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title: "Solar Filter — $35K/yr Amazon US Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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description: "Niche score 39/100 · $35K/yr market · 33K searches/yr · $27.90 avg price. Doesn't clear our bar today. Data updated Jul 2026."
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# **solar filter**
**Skip it**
A small market ($35K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 9Growth 35Conversion 48Competition 31Returns 49Price range 87Avg price 95Brand share 10Review moat 73Quality gap 43
**Avg price**
**Incredible****$27.90**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Price range**
**Great****$10.26–$59.46**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Review moat**
**Good****573.33**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Returns**
**Okay****3.1%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Conversion**
**Okay****3.8%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Quality gap**
**Okay****4.5★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Growth**
**Okay****+8.2%**
90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
**Competition**
**Okay****67%**
top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
**Brand share**
**Bad****96%**
top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
**Market size**
**Bad****$35K**
$35K/yr · 33K searches
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, solar filter is a $35K/yr Amazon United States market (33K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 39/100.
Data updated Jul 17, 2026 · scored weekly · [~~How we score niches ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **solar filter market data**
- **Units sold / yr**
- **500–750**
- avg 0–100/product
- **Revenue / yr**
- **$14K–$21K**
- units × avg price
- **Conversion rate**
- **3.8%**
- **Avg BSR**
- **#87**
- **Page quality**
- **0%**
- **Prime**
- **87%**
- **Sponsored**
- **40%**
- **Out of stock**
- **10.7%**
- **Avg brand age**
- **70 months**
- **Avg seller age**
- **204 days**
## **Competition & brand share**
The top 5 products take 67% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
**Brands**
**7 **▼falling
**Sellers**
**15**
**Top-5 brand share**
**96%**
Top 20: 100%
**Top-5 click share**
**67%**
Top 20: 100%
**Open market**
**2%**
- Celestron60% - Thousand Oaks Optical19% - Astromania8% - K&F CONCEPT7% - SVBONY3% - Seymour Solar2% - Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)
## **Demand & seasonality**
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +8.2% search growth over the last 90 days.
1K750Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/us/electronics/solar-filter/trend)
## **Top solar filter search terms**
- **solar filter**8K/yr+31.0%0.9% conv. - **solar filter for telescope**9K/yr-17.4%1.0% conv. - **telescope solar filter**4K/yr+5.1%1.1% conv. - **solar filter for camera**2K/yr-1.1%1.2% conv. - **sun filter for telescope**4K/yr-28.1%1.1% conv. - **telescope sun filter**3K/yr-13.0%0.0% conv. - **solar eclipse filter for camera lens**1K/yr+65.0%3.9% conv. - **solar filter sheet**1K/yr+60.6%5.3% conv. - **solar eclipse filter**476/yr+139.6%1.7% conv. - **solar eclipse camera filter**425/yr+97.1%2.5% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/us/electronics/solar-filter/search-terms)
## **Top solar filter 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.
0%10%$4K20%$7K30%$11K40%$14K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)
All 15 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**Celestron EclipSmart Safe Solar Eclipse Telescope and Camera Filter Meets ISO 12312-2:2015(E) Standards Works with Your Telescope Spotting Scope or DSLR Camera Observe + Photograph Eclipses**Celestron**$16.41**4.3★451 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH45ZBKV) [2**Celestron 94243 EclipSmart Solar Eclipse Telescope Filter ISO 12312-2 Compliant Secure Fit with Solar Safe Film Works with 6 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes Black**Celestron**$59.46**4.5★986 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071DVRM17) [3**Thousand Oaks Optical 6x6 Solar Filter Sheet for Telescopes Binoculars and Cameras**Thousand Oaks Optical**$12.35**4.6★1,088 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01770FDAC) [4**Astromania Deluxe Filter 100mm Adjustable Metal Cap for Telescope Tubes with Outer Diameter from 70mm to 92mm Aperture 75mm**Astromania**$34.19**4.1★128 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07439W4R8) [5**4x4 Solar Filter Sheet for Telescopes Binoculars and Cameras**Thousand Oaks Optical**$10.26**4.5★1,371 rev](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DS7IFQS)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**K&F