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Matches in a Jar

Maybe

The top 5 brands take only 36% of clicks. But demand is soft, at -24.8% this quarter, so Matches in a Jar is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 36% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +3 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$116K/yr661K searches / yr
90-day growth
-24.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
27%top-5 click share · 50 brands · 100 sellers

Flapen Score

Matches in a Jar against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Matches in a Jar market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Matches in a Jar 661K times last year and spent an estimated $116K. The top 5 brands take 36% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 661K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 1.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $116K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
661K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-24.8%
Conversion, latest week
1.0%
Market size, estimated
$116Ka year
Peak month
December3.4× the quietest month
Top search term
match holder207K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $17.38.

Listings sell for $17.38 on average, from $7.04 to $38.86. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $17.38 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$17.38inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.04–$38.86
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$4K
Returns
3.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

86% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 84% ship with Prime. On an average day, 16.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #311 within Lighters & Matches. It carries 141 reviews at 4.44 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
86%
Prime listings
84%
Out of stock, average day
16.2%
Average rank
#311in Lighters & Matches
Average rating
4.44 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
141per listing
Listings tracked
63

04 · Newcomers

5 of last year's 28 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

28 products launched here in the last 12 months. 5 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 36 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
28
Successful launches
5Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
36 months

Products

Top Matches in a Jar 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 only 27% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

50 falling

Sellers

100

Top-5 brand share

36%

Top 20: 78%

Top-5 click share

27%

Top 20: 66%

Open market

60%

  • Brand 111%
  • Brand 28%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Matches in a Jar search demand

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

45K35KSpike '24Black Friday '24Holiday '24Prime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.4×

Search terms

Top Matches in a Jar search terms shoppers use

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

  • match holder207K/yr
  • match holder with striker128K/yr
  • matches holder41K/yr
  • match cloche56K/yr
  • matchstick holder29K/yr
  • match stick holder with striker25K/yr
  • glass match holder26K/yr
  • match holder with striker vintage17K/yr
  • match cloche with striker20K/yr
  • decorative match holder13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Matches in a Jar

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

14%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
29%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
3.7%of orders come back
“which were slightly too short”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”29% 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.

17 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Matches in a Jar questions

Answered from the same tracked data.