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Firelighters

Fail

Prices span $3.29–$15.06, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Firelighters is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Top 40% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +2 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£1.1M/yr1.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-39.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
67%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 55 sellers

Flapen Score

Firelighters against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Firelighters is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Firelighters market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Firelighters 1.3M times last year and spent an estimated £1.1M. The top 5 brands take 73% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

10.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -39.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-39.0%
Conversion, latest week
10.6%
Market size, estimated
£1.1Ma year
Peak month
November5.1× the quietest month
Top search term
fire lighters255K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £8.29.

Listings sell for £8.29 on average, from £3.29 to £15.06. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £8.29 that is £50K to £66K a year per listing.

Average price
£8.29under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.29–£15.06
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£50K–£66K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 60% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #13 within Firelighters & Matches. It carries 3,426 reviews at 4.50 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
60%
Out of stock, average day
0.3%
Average rank
#13in Firelighters & Matches
Average rating
4.50 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,426per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
56 months

Products

Top Firelighters 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 67% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£112K£224K£335K£447K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

17 falling

Sellers

55

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

67%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

22%

  • Pelle & Sol23%
  • ecoblaze18%
  • Weber13%
  • Galleon Fireplaces11%
  • Ecolighters8%
  • KEPLIN5%

Demand

Firelighters search demand

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

60K40KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.1×

Search terms

Top Firelighters search terms shoppers use

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

  • fire lighters255K/yr
  • firelighters226K/yr
  • fire starter71K/yr
  • fire lighters for bbq21K/yr
  • natural firelighters83K/yr
  • fire lighters for wood burners297K/yr
  • firelighters for bbq12K/yr
  • bbq fire lighter16K/yr
  • fire lighter59K/yr
  • firelighters for wood burners100K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Firelighters

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

Complain

Size-Overall23%−0.12

some are huge

They are smaller

Small box

Quality-Overall16%−0.04

Poor quality

Poor quality control

Lack of quality control

Value For Money12%+1.44

Not impressed - expensive

Waste of money

cheaper

Smell7%+0.18

Chemical smell to product

While there is a faint odour

smell a bit funky

Ease Of Use6%+0.28

I cannot use them

Takes time to catch

Not the easiest

Love

Value For Money26%+1.44

Good value for money

Excellent value

Good Value

Quality-Overall22%−0.04

Good quality and reliable

Great quality, very fast lighting and do the job

Decent Quality

Fire Resistance12%+1.46

Theyre good for lighting a fire

It helps to light fires

Excellent to help get fire started safely

Ease Of Use9%+0.28

are easy to get going

Ease of use

easy to store

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%

It does what it says

Better than expected

As described

Return

0.0% Return rate 23% Fixable by listing

Defective Material/Parts13%▅▂▁██▁
Quality-Overall12%▁█▁▁▂▆

Poor quality

Poor quality control

Lack of quality control

Moist/Dry9%▇▁█▁▄▁
Size-Overall9%▂▂▄█▁▆

some are huge

They are smaller

Small box

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▃▃█▁▆▃

Not what we expected

Not as shown in the picture

Bit misleading from the ad

FAQ

Common Firelighters questions

Answered from the same tracked data.