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Salt Spreader

Fail

Demand is soft, at -79.7% this quarter, so Salt Spreader is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 1,774 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£35K/yr61K searches / yr
90-day growth
-79.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
84%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 25 sellers

Flapen Score

Salt Spreader against its category

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

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

Market

The Salt Spreader market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Salt Spreader 61K times last year and spent an estimated £35K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 61K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -79.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £35K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
61K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-79.7%
Conversion, latest week
2.2%
Market size, estimated
£35Ka year
Peak month
January87.7× the quietest month
Top search term
salt spreader19K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £25.61.

Listings sell for £25.61 on average, from £9.34 to £54.46. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £25.61 that is £0 to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£25.61inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.34–£54.46
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–3K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£3K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 38% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #25 within Snow Removal. It carries 982 reviews at 4.05 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
38%
Out of stock, average day
16.5%
Average rank
#25in Snow Removal
Average rating
4.05 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
982per listing
Listings tracked
8

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Salt Spreader products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 22, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 84% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£2K£3K£5K£7K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

25

Est. top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

16%

  • The Workplace Depot19%
  • Gardebruk17%
  • Bosmere17%
  • FLORA GUARD11%
  • My Garden Outdoor Living10%
  • Monster Shop10%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 16%)

Demand

Salt Spreader search demand

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

18K13KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 87.7×

Search terms

Top Salt Spreader search terms shoppers use

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

  • salt spreader19K/yr
  • grit spreader19K/yr
  • rock salt spreader6K/yr
  • salt spreader gritter7K/yr
  • grit spreader on wheels4K/yr
  • gritter spreader3K/yr
  • grit salt spreader4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Salt Spreader

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

24%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
24%of negative reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
0.4%of orders come back
“Assembly problems”
A buyer, on “Assembly/Installation”24% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Salt Spreader questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data