arctic silver
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Conversion
Incredible14.8%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Returns
Incredible0.9%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Price range
Good$6.08–$33.06cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Avg price
Good$12.53avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Growth
Bad-6.8%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad$72K$72K/yr · 39K searches
Review moat
Bad18,121.63avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Quality gap
Bad4.8★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Competition
Bad89%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, arctic silver is a $72K/yr Amazon United States market (39K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug. Verdict: Skip it — 35/100.
Data updated Jul 21, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
arctic silver market data
- Units sold / yr
- 6K–8K
- avg 750–1,000/product
- Revenue / yr
- $75K–$100K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 14.8%
- Avg BSR
- #27
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 63%
- Out of stock
- 0.0%
- Avg brand age
- 74 months
- Avg seller age
- 203 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 89% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
4 flat
Sellers
37
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
89%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Arctic Silver50%
- ARCTIC39%
- Nabob Deals7%
- Arctic Tumblers4%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -6.8% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.5×
Top arctic silver search terms
- arctic silver thermal paste10K/yr
- artic silver thermal paste6K/yr
- arctic silver7K/yr
- arctic silver 56K/yr
- artic silver4K/yr
- arctic silver 5 thermal paste3K/yr
- artic silver 5 thermal paste4K/yr
Top arctic silver products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 8 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Arctic Silver 5 AS5-3.5G Thermal Paste Black Grey
Arctic Silver$12.274.8★21,997 rev
ARCTIC MX-7 (8 g) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPUs Consoles Graphics Cards Laptops Processors Very High Thermal Conductivity Long Durability Non-Conductive Non-Capacitive
ARCTIC$8.934.8★1,536 rev
ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste for All Processors (CPU GPU - PC PS4 Xbox) Very high Thermal Conductivity Long Durability Safe Application Non-Conductive Non-capacitive
ARCTIC$6.084.8★104,937 rev
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Cooling Compound Paste 3.5g High-Density Polysynthetic Silver (AS5 3.5G w/Tool)
Nabob Deals$13.244.8★6,644 rev
ARCTIC MX-6 (8 g) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPU Consoles Graphics Cards laptops Very high Thermal Conductivity Long Durability Non-Conductive
ARCTIC$8.804.6★7,289 rev
Newest
by launch dateARCTIC MX-7 (8 g) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPUs Consoles Graphics Cards Laptops Processors Very High Thermal Conductivity Long Durability Non-Conductive Non-Capacitive
ARCTIC$8.931,536 rev
ARCTIC MX-7 (4 g) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPUs Consoles Graphics Cards Laptops Processors Very High Thermal Conductivity Long Durability Non-Conductive Non-Capacitive
ARCTIC$7.891,082 rev
ARCTIC MX-7 (4 g incl. MX-Cleaner) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPUs Consoles Graphics Cards Laptops Very High Thermal Conductivity Long Durability Non-Conductive Non-Capacitive
ARCTIC$9.97800 rev
ARCTIC MX-6 (8 g) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPU Consoles Graphics Cards laptops Very high Thermal Conductivity Long Durability Non-Conductive
ARCTIC$8.807,289 rev
ARCTIC MX-4 (4 g) - Premium Performance Thermal Paste for All Processors (CPU GPU - PC PS4 Xbox) Very high Thermal Conductivity Long Durability Safe Application Non-Conductive Non-capacitive
ARCTIC$6.08104,937 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumARCTIC MX-7 (8 g) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPUs Consoles Graphics Cards Laptops Processors Very High Thermal Conductivity Long Durability Non-Conductive Non-Capacitive
ARCTIC$8.934.8★
ARCTIC MX-7 (4 g incl. MX-Cleaner) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPUs Consoles Graphics Cards Laptops Very High Thermal Conductivity Long Durability Non-Conductive Non-Capacitive
ARCTIC$9.974.7★
ARCTIC MX-7 (4 g) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPUs Consoles Graphics Cards Laptops Processors Very High Thermal Conductivity Long Durability Non-Conductive Non-Capacitive
ARCTIC$7.894.7★
ARCTIC MX-6 (8 g) - Ultimate Performance Thermal Paste for CPU Consoles Graphics Cards laptops Very high Thermal Conductivity Long Durability Non-Conductive
ARCTIC$8.804.6★
Arctic Silver 5 High Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound -12g (AS5-12G-R)
Arctic Tumblers$33.064.8★
What buyers say about arctic silver
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“No overheat issues on those”
“Good tool”
“Works as it should”
“Good Value”
“Simple to use”
“Comes out thick”
“the durability is excellent”
“Worked great cleaning”
“This paste is great for a wide variety of applications”
“Used it on my Xbox one works good”
What buyers complain about
“A bit on thick side to plead out”
“My CPU and GPU were running hot, in the 90 degree C. My games were stuttering badly”
“A little hard to get out”
“Have a bad adhesive”
“Garbage”
“it has not fixed the problem”
“Looked as if it was used”
“They include cleaning cloths which are the worst thing you can possibly use”
“too expensive”
“Runs out in one use”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is arctic silver profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $72K/yr across 8 tracked products. 3 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -6.8%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (35/100).
- How competitive is the arctic silver niche?
- 4 brands and 37 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 89% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in arctic silver?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Thickness, Heating, Ease Of Use. The return rate is 0.9%.
- When does demand for arctic silver peak?
- Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug; the busiest month runs 6.5× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the arctic silver niche?
- Listings span $6.08–$33.06; the average listing price is $12.53 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 18,122 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.