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Mapp Gas

soft demand (-10.1% this quarter) — Mapp Gas doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

49
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Market size 33Growth 20Conversion 83Competition 33Returns 97Price range 90Avg price 91Brand share 30Review moat 78Quality gap 22
This niche Category average

Is Mapp Gas profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Mapp Gas is a £155K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (82K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Mapp Gas: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -10.1% over the last 90 days and 8.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£155K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-10.1%82K
Conversion rate8.9%
Avg price£21.30

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand, so 13% of the market is open.

13%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 26
Top-5 product click share65%
Open market13%
Avg brand age54 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 15 products

Sponsored placement67%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews437

Top Mapp Gas products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 65% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond 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%

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

Mapp Gas demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume82KCVR8.9%Products15Brands9Top 5 Brands87%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.7★Reviews437Avg BSR#18
2K2KSpike '24SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Mapp Gas search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mapp Gas

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Value For Money26%

Excellent value for money

Quality-Overall23%

seems well made

Advertised Vs Actual Product18%

Works as advertised

Ease Of Use9%

Ease of use

Strength4%

still going strong

What buyers complain about

87% of reviews
Durability22%

Stopped working after few presses

Functionality-Overall15%

Doesn't work properly

Quality-Overall12%

Look for a better brand

Compatibility-Overall8%

Not compatible

Defective Material/Parts8%

Developed a fault

Mapp Gas return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.7%

Return rate

23%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Functionality-Overall
22%
2Size-Overall
18%
3Compatibility-Overall
17%
4Defective Material/Parts
11%
5Touch/Button Controls
5%

Common Mapp Gas questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Mapp Gas 49/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £155K/yr across 15 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -10.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Mapp Gas on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.