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Wastegate

Fail

Buyers convert on only 0.8% of searches, so Wastegate is a Fail.

Flapen Score
38
38 / 100
Ranks 6,359 of 7,287 Automotive niches · −11 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$91K/yr66K searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
66%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 60 sellers

Flapen Score

Wastegate against its category

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

38Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Wastegate market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Wastegate 66K times last year and spent an estimated $91K. The top 5 brands take 70% of clicks. Flapen scores it 38 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.8% 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 0.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $91K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
66K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.7%
Conversion, latest week
0.8%
Market size, estimated
$91Ka year
Peak month
May1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
wastegate23K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $177.11.

Listings sell for $177.11 on average, from $45.86 to $430.57. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $177.11 that is $0 to $18K a year per listing.

Average price
$177.11above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$45.86–$430.57
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$18K
Returns
5.9%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. 71% ship with Prime. On an average day, 33.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,052 within Engines & Engine Parts. It carries 23 reviews at 4.16 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
41%
Prime listings
71%
Out of stock, average day
33.2%
Average rank
#1,052in Engines & Engine Parts
Average rating
4.16 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
23per listing
Listings tracked
17

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 45 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
45 months

Products

Top Wastegate 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 66% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

60

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

23%

  • Brand 128%
  • Brand 212%
  • Brand 311%
  • Brand 410%
  • Brand 510%
  • Brand 68%

Demand

Wastegate search demand

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

2K1KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Wastegate search terms shoppers use

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

  • wastegate23K/yr
  • 44mm wastegate14K/yr
  • turbo wastegate9K/yr
  • 38mm wastegate8K/yr
  • waste gate4K/yr
  • external wastegate4K/yr
  • waste gates for turbo4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wastegate

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

40%of positive reviews mention “Efficiency”
33%of negative reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
5.9%of orders come back
“Read instructions before installing”
A buyer, on “Assembly/Installation”33% 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.

12 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Wastegate questions

Answered from the same tracked data.