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Expansion Valve

Maybe

Search demand grew +149.5% this quarter. But an estimated 13.2% of orders come back, so Expansion Valve is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 39% of 7,287 Automotive niches · +2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$119K/yr167K searches / yr
90-day growth
+149.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
84%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Expansion Valve against its category

The dotted line is the Automotive average. Past it, Expansion Valve is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Expansion Valve market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Expansion Valve 167K times last year and spent an estimated $119K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 167K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +149.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $119K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
167K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+149.5%
Conversion, latest week
3.6%
Market size, estimated
$119Ka year
Peak month
July9.6× the quietest month
Top search term
expansion valve58K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $19.82.

Listings sell for $19.82 on average, from $11.44 to $54.41. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $19.82 that is $5K to $10K a year per listing.

Average price
$19.82inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$11.44–$54.41
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$5K–$10K
Returns
13.2%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #55 within Engine Cooling & Climate Control. It carries 119 reviews at 3.99 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#55in Engine Cooling & Climate Control
Average rating
3.99 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
119per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 47 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
47 months

Products

Top Expansion Valve 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 84% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Brand 151%
  • Brand 213%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 47%
  • Brand 56%
  • Brand 64%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 10%)

Demand

Expansion Valve search demand

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

7K5KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.6×

Search terms

Top Expansion Valve search terms shoppers use

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

  • expansion valve58K/yr
  • ac expansion valve35K/yr
  • valvula de expansion ac24K/yr
  • expansion valve a/c25K/yr
  • ac expansion valve kit8K/yr
  • a/c expansion valve8K/yr
  • expansion valve a/c car5K/yr
  • thermal expansion valve4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Expansion Valve

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

43%of positive reviews mention “Size-Overall”
29%of negative reviews mention “Compatibility-Overall”
13.2%of orders come back
“Completely incompatible despite saying it fits”
A buyer, on “Compatibility-Overall”29% of negative reviews mention the same topic

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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Expansion Valve questions

Answered from the same tracked data.