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Wash and Wax

Maybe

An estimated 0.4% of orders come back. But the top 5 brands take 95% of clicks, so Wash and Wax is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 17% of 7,287 Automotive niches · +8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$473K/yr302K searches / yr
90-day growth
+45.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 129 sellers

Flapen Score

Wash and Wax against its category

The dotted line is the Automotive average. Past it, Wash and Wax is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Wash and Wax market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Wash and Wax 302K times last year and spent an estimated $473K. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Demand peaks in Sep. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 7.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 302K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 7.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +45.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $473K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
302K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+45.1%
Conversion, latest week
7.3%
Market size, estimated
$473Ka year
Peak month
September9.0× the quietest month
Top search term
wash and wax36K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $21.54.

Listings sell for $21.54 on average, from $5.26 to $49.02. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At $21.54 that is $16K to $22K a year per listing.

Average price
$21.54inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$5.26–$49.02
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
$16K–$22K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

68% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #110 within Exterior Care. It carries 8,515 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
68%
Prime listings
92%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#110in Exterior Care
Average rating
4.64 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
8,515per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 78 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
78 months

Products

Top Wash and 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 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

8 flat

Sellers

129

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 95%

Open market

2%

  • Brand 144%
  • Brand 226%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)

Demand

Wash and Wax search demand

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

50K30KPrime Day '24Spike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 9.0×

Search terms

Top Wash and Wax search terms shoppers use

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

  • wash and wax36K/yr
  • car wash and wax29K/yr
  • wash and wax car wash31K/yr
  • meguiars wash and wax24K/yr
  • carwash soap with wax12K/yr
  • meguiars ultimate wash and wax17K/yr
  • meguiars car wash kit19K/yr
  • car wash soap with wax10K/yr
  • car wash wax14K/yr
  • meguiars kit16K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wash and Wax

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

19%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
10%of negative reviews mention “Ease Of Cleaning”
0.4%of orders come back
“Terrible soap the worse clean”
A buyer, on “Ease Of Cleaning”10% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Wash and Wax questions

Answered from the same tracked data.