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Paraffin

Fail

Demand is soft, at -47.0% this quarter, so Paraffin is a Fail.

Flapen Score
46
46 / 100
Ranks 3,831 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −5 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£148K/yr109K searches / yr
90-day growth
-47.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 39 sellers

Flapen Score

Paraffin against its category

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

46Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Paraffin market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Paraffin 109K times last year and spent an estimated £148K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar–Nov. Flapen scores it 46 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

7.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 109K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -47.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £148K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
109K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-47.0%
Conversion, latest week
7.5%
Market size, estimated
£148Ka year
Peak month
January5.3× the quietest month
Top search term
paraffin52K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £18.21.

Listings sell for £18.21 on average, from £5.67 to £37.32. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £18.21 that is £9K to £14K a year per listing.

Average price
£18.21inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.67–£37.32
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£9K–£14K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

58% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 21% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #237 within Outdoor Heaters & Fire Pits. It carries 487 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
58%
Prime listings
21%
Out of stock, average day
14.0%
Average rank
#237in Outdoor Heaters & Fire Pits
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
487per listing
Listings tracked
19

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 59 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
59 months

Products

Top Paraffin 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 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£15K£30K£44K£59K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • Bartoline28%
  • Bird Brand24%
  • Clearell21%
  • PERFECTONISH11%
  • AXpower Inspirational Technology Empowering People4%
  • Candle Charisma4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 9%)

Demand

Paraffin search demand

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

8K6KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.3×

Search terms

Top Paraffin search terms shoppers use

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

  • paraffin52K/yr
  • parafine fuel20K/yr
  • paraffin oil25K/yr
  • parafin7K/yr
  • parrafin2K/yr
  • paraffin fuel3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Paraffin

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

Complain

Smell47%−0.21

Smells like paraffin

A bit smellier than I was expecting

Smells awful

Value For Money17%+2.28

Can get it cheaper elsewhere

expensive when buying bulk

Price dropped so i snapped them up

Leak-Proof6%

leaking

Flammable6%+0.14

It burns in my green house heater

Quality-Overall3%+0.09

Albeit not the best compared to original Jizer

Love

Value For Money32%+2.28

Value for money

Good price

Great value

Quality-Overall31%+0.09

Excellent product

Quality Product at a Reasonable Price

Reliable Seller

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.90

Does the job

As described

Exactly as ordered

Smell7%−0.21

Doesn't smell too bad

good to use no smell off it

great parafin no smoke slight smell when first lit then nothing

Efficiency3%+0.34

Does the job

EFFECTIVE LIPBALM

It works fine

Return

0.0% Return rate 24% Fixable by listing

Advertised Vs Actual Product18%▄▁█▄▁▁
Compatibility-Overall18%▄▁█▄▁▁
Smell14%█▂▁▂▁▁

Smells like paraffin

A bit smellier than I was expecting

Smells awful

Leak-Proof14%▁█▁▆▁▁

leaking

Functionality-Overall7%▁▆▁█▁▁

FAQ

Common Paraffin questions

Answered from the same tracked data.