas is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mapp Gas market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Mapp Gas 82K times last year and spent an estimated £155K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

8.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 82K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £155K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
82K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.1%
Conversion, latest week
8.9%
Market size, estimated
£155Ka year
Peak month
September1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
mapp gas48K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £21.30.

Listings sell for £21.30 on average, from £10.59 to £88.12. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £21.30 that is £5K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£21.30inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£10.59–£88.12
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£11K
Returns
0.7%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. 27% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #18 within Power Tool Accessories. It carries 437 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
27%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#18in Power Tool Accessories
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
437per listing
Listings tracked
15

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 54 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
54 months

Products

Top Mapp Gas 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 65% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£16K£31K£47K£62K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

26

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

65%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Pipestation41%
  • Mark Vitow15%
  • Arctic Hayes15%
  • INTERGAS11%
  • DOMINOX5%
  • Hinton Equipment4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 10%)

Demand

Mapp Gas search demand

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

2K2KSpike '24SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Mapp Gas search terms shoppers use

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

  • mapp gas48K/yr
  • map gas18K/yr
  • map gas +5K/yr
  • map gas bottle6K/yr
  • rothenberger gas3K/yr
  • mapp2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mapp Gas

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

Complain

Durability22%−0.10

Stopped working after few presses

Broken within two months of use

doesn't last long

Functionality-Overall15%−0.07

Doesn't work properly

Stopped working

Quality-Overall12%+0.20

Look for a better brand

Bad quality came already rusty

Compatibility-Overall8%+0.11

Not compatible

Defective Material/Parts8%−0.04

Developed a fault

Love

Value For Money26%+1.72

Excellent value for money

Decent price

Good for the price

Quality-Overall23%+0.20

seems well made

Excellent product

Reasonable quality at an affordable price

Advertised Vs Actual Product18%+1.37

Works as advertised

As described

Works as intended

Ease Of Use9%+0.44

Ease of use

The 5ft hose makes it easier to squeeze into tight spaces

Easy transaction

Strength4%

still going strong

Good sturdy bit of kit value for the money

A really sturdy torch

Return

0.7% Return rate 23% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall22%▆▃▃▅█▆

Doesn't work properly

Stopped working

Size-Overall18%█▇█▇▆█
Compatibility-Overall17%▅█▆▂▁▁

Not compatible

Defective Material/Parts11%▄▃▃▇██

Developed a fault

Touch/Button Controls5%▄▃▁█▁▅

on off button fell out

FAQ

Common Mapp Gas questions

Answered from the same tracked data.