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Waterproof Matches

Fail

Demand is soft, at -29.0% this quarter, so Waterproof Matches 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
$245K/yr471K searches / yr
90-day growth
-29.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
54%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 120 sellers

Flapen Score

Waterproof Matches against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Waterproof Matches 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 Matches market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Waterproof Matches 471K times last year and spent an estimated $245K. The top 5 brands take 74% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct. 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 471K 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 -29.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $245K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
471K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-29.0%
Conversion, latest week
3.7%
Market size, estimated
$245Ka year
Peak month
October1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
waterproof matches210K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.08.

Listings sell for $14.08 on average, from $4.10 to $43.28. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At $14.08 that is $7K to $11K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.08under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.10–$43.28
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
$7K–$11K
Returns
0.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

69% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 35% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #667 within Lighters & Matches. It carries 6,694 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
69%
Prime listings
35%
Out of stock, average day
5.1%
Average rank
#667in Lighters & Matches
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
6,694per listing
Listings tracked
26

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
51 months

Products

Top Waterproof 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 54% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

16 flat

Sellers

120

Top-5 brand share

74%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 93%

Open market

21%

  • Brand 120%
  • Brand 219%
  • Brand 312%
  • Brand 412%
  • Brand 511%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Waterproof Matches search demand

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

20K15KPrime Day '24Spike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Search terms

Top Waterproof Matches search terms shoppers use

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

  • waterproof matches210K/yr
  • water proof matches25K/yr
  • stormproof matches27K/yr
  • waterproof matches survival kit24K/yr
  • camping matches17K/yr
  • waterproof matches with case16K/yr
  • water proof matches survival18K/yr
  • survival matches20K/yr
  • storm proof matches waterproof13K/yr
  • storm matches13K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Waterproof Matches

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

16%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
16%of negative reviews mention “Size-Overall”
0.7%of orders come back
“the boxes are quite tiny”
A buyer, on “Size-Overall”16% 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.

18 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Waterproof Matches questions

Answered from the same tracked data.