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Vape

Maybe

The products selling today average only 3.8★. But the top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so Vape is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 4% of 1,488 Electronics & Photo niches · +16 vs the category median of 44
Market size
£1.2M/yr6.2M searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Vape against its category

The dotted line is the Electronics & Photo average. Past it, Vape is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Vape market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Vape 6.2M times last year and spent an estimated £1.2M. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

1.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 6.2M 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 -7.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.2M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
6.2M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.0%
Conversion, latest week
1.4%
Market size, estimated
£1.2Ma year
Peak month
December1.4× the quietest month
Top search term
vape3.4M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.96.

Listings sell for £13.96 on average, from £5.28 to £27.18. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £13.96 that is £10K to £14K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.96under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.28–£27.18
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£14K
Returns
1.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

0% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #0 within E-Cigarettes, E-Shisha & Heat-Not-Burn. It carries 229 reviews at 3.81 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
0%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
11.2%
Average rank
#0in E-Cigarettes, E-Shisha & Heat-Not-Burn
Average rating
3.81 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
229per listing
Listings tracked
43

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 8 of last year's 16 launches as successful.

16 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 8 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 52 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
16
Successful launches
8Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
52 months

Products

Top Vape 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 only 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£25K£50K£75K£100K101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

2%

  • Survival Boyz65%
  • VAPORESSO16%
  • vaporr8%
  • INNOKIN4%
  • SMOK3%
  • VOW Vapers1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 2%)

Demand

Vape search demand

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

175K125KSpike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Search terms

Top Vape search terms shoppers use

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

  • vape3.4M/yr
  • vapes1.5M/yr
  • vape kit310K/yr
  • vape kits139K/yr
  • ecig135K/yr
  • e cigarette164K/yr
  • ecigs full kit85K/yr
  • e-cigarettes66K/yr
  • rechargeable vape72K/yr
  • e cig51K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Vape

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

Complain

Leak-Proof18%

They leak

Leaks

Leaked everywhere

Charging16%−0.14

Stopped charging

Doesn't charge

Charging problem

Functionality-Overall14%−0.21

Doesn't work properly

Doesnt work

wont do anything

Durability13%−0.21

Broke after a couple of days

Broken after 2 months

breaks after first use

Battery Life7%

Poor battery life

Battery doesnt last

Battery dead

Love

Value For Money20%+1.75

Excellent value for money

Good price

Great value for money

Quality-Overall16%+0.85

The build quality feels premium

Excellent product

Product worked really well

Ease Of Use9%+0.70

Easy to use

Easy to use and fill

really good to use, easy to understand and follow,

Charging9%−0.14

Great very compact holds charge

The 2A fast charging is a standout feature

charges quickly too

Battery Life7%

battery seems to last well

Battery life is good

Good battery

Return

1.0% Return rate 2% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall30%█▇▇▆▆▆

Doesn't work properly

Doesnt work

wont do anything

Charging24%▆▇▇███

Stopped charging

Doesn't charge

Charging problem

Leak-Proof15%▇▆█▇▆▆

They leak

Leaks

Leaked everywhere

Defective Material/Parts9%▅█▄▆▅▆

The item doesnt work the pods broken very disappointing

This item is faulty

the full unit wont work

Durability3%██▄▅█▄

Broke after a couple of days

Broken after 2 months

breaks after first use

FAQ

Common Vape questions

Answered from the same tracked data.