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12g Co2 Cartridge

Fail

The top 5 products take 93% of clicks, so 12g Co2 Cartridge is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 570 of 792 Sports & Outdoors niches · −6 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£47K/yr39K searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
93%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 15 sellers

Flapen Score

12g Co2 Cartridge against its category

The dotted line is the Sports & Outdoors average. Past it, 12g Co2 Cartridge is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The 12g Co2 Cartridge market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for 12g Co2 Cartridge 39K times last year and spent an estimated £47K. The top 5 brands take 85% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

9.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 39K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £47K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
39K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.7%
Conversion, latest week
9.3%
Market size, estimated
£47Ka year
Top search term
12g co2 cartridge26K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.80.

Listings sell for £12.80 on average, from £4.43 to £20.51. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £12.80 that is £3K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.80under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.43–£20.51
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£6K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

29% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 86% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #5 within Airsoft. It carries 799 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
29%
Prime listings
86%
Out of stock, average day
14.6%
Average rank
#5in Airsoft
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
799per listing
Listings tracked
7

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 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 73 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
73 months

Products

Top 12g Co2 Cartridge 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 93% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£7K£14K£21K£28K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 flat

Sellers

15

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 85%

Top-5 click share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Umarex60%
  • --15%
  • ICO10%
  • ARSUK8%
  • Lotsdonxia4%
  • AOLS3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

12g Co2 Cartridge search demand

Weekly searches over the year. Pick a range.

800600Jun '26Jun '26Jun '26Jun '26Jul '26Jul '26Jul '26Jul '26

Search terms

Top 12g Co2 Cartridge search terms shoppers use

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

  • 12g co2 cartridge26K/yr
  • 12g co2 cartridge air pistol4K/yr
  • co2 cartridge 12g4K/yr
  • umarex co2 cartridge 12g4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about 12g Co2 Cartridge

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

Complain

Leak-Proof33%

Leaks

Poor quality always leaking

So far I've used 4-6 of them ALL LEAK

Flatness17%−0.09

The cap is not perfectly flat it has a slight indentation causing the pin to fail to puncture correctly causing ice up

Quality-Overall17%+1.86

Poor quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%−0.07

not boxed as in the illustration

Strength8%−0.01

Just a weak, cheap, paper bag so happy that no cartridges were listed in transit thus time

Love

Quality-Overall36%+1.86

Good quality

Great brand

Quality and value for money

Value For Money33%+2.33

Great bundle, affordable price

GOOD VALUE

Brilliant for the price would defos buy again

Advertised Vs Actual Product17%−0.07

As per listing

They do what they do

Do The Job

Weight Light6%+0.36

Lightweight and smooth appearance

Light weight

Size-Overall3%+0.17

good fit

Return

0.2% Return rate 70% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall70%██▇▆▅▇
Leak-Proof10%▁▁▁▁█▇

Leaks

Poor quality always leaking

So far I've used 4-6 of them ALL LEAK

Defective Material/Parts5%▁▁▁▁▁█
Functionality-Overall5%▁▁▁▁█▁
Compatibility-Overall5%▁▁▁█▃▁

FAQ

Common 12g Co2 Cartridge questions

Answered from the same tracked data.