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Matches

Maybe

An estimated 0.3% of orders come back. But demand is soft, at -24.5% this quarter, so Matches is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
57
57 / 100
Top 18% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +8 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$2.1M/yr4.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 18 brands · 153 sellers

Flapen Score

Matches against its category

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

57Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Matches market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Matches 4.0M times last year and spent an estimated $2.1M. The top 5 brands take 72% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 57 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 4.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 4.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $2.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
4.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.5%
Conversion, latest week
4.4%
Market size, estimated
$2.1Ma year
Peak month
January1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
matches1.8M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $11.69.

Listings sell for $11.69 on average, from $4.10 to $24.60. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At $11.69 that is $58K to $70K a year per listing.

Average price
$11.69under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.10–$24.60
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
$58K–$70K
Returns
0.3%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

68% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 28% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #29 within Lighters & Matches. It carries 1,531 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
68%
Prime listings
28%
Out of stock, average day
5.5%
Average rank
#29in Lighters & Matches
Average rating
4.40 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,531per listing
Listings tracked
25

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 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 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Matches 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 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

18 falling

Sellers

153

Top-5 brand share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

25%

  • Brand 150%
  • Brand 27%
  • Brand 35%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 63%

Demand

Matches search demand

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

150K100KSpike '24Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Matches search terms shoppers use

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

  • matches1.8M/yr
  • strike anywhere matches269K/yr
  • match279K/yr
  • long matches271K/yr
  • matches box270K/yr
  • matches in a jar with striker206K/yr
  • match box127K/yr
  • matches bulk108K/yr
  • match boxes79K/yr
  • decorative matches81K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Matches

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

13%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
21%of negative reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
0.3%of orders come back
“Cheap quality”
A buyer, on “Quality-Overall”21% 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 Matches questions

Answered from the same tracked data.