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Methanol

Fail

Demand is soft, at -15.6% this quarter, so Methanol 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
$121K/yr66K searches / yr
90-day growth
-15.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
64%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 62 sellers

Flapen Score

Methanol against its category

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

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

Market

The Methanol market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Methanol 66K times last year and spent an estimated $121K. The top 5 brands take 88% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 66K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -15.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $121K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
66K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-15.6%
Conversion, latest week
4.5%
Market size, estimated
$121Ka year
Peak month
January1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
methanol53K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $40.20.

Listings sell for $40.20 on average, from $13.51 to $107.30. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $40.20 that is $4K to $10K a year per listing.

Average price
$40.20inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$13.51–$107.30
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$4K–$10K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

41% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 41% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #191 within Oils & Fluids. It carries 209 reviews at 4.58 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
41%
Prime listings
41%
Out of stock, average day
4.4%
Average rank
#191in Oils & Fluids
Average rating
4.58 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
209per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 68 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Methanol 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 64% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

62

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

9%

  • Brand 138%
  • Brand 219%
  • Brand 317%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 9%)

Demand

Methanol search demand

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

2K1KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Methanol search terms shoppers use

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

  • methanol53K/yr
  • methanol fuel5K/yr
  • methanol alcohol5K/yr
  • methyl alcohol3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Methanol

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

36%of positive reviews mention “Value For Money”
100%of negative reviews mention “Advertised Vs Actual Product”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Not as pictured”
A buyer, on “Advertised Vs Actual Product”100% 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.

9 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Methanol questions

Answered from the same tracked data.