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Hard Water Laundry Detergent

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Hard Water Laundry Detergent is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 8,381 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$370K/yr100K searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
93%top-5 click share · 3 brands · 34 sellers

Flapen Score

Hard Water Laundry Detergent against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Hard Water Laundry Detergent is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hard Water Laundry Detergent market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Hard Water Laundry Detergent 100K times last year and spent an estimated $370K. All 3 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 16.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 100K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 16.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $370K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
100K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.8%
Conversion, latest week
16.8%
Market size, estimated
$370Ka year
Peak month
September3.0× the quietest month
Top search term
calgon water softener56K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $22.12.

Listings sell for $22.12 on average, from $6.01 to $40.89. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $22.12 that is $33K to $44K a year per listing.

Average price
$22.12inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$6.01–$40.89
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$33K–$44K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

43% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #243 within Laundry. It carries 8,751 reviews at 4.54 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
43%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.8%
Average rank
#243in Laundry
Average rating
4.54 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
8,751per listing
Listings tracked
7

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 68 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
68 months

Products

Top Hard Water Laundry Detergent 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 93% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

3 falling

Sellers

34

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Brand 191%
  • Brand 25%
  • Brand 34%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Hard Water Laundry Detergent search demand

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

6K4KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.0×

Search terms

Top Hard Water Laundry Detergent search terms shoppers use

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

  • calgon water softener56K/yr
  • water softener for washing machine6K/yr
  • hard water laundry detergent6K/yr
  • water softener for laundry6K/yr
  • laundry water softener5K/yr
  • hard water laundry additive3K/yr
  • laundry detergent for hard water3K/yr
  • calgon water softener for laundry9K/yr
  • calgon liquid water softener3K/yr
  • calgon water softener liquid3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hard Water Laundry Detergent

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

13%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Cleaning”
17%of negative reviews mention “Leak-Proof”
0.3%of orders come back
“causes spill in delvery”
A buyer, on “Leak-Proof”17% 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.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Hard Water Laundry Detergent questions

Answered from the same tracked data.