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Clearwater Test Strips

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Clearwater Test Strips is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 3,643 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −4 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£70K/yr45K searches / yr
90-day growth
>1,000%search demand this quarter
Competition
83%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 29 sellers

Flapen Score

Clearwater Test Strips against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Clearwater Test Strips is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Clearwater Test Strips market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Clearwater Test Strips 45K times last year and spent an estimated £70K. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

21.2% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 45K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 21.2% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved >1,000% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £70K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
45K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
>1,000%
Conversion, latest week
21.2%
Market size, estimated
£70Ka year
Top search term
clearwater test strips28K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.36.

Listings sell for £7.36 on average, from £4.19 to £10.20. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At £7.36 that is £9K to £11K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.36under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.19–£10.20
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£11K
Returns
0.2%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. 78% ship with Prime. On an average day, 24.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #8 within Pools, Hot Tubs & Supplies. It carries 7,331 reviews at 4.41 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
78%
Prime listings
78%
Out of stock, average day
24.2%
Average rank
#8in Pools, Hot Tubs & Supplies
Average rating
4.41 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
7,331per listing
Listings tracked
9

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 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

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

Products

Top Clearwater Test Strips 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 83% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£7K£14K£21K£28K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 rising

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Clearwater77%
  • EASYTEST15%
  • CANADIAN SPA CO.4%
  • RUNBO2%
  • couduan2%

Search terms

Top Clearwater Test Strips search terms shoppers use

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

  • clearwater test strips28K/yr
  • clear water test strips hot tub7K/yr
  • clear water dip test strips6K/yr
  • clearwater dip test strips4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Clearwater Test Strips

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

Complain

Quality-Overall25%−0.06

does the job cheap quality

Poor quality

Absolute garbage

Functionality-Overall17%−0.05

Don't work

Hit and miss some worked some never

These did not work

Value For Money11%+1.02

a bit cheaper with Amazon

Not Worth the Money

Avoid these at all costs

Measurement/Reading Accuracy11%−0.02

DANGEROUS - inaccurate pH reading

Sending back as readings were inaccurate

These test strips did not provide accurate or consistent readings for total alkalinity or pH

Color11%−0.09

give false readings they don't colour properly

colours wasnt changing on the strip

colours never change

Love

Ease Of Use23%+2.31

Easy to use

Easy to use and handle

Easy to read

Value For Money22%+1.02

Good value for money and consistent

Good price

Excellent value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product19%+0.98

Does the job perfectly

As Described

As described, just what we needed then for

Quality-Overall8%−0.06

Excellent quality product, easy to use and accurate too

Good quality

Great producyp

Efficiency7%+0.09

effective test strips

Works well

Seem to work fine

Return

0.2% Return rate 24% Fixable by listing

Functionality-Overall39%▃█▃▃▅▄

Don't work

Hit and miss some worked some never

These did not work

Color16%▁▁█▇▃▅

give false readings they don't colour properly

colours wasnt changing on the strip

colours never change

Defective Material/Parts8%█▁▁▄▁▅
Measurement/Reading Accuracy6%▁▁▁█▃▂

DANGEROUS - inaccurate pH reading

Sending back as readings were inaccurate

These test strips did not provide accurate or consistent readings for total alkalinity or pH

Value For Money5%▁▁▁█▁▇

a bit cheaper with Amazon

Not Worth the Money

Avoid these at all costs

FAQ

Common Clearwater Test Strips questions

Answered from the same tracked data.