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Waterproof Lighter

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $71K a year here, so Waterproof Lighter is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 7,720 of 14,768 Health & Household niches · −1 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$71K/yr126K searches / yr
90-day growth
-14.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
50%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 55 sellers

Flapen Score

Waterproof Lighter against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Waterproof Lighter market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Waterproof Lighter 126K times last year and spent an estimated $71K. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 3.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 126K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -14.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $71K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
126K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-14.2%
Conversion, latest week
3.7%
Market size, estimated
$71Ka year
Peak month
December2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
waterproof lighter52K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $15.15.

Listings sell for $15.15 on average, from $7.17 to $35.33. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At $15.15 that is $2K to $4K a year per listing.

Average price
$15.15inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.17–$35.33
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
$2K–$4K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

85% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #225 within Lighters & Matches. It carries 1,970 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
96%
Out of stock, average day
3.9%
Average rank
#225in Lighters & Matches
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,970per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 45 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
45 months

Products

Top Waterproof Lighter 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 50% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$4K$7K$11K$14K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

55

Est. top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

17%

  • LcFun39%
  • Laffizz21%
  • SURVIVE7%
  • Generic7%
  • Jaerdhs6%
  • Zippo5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (10 brands, 17%)

Demand

Waterproof Lighter search demand

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

6K4KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Waterproof Lighter search terms shoppers use

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

  • waterproof lighter52K/yr
  • backpacking lighter6K/yr
  • water proof lighter7K/yr
  • emergency lighter11K/yr
  • survival lighter waterproof windproof7K/yr
  • military lighter6K/yr
  • hiking lighter4K/yr
  • waterproof lighters5K/yr
  • lcfun electric lighter9K/yr
  • survival lighters4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Waterproof Lighter

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

14%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
17%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
1.6%of orders come back
“Hardly work”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”17% 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 Waterproof Lighter 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