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Electric Hot Water Bottle

Fail

Demand is soft, at -65.6% this quarter, so Electric Hot Water Bottle is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 1,080 of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · −1 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£510K/yr745K searches / yr
90-day growth
-65.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 14 brands · 25 sellers

Flapen Score

Electric Hot Water Bottle against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Electric Hot Water Bottle is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Electric Hot Water Bottle market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Electric Hot Water Bottle 745K times last year and spent an estimated £510K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

4.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 745K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -65.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £510K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
745K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-65.6%
Conversion, latest week
4.5%
Market size, estimated
£510Ka year
Peak month
December18.8× the quietest month
Top search term
electric hot water bottle268K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £15.24.

Listings sell for £15.24 on average, from £9.24 to £20.77. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 25K to 30K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £15.24 that is £8K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£15.24inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.24–£20.77
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
25K–30K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£8K–£11K
Returns
3.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 86% ship with Prime. On an average day, 18.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #123 within Hot & Cold Therapies. It carries 569 reviews at 4.27 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
86%
Out of stock, average day
18.6%
Average rank
#123in Hot & Cold Therapies
Average rating
4.27 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
569per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 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
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Electric Hot Water Bottle 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£20K£41K£61K£82K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

25

Top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

15%

  • Carmen38%
  • CityComfort23%
  • hYwecy11%
  • KEPLIN5%
  • Vivo Technologies5%
  • STAYWARM3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 15%)

Demand

Electric Hot Water Bottle search demand

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

50K30KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 18.8×

Search terms

Top Electric Hot Water Bottle search terms shoppers use

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

  • electric hot water bottle268K/yr
  • rechargeable hot water bottle189K/yr
  • electric water bottle53K/yr
  • electric hot water bottle rechargeable72K/yr
  • hot water bottle electric26K/yr
  • rechargeable hot water bottle uk38K/yr
  • plug in hot water bottle11K/yr
  • hot water bag electric6K/yr
  • usb hot water bottle14K/yr
  • rechargeable water bottle9K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Electric Hot Water Bottle

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

Complain

Heating20%−0.17

it didn't get warm at all

Takes ages to heat up

its stopped heating up

Durability18%−0.21

Doesn't last

Poor durability

Broken

Charging14%−0.07

Wont charge

it stopped charging

does not charge

Leak-Proof5%

This started leaking a few weeks after purchase

Leaked after 2-3 uses

Leaked

Quality-Overall4%+0.55

Poor quality

cannot find a way to report quality issue or get replacement

Rubbish

Love

Warmth14%+1.01

Keeps warm for a good while

Keeps you warm

Cosy warm

Quality-Overall12%+0.55

The build quality feels solid

Brilliant quality

Good quality bottle

Ease Of Use11%+0.84

Easy to fill

Ease of use

Really convenient, saves boiling kettles, lasts for a couple of hours

Charging9%−0.07

Quick charging

Charges quickly

Easy to charge

Value For Money6%+0.26

Worth every penny

Good value for money

Good price

Return

3.4% Return rate 5% Fixable by listing

Heating28%██▇▆▆▆

it didn't get warm at all

Takes ages to heat up

its stopped heating up

Charging21%██▅▇▆█

Wont charge

it stopped charging

does not charge

Weight Heavy11%▃▅▆▆▆█
Functionality-Overall7%▆▄█▃▅▄

Did not work

Never worked that good after a few months use

no longer works

Warmth7%▃▄▄▇█▃

Certainly does not stay warm for 6 hours

Didnt stay hot for as long as I thought

it's not as warm as it was

FAQ

Common Electric Hot Water Bottle questions

Answered from the same tracked data.