Car Wax
PassCar Wax scores 68 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $1.9M a year here, search demand grew +32.8% this quarter, and an estimated 1.1% of orders come back.
- Flapen Score
- 68 / 100Top 2% of 7,287 Automotive niches · +19 vs the category median of 4968
- Market size
- $1.9M/yr1.4M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +32.8%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 33%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 332 sellers
Flapen Score
Car Wax against its category
The dotted line is the Automotive average. Past it, Car Wax is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Car Wax market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Car Wax 1.4M times last year and spent an estimated $1.9M. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Flapen scores it 68 out of 100, a Pass.
01 · Demand
An estimated 7.1% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 1.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +32.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $1.9M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 1.4M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +32.8%
- Conversion, latest week
- 7.1%
- Market size, estimated
- $1.9Ma year
- Peak month
- August2.0× the quietest month
- Top search term
- car wax635K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $19.87.
Listings sell for $19.87 on average, from $7.02 to $72.34. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At $19.87 that is $40K to $50K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $19.87inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $7.02–$72.34
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 80K–100K
- Units per listing a year
- 2,000–2,500
- Revenue per listing a year
- $40K–$50K
- Returns
- 1.1%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is reviews.
80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #55 within Exterior Care. It carries 8,760 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 80%
- Prime listings
- 96%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #55in Exterior Care
- Average rating
- 4.57 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 8,760per listing
- Listings tracked
- 55
04 · Newcomers
1 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 65 months on average, so the names here are established.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 2
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 65 months
Products
Top Car Wax products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
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Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take only 33% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
17 rising
Sellers
332
Top-5 brand share
82%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
33%
Top 20: 75%
Open market
13%
- Brand 139%
- Brand 215%
- Brand 314%
- Brand 47%
- Brand 57%
- Brand 65%
- Open — no brand owns it (11 brands, 13%)
Demand
Car Wax search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×
Search terms
Top Car Wax search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- car wax635K/yr
- meguiars wax132K/yr
- car wax polish83K/yr
- wax for cars66K/yr
- car wax kit57K/yr
- meguiars cleaner wax37K/yr
- meguiars ultimate liquid wax32K/yr
- waxes33K/yr
- nu finish32K/yr
- meguiars car wax28K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Car Wax
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Never worked”
Every topic
Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.
Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.
15 topics
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