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title: "Trend — ac gauges - Flapen"
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  description: "ac gauges clears our launch bar: a $1.5M/yr market growing +148.2% this quarter with returns at 5.2%. Data updated Jul 2026."
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# **ac gauges**

**Launch it**

A $1.5M/yr market growing +148.2% this quarter with returns at 5.2% — clears our launch bar.

Market size 87Growth 96Conversion 34Competition 83Returns 32Price range 11Avg price 75Brand share 49Review moat 61Quality gap 73

**Growth**

**Incredible****+148.2%**

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

**Market size**

**Great****$1.5M**

$1.5M/yr · 561K searches

**Competition**

**Great****32%**

top-5 click share — an open shelf

**Avg price**

**Great****$99.04**

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

**Quality gap**

**Good****4.3★**

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

**Review moat**

**Good****1,043.83**

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

**Brand share**

**Okay****75%**

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

**Conversion**

**Okay****2.8%**

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

**Returns**

**Okay****5.2%**

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

**Price range**

**Bad****$13.27–$782.96**

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100