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Gas Struts

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $151K a year here, so Gas Struts is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 4,157 of 7,287 Automotive niches · −2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$151K/yr254K searches / yr
90-day growth
+12.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
49%top-5 click share · 17 brands · 22 sellers

Flapen Score

Gas Struts against its category

The dotted line is the Automotive average. Past it, Gas Struts is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Gas Struts market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Gas Struts 254K times last year and spent an estimated $151K. The top 5 brands take 84% of clicks. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 254K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +12.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $151K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
254K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+12.0%
Conversion, latest week
2.6%
Market size, estimated
$151Ka year
Peak month
May1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
gas struts81K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $22.87.

Listings sell for $22.87 on average, from $6.00 to $36.34. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 6K to 8K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $22.87 that is $2K to $6K a year per listing.

Average price
$22.87inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.00–$36.34
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
6K–8K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$6K
Returns
3.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

97% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #107 within Shocks, Struts & Suspension. It carries 2,099 reviews at 4.36 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
97%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
9.8%
Average rank
#107in Shocks, Struts & Suspension
Average rating
4.36 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,099per listing
Listings tracked
36

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 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 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
56 months

Products

Top Gas Struts 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 49% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

17 rising

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

84%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 87%

Open market

13%

  • Brand 133%
  • Brand 225%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (11 brands, 13%)

Demand

Gas Struts search demand

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

6K4KSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Gas Struts search terms shoppers use

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

  • gas struts81K/yr
  • gas strut32K/yr
  • gas struts for heavy lid22K/yr
  • gas spring16K/yr
  • gas shocks15K/yr
  • gas shocks lift lid12K/yr
  • heavy duty gas strut7K/yr
  • marine gas struts5K/yr
  • master lift gas struts8K/yr
  • gas struts for cabinets7K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Gas Struts

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
12%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
3.9%of orders come back
“Broke after 2 uses”
A buyer, on “Durability”12% 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 Gas Struts questions

Answered from the same tracked data.