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Lighter Fluid

Fail

Demand is soft, at -11.0% this quarter, so Lighter Fluid is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 1,444 of 2,976 Grocery niches · on the category median
Market size
£749K/yr418K searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
72%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 62 sellers

Flapen Score

Lighter Fluid against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lighter Fluid market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Lighter Fluid 418K times last year and spent an estimated £749K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 18.2% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 418K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 18.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £749K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
418K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.0%
Conversion, latest week
18.2%
Market size, estimated
£749Ka year
Peak month
December1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
lighter fluid183K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.85.

Listings sell for £9.85 on average, from £4.47 to £21.03. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £9.85 that is £39K to £49K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.85under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.47–£21.03
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£39K–£49K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

60% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 40% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #44 within Firelighters & Matches. It carries 3,076 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
60%
Prime listings
40%
Out of stock, average day
3.3%
Average rank
#44in Firelighters & Matches
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,076per listing
Listings tracked
15

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 51 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
51 months

Products

Top Lighter Fluid 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 24, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 72% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£75K£150K£225K£299K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

62

Est. top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

6%

  • Zippo57%
  • ZYBUX15%
  • LUXTROUS13%
  • Straame5%
  • APHY ENTERPRISES3%
  • Newport2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 6%)

Demand

Lighter Fluid search demand

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

12K8KSpike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Lighter Fluid search terms shoppers use

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

  • lighter fluid183K/yr
  • zippo lighter fluid128K/yr
  • lighter fuel24K/yr
  • zippo fuel14K/yr
  • lighter fluid refill16K/yr
  • zippo fluid13K/yr
  • naphtha8K/yr
  • naptha5K/yr
  • zippo lighter fuel5K/yr
  • lighter fuel fluid3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lighter Fluid

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

31%of positive reviews mention “Advertised Vs Actual Product”
13%of negative reviews mention “Dilute/Watery”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Watery”
A buyer, on “Dilute/Watery”13% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Lighter Fluid 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