How competitive is the Fondue Gel Fuel niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

9 brands and 12 sellers compete in Fondue Gel Fuel on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Fondue Gel Fuel products take 82% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 88% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Fondue Gel Fuel?

Fondue Gel Fuel buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Smell, Durability, Value For Money, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.5%.

What does it cost to enter the Fondue Gel Fuel niche?

Fondue Gel Fuel sells for £9.50 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £5.67–£13.99. The average incumbent carries 1,537 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Fondue Gel Fuel

soft demand (-62.0% this quarter) — Fondue Gel Fuel doesn't clear our bar today.

Signals Low Review Barrier

Flapen Score

Skip it

Ranks 5,242 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −15 vs the category median of 51

This niche Category average · 5,777 niches

Is Fondue Gel Fuel profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Fondue Gel Fuel is a £59K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (38K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 36/100.

Fondue Gel Fuel: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -62.0% over the last 90 days and 16.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£59K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr5K

Search volume / yr-62.0%38K

Conversion rate16.4%

Avg price£9.50

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand, so 12% of the market is open.

12%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 12

Top-5 product click share82%

Open market12%

Avg brand age91 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 11 products

Top Fondue Gel Fuel products & what they sell for

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

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Till Brennpaste Fondue Gels

Price: £7.54
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 249
Age: 12y ago

Till Brennpaste Fondue Gel/Paste Chafing Dish Burner Fuel 6 x 80g Pots TWO PACK

Price: £11.03
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 2,198
Age: 12y ago

Till Fuel paste for fondue table grill hot stone - 3x 80g portion - Safe and clean - Highly flammable

Price: £7.74
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 5,035
Age: 5y ago

Till Fondue Gel 3 x 80g pots per Pack - Different Sets (2X Set of 3 80g (6 Pieces))

Price: £11.02
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 5,035
Age: 7y ago

Set of 3 Fondue Gel Cartridges à 80 g 63018. K

Price: £5.67
Rating: 4.1/5
Reviews: 41
Age: 13y ago

Newest

by launch date

Acense Chafing Fuel Gel Ethanol Based Metal Container 3.5 Hour Burn Time Pack of 3 for Food Warming

Price: £7.87
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 107
Age: 9mo ago

Chafing Fuel Gel Ethanol Based 3.5 Hour Burn Time 12 Pack

Price: £13.99
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 107
Age: 10mo ago

SterlingSaver Pack of 6 Chafing Dish Fuel Gel Cans 3.5 Hours | Odourless Heat Source Buffet Food Warmers for Indoor and Outdoor Use | 210 Mins Long Burn Time for Parties and Catering Events

Price: £9.71
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 312
Age: 3y ago

Green Haven Bioethanol Fuel 2L Premium Clean Burning Bio Ethanol Fireplace Fuel Smokeless Odourless Indoor Outdoor Fuel for Fire Pits Burners & Tabletop Fires (96% Purity)

Price: £9.55
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 3,454
Age: 4y ago

Till Fuel paste for fondue table grill hot stone - 3x 80g portion - Safe and clean - Highly flammable

Price: £7.74
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 5,035
Age: 5y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 82% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 flat

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

VSAIL30%
Till Brennpaste24%
Till23%
Acense7%
Kela5%
Black Rock Grill5%
Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 7%)

Fondue Gel Fuel demand & seasonality

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

Volume38KCVR16.4%Products11Brands9Top 5 Brands88%OOS Rate6.5%Rating4.4★Reviews1,537Avg BSR#1,111

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 10.3×

Top Fondue Gel Fuel search terms shoppers use

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

fondue gel fuel21K/yr -62.3%16.5% conv.
fondue fuel7K/yr -57.1%8.4% conv.
fondue gel7K/yr -62.3%7.5% conv.
gel fuel for fondue burner3K/yr -68.4%8.8% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fondue Gel Fuel

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

What buyers love

93% of reviews

Quality-Overall37%

“Good quality”

Value For Money16%

“Good value”

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

“Does the job”

Ease Of Use8%

“Easy use”

Durability5%

“Excellent product, lasted as advertised”

What buyers complain about

83% of reviews

Smell17%

“They all give off an odour”

Durability17%

“Didnt last long”

Value For Money11%

“Expensive”

Natural Resource Wastage11%

“Load of rubbish”

Weight Heavy11%

“As the content is heavy the postage is very expenses”

Fondue Gel Fuel return rate & reasons

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

0.5%

Return rate

56%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall

51%

2Leak-Proof

20%

3Compatibility-Overall

4Durability

5Quality-Overall

Common Fondue Gel Fuel questions

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

Flapen scores Fondue Gel Fuel 36/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £59K/yr across 11 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -62.0% over the last 90 days.