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Tobacco

Maybe

The products selling today average only 3.9★. But buyers convert on only 0.9% of searches, so Tobacco is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 40% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +2 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$104K/yr569K searches / yr
90-day growth
+0.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 31 sellers

Flapen Score

Tobacco against its category

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

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Tobacco market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Tobacco 569K times last year and spent an estimated $104K. The top 5 brands take 72% of clicks. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 569K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +0.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $104K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
569K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+0.9%
Conversion, latest week
0.9%
Market size, estimated
$104Ka year
Peak month
November1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
tobacco281K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $20.41.

Listings sell for $20.41 on average, from $8.20 to $48.37. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $20.41 that is $2K to $5K a year per listing.

Average price
$20.41inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$8.20–$48.37
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$5K
Returns
0.8%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

20% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #178 within Smoking Cessation. It carries 1,148 reviews at 3.94 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
20%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#178in Smoking Cessation
Average rating
3.94 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,148per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 58 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
58 months

Products

Top Tobacco 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

23%

  • Brand 136%
  • Brand 219%
  • Brand 37%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 55%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Tobacco search demand

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

12K8KMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Tobacco search terms shoppers use

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

  • tobacco281K/yr
  • cigarette tobacco57K/yr
  • tabaco31K/yr
  • tobacco for smoking32K/yr
  • cigarette tobacco for smoking19K/yr
  • tabacco18K/yr
  • rolling tobacco19K/yr
  • smoking tobacco15K/yr
  • rolling tobacco for cigarettes13K/yr
  • loose tobacco for rolling cigarettes8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Tobacco

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

15%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
24%of negative reviews mention “Taste-Overall”
0.8%of orders come back
“Awful taste”
A buyer, on “Taste-Overall”24% 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 Tobacco questions

Answered from the same tracked data.