CONCEPT 58mm ND100000(16.6 Stops) ND Lens Filter Neutral Density Lens Filter with 28 Multi-Layer Coatings (Nano X Series)**K&F CONCEPT**$28.33**660 rev2y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPXJP62Y) [**K&F CONCEPT 67mm ND100000(16.6 Stops) ND Lens Filter Neutral Density Lens Filter with 28 Multi-Layer Coatings (Nano X Series)**K&F CONCEPT**$33.92**660 rev2y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPXJ2YF3) [**Hyperion Solar Film Sheets by Seymour Solar - ND5 Rating - Sun and Eclipse Photography or Viewing (9 x 12)**Seymour Solar**$27.39**69 rev2y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTXQYG8J) [**K&F CONCEPT 67mm ND1000000(20 Stops) ND Lens Filter Neutral Density Camera Lens Filter with 28 Multi-Layer Coatings (Nano X Series)**K&F CONCEPT**$30.90**595 rev2y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRVJSR37) [**Celestron EclipSmart Safe Solar Eclipse Telescope and Camera Filter Meets ISO 12312-2:2015(E) Standards Works with Your Telescope Spotting Scope or DSLR Camera Observe + Photograph Eclipses**Celestron**$16.41**451 rev2y ago](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH45ZBKV)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**8x8 Solar Filter Sheet for Telescopes Binoculars and Cameras**Thousand Oaks Optical**$23.26**4.6★**▲ 193%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DS7S52W) [**Hyperion Solar Film Sheets by Seymour Solar - ND5 Rating - Sun and Eclipse Photography or Viewing (9 x 12)**Seymour Solar**$27.39**4.4★**▲ 144%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTXQYG8J) [**K&F CONCEPT 67mm ND100000(16.6 Stops) ND Lens Filter Neutral Density Lens Filter with 28 Multi-Layer Coatings (Nano X Series)**K&F CONCEPT**$33.92**4.7★**▲ 73%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPXJ2YF3) [**Celestron 94243 EclipSmart Solar Eclipse Telescope Filter ISO 12312-2 Compliant Secure Fit with Solar Safe Film Works with 6 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopes Black**Celestron**$59.46**4.5★**▲ 55%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071DVRM17) [**K&F CONCEPT 67mm ND1000000(20 Stops) ND Lens Filter Neutral Density Camera Lens Filter with 28 Multi-Layer Coatings (Nano X Series)**K&F CONCEPT**$30.90**4.7★**▲ 38%**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRVJSR37)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about solar filter**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**27%
*“Does what it's supposed to do”*
**Quality-Overall**25%
*“Otherwise no complaints”*
**Value For Money**13%
*“Best Value For Your Money”*
**Image/Picture Clarity**10%
*“Quality film and works amazingly to view the sun”*
**Ease Of Cleaning**5%
*“My images come out clean though this filter”*
**Lenses**3%
*“It fits over a wide variety of lens sizes”*
**Display Viewing Angle**2%
*“allows for capturing nice views”*
**Assembly/Installation**1%
*“is easy to install”*
**Weight Light**1%
*“It is very light weight”*
**Blue Light Filter**1%
*“Camera Filter is good”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Quality-Overall**20%
*“BullSh!t product”*
**Maintenance And Repair**10%
*“I had to discard it”*
**Durability**10%
*“Filter failed in less than a year”*
**Image/Picture Clarity**7%
*“There are no photos currently”*
**Glare**4%
*“it just bugs me to see visually”*
**Display Colors**3%
*“makes the sun very orange in prints”*
**Color**3%
*“makes the sun very orange in prints”*
### **Top return reasons **
**Size-Overall**52%
**Compatibility-Overall**13%
**Lenses**10%
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**6%
**Product Condition**4%
**Defective Material/Parts**3%
**Functionality-Overall**3%
**Quality-Overall**2%
**Aperture**1%
**Mechanism Issues**1%
## **Common questions**
- **Is solar filter profitable to sell on Amazon United States?**
- The niche generates $35K/yr across 15 tracked products. 90-day search growth is +8.2%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (39/100).
- **How competitive is the solar filter niche?**
- 7 brands and 15 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 67% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 96% of demand.
- **What do buyers complain about in solar filter?**
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Quality-Overall, Maintenance And Repair, Durability. The return rate is 3.1%.
- **When does demand for solar filter peak?**
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.
- **What does it cost to enter the solar filter niche?**
- Listings span $10.26–$59.46; the average listing price is $27.90 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 573 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.
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