vape detector
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Quality gap
Incredible3.9★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Avg price
Good$109.17avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Review moat
Good1,398.67avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Returns
Okay3.1%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Price range
Bad$9.81–$454.15cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Growth
Bad-20.5%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Competition
Bad97%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Market size
Bad$8K$8K/yr · 71K searches
Conversion
Bad0.1%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Brand share
Bad100%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, vape detector is a $8K/yr Amazon United States market (71K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 25/100.
Data updated Jul 14, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
vape detector market data
- Units sold / yr
- 250–500
- avg 0–100/product
- Revenue / yr
- $27K–$55K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 0.1%
- Avg BSR
- #110
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 50%
- Out of stock
- 16.7%
- Avg brand age
- 40 months
- Avg seller age
- 155 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 97% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
5 falling
Sellers
10
Top-5 brand share
100%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
97%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- FORENSICS DETECTORS FD55%
- NICOTESTS29%
- AOTIQUAL8%
- Kidde5%
- Natotinorch3%
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 17 weeks — -20.5% search growth over the last 90 days.Top vape detector search terms
- vape detector53K/yr
- vape detectors8K/yr
- vape sensor4K/yr
- vape smoke detector4K/yr
- vap detector1K/yr
Top vape detector products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 6 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Vape Detector by Forensics | for Schools Home Hotels Business | Cell Phone Alarms WiFi | Laser Scattering Super Sensitive Sensor |
FORENSICS DETECTORS FD$454.153.1★20 rev
Nicotine/Tobacco Test Kit for Vapor Detection Employment Medical and Insurance - 10 Pack by NicoTests 200 Ng Test.
NICOTESTS$9.814.3★181 rev
2in1 Cigarette Detector with Remote Control No-Smoking and PM2.5 Alarm with Voice Reminder Tobacco Control Guard Environmental Monitor for Office Public Spaces Smart Air Quality Surveillance System
AOTIQUAL$121.132.8★19 rev
NICOTESTS - Nicotine Second Hand Smoke and Vape 10 ng Urine Test (5 Pack)
NICOTESTS$26.484.1★121 rev
Kidde Smoke Detector AA Battery Operated Compact Size LED Status Light 85 dB Alarm 4-inches 10SDR
Kidde$18.894.6★7,649 rev
Newest
by launch date2in1 Cigarette Detector with Remote Control No-Smoking and PM2.5 Alarm with Voice Reminder Tobacco Control Guard Environmental Monitor for Office Public Spaces Smart Air Quality Surveillance System
AOTIQUAL$121.1319 rev
Kidde Smoke Detector AA Battery Operated Compact Size LED Status Light 85 dB Alarm 4-inches 10SDR
Kidde$18.897,649 rev
Vape Detector by Forensics | for Schools Home Hotels Business | Cell Phone Alarms WiFi | Laser Scattering Super Sensitive Sensor |
FORENSICS DETECTORS FD$454.1520 rev
NATOTINORCH Handheld Metal Detector Wand High-Sensitivity Security Detector Wand for Security Inspection Detection of Various Electronic Products Metal Products Weapons Knives Scanner
Natotinorch$24.58402 rev
NICOTESTS - Nicotine Second Hand Smoke and Vape 10 ng Urine Test (5 Pack)
NICOTESTS$26.48121 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumKidde Smoke Detector AA Battery Operated Compact Size LED Status Light 85 dB Alarm 4-inches 10SDR
Kidde$18.894.6★
Vape Detector by Forensics | for Schools Home Hotels Business | Cell Phone Alarms WiFi | Laser Scattering Super Sensitive Sensor |
FORENSICS DETECTORS FD$454.153.1★
NATOTINORCH Handheld Metal Detector Wand High-Sensitivity Security Detector Wand for Security Inspection Detection of Various Electronic Products Metal Products Weapons Knives Scanner
Natotinorch$24.584.4★
Nicotine/Tobacco Test Kit for Vapor Detection Employment Medical and Insurance - 10 Pack by NicoTests 200 Ng Test.
NICOTESTS$9.814.3★
2in1 Cigarette Detector with Remote Control No-Smoking and PM2.5 Alarm with Voice Reminder Tobacco Control Guard Environmental Monitor for Office Public Spaces Smart Air Quality Surveillance System
AOTIQUAL$121.132.8★
What buyers say about vape detector
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Excellent Quality, Easy Installation”
“Easy to install”
“Good product and i prefer on that uses AA batteries”
“A dependable, no-nonsense tool that works as advertised and offers great value”
“Convenient”
“The price was perfectly reasonable”
“Solid stuff”
“Then the batteries fit”
“Very good detector”
“The directions were easy to understand”
What buyers complain about
“Failed soon”
“At first I suspected poor molding quality”
“this product was bad out of the box kept getting low battery chirps switched batteries same thing as you can see from other negative reviews its a common issue”
“I was unable to install my Energizer batteries at first as they would not fit”
“The picture is a little deceiving”
“The response lag is serious”
“The faulty detector now lives at the trash dump”
“fails to spot tiny metal items”
“no charger”
“Defective out of the box”
Top return reasons
Common questions
- Is vape detector profitable to sell on Amazon United States?
- The niche generates $8K/yr across 6 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -20.5%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (25/100).
- How competitive is the vape detector niche?
- 5 brands and 10 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 97% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in vape detector?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Durability, Quality-Overall, Battery Life. The return rate is 3.1%.
- What does it cost to enter the vape detector niche?
- Listings span $9.81–$454.15; the average listing price is $109.17 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,399 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.