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Charcoal Discs

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Charcoal Discs is a Fail.

Flapen Score
36
36 / 100
Ranks 5,242 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −15 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£55K/yr57K searches / yr
90-day growth
-38.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
89%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 11 sellers

Flapen Score

Charcoal Discs against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Charcoal Discs is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

36Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Charcoal Discs market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Charcoal Discs 57K times last year and spent an estimated £55K. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 36 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

14.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 57K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -38.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £55K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
57K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-38.2%
Conversion, latest week
14.7%
Market size, estimated
£55Ka year
Peak month
February2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
charcoal discs for incense burners12K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.47.

Listings sell for £6.47 on average, from £3.85 to £10.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £6.47 that is £5K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.47under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.85–£10.21
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£5K–£6K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

13% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #77 within Barbecue & Outdoor Dining. It carries 1,036 reviews at 4.25 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
13%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#77in Barbecue & Outdoor Dining
Average rating
4.25 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,036per listing
Listings tracked
8

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 56 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
56 months

Products

Top Charcoal Discs 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 89% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£11K£16K£22K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 rising

Sellers

11

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Q4U69%
  • BudPro13%
  • SAZORO10%
  • Swift Lite Charcoal4%
  • ORCHIDS3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Charcoal Discs search demand

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

2K1KSpike '25FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Charcoal Discs search terms shoppers use

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

  • charcoal discs for incense burners12K/yr
  • charcoal discs12K/yr
  • charcoal for incense burner7K/yr
  • bakhoor coal9K/yr
  • incense charcoal discs5K/yr
  • charcoal tablets for incense5K/yr
  • bakhoor charcoal4K/yr
  • coal for bakhoor4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Charcoal Discs

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

Complain

Quality-Overall24%−0.17

Bad quality

Not good quality and results

Worst quality

Value For Money15%+0.55

the price is ridiculously expensive

Not worth a penny

Not great & too expensive

Flammable9%−0.12

Dont burn as they should

Does not burn for long

Heating8%+0.64

It did take a while to fully heat up though compared to others he's used

Take a little longer to heat

These particular disc take a little longer to heat up

Natural Resource Wastage8%−0.11

So quiet a bit of wastage

Utter waste

Love

Value For Money23%+0.55

which I think is reasonable value for them

Good value for money

Good value

Quality-Overall23%−0.17

Excellent product

Overall, a reliable, easy-to-use charcoal that does the job really well

Great Quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+1.28

Having said that, they light easily as they advertise, burn for ages, and stay constant, for the amount you get these are great for the price

These charcoal discs work exactly as advertised

works how described

Ease Of Use7%+0.36

so are easy to use

Theyre also easy to handle

making them very user-friendly

Size-Overall6%+0.22

Size was perfect for the burner too

They are small enough to fit his hookah

Return

0.1% Return rate 35% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall26%▁▁█▁▃▁

Doesn't work

Size-Overall22%▁█▃▁▆▁

When I first opened the box I was a bit surprised with the size of the charcoal tablets as although they looked smaller than expected

The disk is quite small

Flammable17%▁▁▃█▁█

Dont burn as they should

Does not burn for long

Smell13%█▁▁▁▂▁

Has a foul smell too

But they did have a weird smell to them

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%▁█▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Charcoal Discs questions

Answered from the same tracked data.