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Lighter Gas

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($4.69–$8.81) — Lighter Gas doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

42
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Market size 56Growth 13Conversion 90Competition 10Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 17Brand share 25Review moat 70Quality gap 42
This niche Category average

Is Lighter Gas profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Lighter Gas is a £407K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (610K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.

Lighter Gas: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -23.2% over the last 90 days and 10.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£407K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr80K
Search volume / yr-23.2%610K
Conversion rate10.7%
Avg price£6.25

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 90% of demand, so 10% of the market is open.

10%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 14
Top-5 product click share87%
Open market10%
Avg brand age53 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 9 products

Sponsored placement89%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews695

Top Lighter Gas products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 87% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£61K£122K£183K£244K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

14

Top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • LUXTROUS52%
  • Straame20%
  • ZOPPER7%
  • UR CHOICE6%
  • ezkart5%
  • ZYBUX5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

Lighter Gas demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume610KCVR10.7%Products9Brands8Top 5 Brands90%OOS Rate4.6%Rating4.5★Reviews695Avg BSR#629
18K13KHoliday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Top Lighter Gas search terms shoppers use

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

  • lighter gas167K/yr
  • butane gas refill144K/yr
  • lighter gas refill85K/yr
  • butane39K/yr
  • gas refill for lighter19K/yr
  • gas for lighters refill15K/yr
  • gas lighter refill25K/yr
  • clipper gas19K/yr
  • lighter refill14K/yr
  • gas lighter refill canister5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lighter Gas

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

95% of reviews
Advertised Vs Actual Product30%

As advertised

Value For Money26%

Good value for money

Quality-Overall17%

Excellent product

Ease Of Use10%

Comes in handy

Size-Overall5%

They fit perfectly

What buyers complain about

88% of reviews
Value For Money18%

cheaper elsewhere though

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%

Even the photo on the front of the can is different from the actual can

Ease Of Use8%

Quite hard to use

Leak-Proof7%

leaking on use

Ethical Trade/Fair Trade7%

Rubbish seller

Lighter Gas return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.0%

Return rate

36%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Size-Overall
27%
2Functionality-Overall
18%
3Compatibility-Overall
18%
4Defective Material/Parts
9%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
9%

Common Lighter Gas questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Lighter Gas 42/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £407K/yr across 9 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -23.2% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Lighter Gas on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Dec, where the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.