Skip to content

Spot Welder

Fail

Buyers convert on only 1.4% of searches, so Spot Welder is a Fail.

Flapen Score
37
37 / 100
Ranks 2,017 of 2,225 DIY & Tools niches · −12 vs the category median of 49
Market size
£85K/yr81K searches / yr
90-day growth
-9.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
61%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 26 sellers

Flapen Score

Spot Welder against its category

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

37Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Spot Welder market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Spot Welder 81K times last year and spent an estimated £85K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Flapen scores it 37 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

1.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 81K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 1.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £85K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
81K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-9.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.4%
Market size, estimated
£85Ka year
Peak month
September1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
spot welder45K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £75.73.

Listings sell for £75.73 on average, from £10.77 to £401.97. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 1K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At £75.73 that is £0 to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£75.73inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£10.77–£401.97
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
1K–1K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
£0–£8K
Returns
3.6%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 19.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #28 within Power Tools. It carries 32 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
19.9%
Average rank
#28in Power Tools
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
32per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 29 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
29 months

Products

Top Spot Welder 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 61% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£4K£8K£13K£17K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

26

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

61%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

5%

  • Awgem44%
  • AWithZ25%
  • WANGCL11%
  • Seesii9%
  • Lanmuvo3%
  • JAOGAUS3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 5%)

Demand

Spot Welder search demand

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

2K1KSpike '25DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Spot Welder search terms shoppers use

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

  • spot welder45K/yr
  • battery spot welder20K/yr
  • battery welder6K/yr
  • spot welder for 18650 batteries5K/yr
  • mini spot welder4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Spot Welder

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

Complain

Quality-Overall13%−0.31

Cheap crap

the trash

Cheap crap, dont even bother

Functionality-Overall13%−0.19

Doesn't work

neglected it didn't work when I recently needed it

Strength9%−0.10

I will say while the power output isn't the strongest

the welds are very weak

Assembly/Installation7%+0.21

took a while to set up for a good weld

Size-Overall7%+0.25

Very small welder

Love

Battery Life15%+1.09

battery life seems ok

works well for batteries

the results are consistent enough for typical DIY battery work like 18650 packs

Value For Money14%+0.76

Value for the money

Good value

Good value for money

Quality-Overall13%−0.31

The hardware feels great quality with nice main knob control

are well made

Great product

Ease Of Use13%+0.84

very easy to use

it is handy

This was so handy to use

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%+0.24

dos the job

does the job

Does what it says on the tin

Return

3.6% Return rate 7% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall32%▆█▃▆▇▄

Doesn't work

neglected it didn't work when I recently needed it

Defective Material/Parts14%▁▁█▄▅█
Charging11%█▂▆▄▃▄

It doesn't charge very fast is my only complaint

Strength11%▁▁▇▆█▇

I will say while the power output isn't the strongest

the welds are very weak

Durability5%▁█▆▃▆▃

it broke right away

A couple of times it seemed to fail

FAQ

Common Spot Welder questions

Answered from the same tracked data.