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Plug in Air Freshener

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Plug in Air Freshener is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 8% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +12 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£3.0M/yr2.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
-3.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
38%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 261 sellers

Flapen Score

Plug in Air Freshener against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Plug in Air Freshener is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plug in Air Freshener market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plug in Air Freshener 2.8M times last year and spent an estimated £3.0M. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

10.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.8M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 10.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -3.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £3.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-3.5%
Conversion, latest week
10.1%
Market size, estimated
£3.0Ma year
Peak month
September1.5× the quietest month
Top search term
plug in air freshener774K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.61.

Listings sell for £10.61 on average, from £3.06 to £21.05. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 250K to 300K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £10.61 that is £32K to £42K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.61under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.06–£21.05
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
250K–300K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£32K–£42K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

78% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #47 within Air Fresheners. It carries 3,295 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
2.9%
Average rank
#47in Air Fresheners
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
3,295per listing
Listings tracked
40

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Plug in Air Freshener 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 38% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£90K£179K£269K£358K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

261

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

38%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

1%

  • Febreze58%
  • Airwick34%
  • Perfect Scents2%
  • glade2%
  • Perfect Scent1%
  • Epished1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 1%)

Demand

Plug in Air Freshener search demand

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

60K40KSpike '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Search terms

Top Plug in Air Freshener search terms shoppers use

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

  • plug in air freshener774K/yr
  • febreze plug in refill529K/yr
  • airwick plug in refills293K/yr
  • air wick plug in refills219K/yr
  • febreze plug in171K/yr
  • 3volution plug in refill138K/yr
  • plug in air freshener refills78K/yr
  • febreze 3volution refill56K/yr
  • air freshener plug in81K/yr
  • ambi pur 3volution refills79K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plug in Air Freshener

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

Complain

Smell48%+2.03

The smell is hard to tolerate

No scent at all

Very faint scent

Durability9%−0.12

Unfortunately they lasted only 1 week

Stop working after a month

Doesn't Last

Value For Money8%+1.95

Expensive

Bit expensive

Waste of money

Leak-Proof6%

The item leaked everywhere

all of the liquid leaked in the box

The product had leaked

Quality-Overall3%+0.14

Cheap

Garbage

Poor quality

Love

Smell57%+2.03

Smell fresh

Beautiful fragrance

smells beautiful

Value For Money20%+1.95

Great deal

Good value for money

Good value for money

Quality-Overall6%+0.14

Amazing quality

airwick is very good

No complaints

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%−0.02

As advertised

As described

As pictured

Durability2%−0.12

They last well

it lasts well too

still going strong

Return

0.1% Return rate 13% Fixable by listing

Smell36%▇▆▆▆██

The smell is hard to tolerate

No scent at all

Very faint scent

Leak-Proof18%▆▇▇█▅▆

The item leaked everywhere

all of the liquid leaked in the box

The product had leaked

Functionality-Overall9%▁█▃▇▃▅
Value For Money7%▃▂▄▂█▄

Expensive

Bit expensive

Waste of money

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▆▅█▇▄█

Feels misleading, and definitely not worth the price

Picture very deceiving

Misleading stock image

FAQ

Common Plug in Air Freshener questions

Answered from the same tracked data.