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Pool Skimmer

Fail

The top 5 products take 100% of clicks, so Pool Skimmer is a Fail.

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Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 4,195 of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · −7 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£13K/yr30K searches / yr
90-day growth
>1,000%search demand this quarter
Competition
100%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 30 sellers

Flapen Score

Pool Skimmer against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pool Skimmer market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pool Skimmer 30K times last year and spent an estimated £13K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

2.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 30K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 2.9% 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 £13K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
30K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
>1,000%
Conversion, latest week
2.9%
Market size, estimated
£13Ka year
Peak month
July108.2× the quietest month
Top search term
pool skimmer basket7K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.70.

Listings sell for £14.70 on average, from £11.13 to £20.20. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 1K to 1K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £14.70 that is £1K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.70under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£11.13–£20.20
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
1K–1K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£4K
Returns
0.9%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

60% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 60% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #45 within Pools, Hot Tubs & Supplies. It carries 14,104 reviews at 4.22 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
60%
Prime listings
60%
Out of stock, average day
1.1%
Average rank
#45in Pools, Hot Tubs & Supplies
Average rating
4.22 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
14,104per listing
Listings tracked
5

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 36 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
36 months

Products

Top Pool Skimmer 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 100% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£2K£4K£6K£8K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

30

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Intex48%
  • Bestway27%
  • Crystals17%
  • XIHUAN9%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Pool Skimmer search demand

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

15K10KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 108.2×

Search terms

Top Pool Skimmer search terms shoppers use

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

  • pool skimmer basket7K/yr
  • floating pool skimmer4K/yr
  • pool surface skimmer5K/yr
  • bestway pool skimmer4K/yr
  • above ground pool skimmer4K/yr
  • intex pool skimmer3K/yr
  • bestway skimmer2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pool Skimmer

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

Complain

Size-Overall36%−0.50

Doesn't fit

Pipe far too short

is also on the small size

Quality-Overall19%−0.19

poor quality parts

Poor product

Functionality-Overall14%−0.18

This does not work

Ease Of Use5%−0.02

* The clamp for metal frame pools is utterly useless - it simply doesn't work

Strength2%+0.73

although it doesnt feel the most heavy-duty or robust

Love

Quality-Overall30%−0.19

Better than standard inlet

Regarding its built quality from what I can see it should last a long time

Good quality

Ease Of Cleaning9%+0.46

makes cleaning a breeze

makes it effective for small clean ups

so its useful to have something for quick clean-ups

Assembly/Installation8%+0.33

Simple to install

also it is easy to put together

* Quick and easy to install

Weight Light7%+0.84

Its not too heavy either - it makes the job quite easy

the actual product is light enough

At full stretch its still light enough for my 99kg frame to wave about one handed

Strength7%+0.73

equally not flimsy

Very sturdy

Return

0.9% Return rate 64% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall58%▁▁▁█▇▇

Doesn't fit

Pipe far too short

is also on the small size

Functionality-Overall17%▁▁▁▁█▇

This does not work

Connectivity-Overall5%▁▁▁▁█▇
Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▁▁▁█▃▃
Add-Ons/Attachments3%▁▁▁▁█▂

FAQ

Common Pool Skimmer questions

Answered from the same tracked data.