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Lighter Wick

Fail

Prices span $4.72–$15.71, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Lighter Wick is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 12,248 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −9 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$92K/yr87K searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
69%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Lighter Wick against its category

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

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lighter Wick market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Lighter Wick 87K times last year and spent an estimated $92K. The top 5 brands take 89% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 11.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 87K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 11.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $92K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
87K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.9%
Conversion, latest week
11.3%
Market size, estimated
$92Ka year
Peak month
June2.3× the quietest month
Top search term
zippo wick40K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $9.36.

Listings sell for $9.36 on average, from $4.72 to $15.71. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 10K to 13K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $9.36 that is $5K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$9.36under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.72–$15.71
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
10K–13K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$5K–$7K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #57 within Lighters & Matches. It carries 1,418 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
8.1%
Average rank
#57in Lighters & Matches
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,418per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 38 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
38 months

Products

Top Lighter Wick products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 13, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 69% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$9K$18K$27K$37K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

32

Est. top-5 brand share

89%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • Zippo61%
  • MEIJIAYOU10%
  • Jonchinjn9%
  • ZTCBITNL5%
  • JINMUNIC4%
  • UOMIO3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 8%)

Demand

Lighter Wick search demand

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

7K5KSpike '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.3×

Search terms

Top Lighter Wick search terms shoppers use

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

  • zippo wick40K/yr
  • zippo wick replacement15K/yr
  • lighter wick13K/yr
  • zippo wicks9K/yr
  • zippo lighter wick7K/yr
  • lighter wicks3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lighter Wick

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

27%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
16%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.3%of orders come back
“Wicks dont fit”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”16% 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.

16 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Lighter Wick questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data