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Coal

Fail

The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so Coal is a Fail.

Flapen Score
45
45 / 100
Ranks 9,665 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −4 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$363K/yr249K searches / yr
90-day growth
-2.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
74%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 33 sellers

Flapen Score

Coal against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Coal is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

45Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Coal market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Coal 249K times last year and spent an estimated $363K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 45 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 249K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -2.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $363K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
249K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-2.8%
Conversion, latest week
11.7%
Market size, estimated
$363Ka year
Peak month
December4.1× the quietest month
Top search term
incense charcoal27K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $12.51.

Listings sell for $12.51 on average, from $6.05 to $21.55. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $12.51 that is $19K to $25K a year per listing.

Average price
$12.51under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.05–$21.55
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$19K–$25K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

71% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 82% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #79 within Tobacco-Related Products. It carries 2,723 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
71%
Prime listings
82%
Out of stock, average day
0.5%
Average rank
#79in Tobacco-Related Products
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
2,723per listing
Listings tracked
17

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 59 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Coal 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 74% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

7 flat

Sellers

33

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

1%

  • Brand 141%
  • Brand 237%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Demand

Coal search demand

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

30K20KHoliday '24SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.1×

Search terms

Top Coal search terms shoppers use

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

  • incense charcoal27K/yr
  • charcoal for incense23K/yr
  • charcoal discs26K/yr
  • charcoal discs to burn incense23K/yr
  • incense charcoal discs23K/yr
  • three kings charcoal13K/yr
  • charcoal incense13K/yr
  • bakhoor charcoal13K/yr
  • carbon para incienso12K/yr
  • charcoal for incense burning16K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Coal

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

33%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
15%of negative reviews mention “Smell”
0.7%of orders come back
“It smells bad”
A buyer, on “Smell”15% 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.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Coal questions

Answered from the same tracked data.