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Portable Air Conditioners

Pass

Portable Air Conditioners scores 78 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $94.3M a year here, search demand grew +218.6% this quarter, and an estimated 1.9% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
78
78 / 100
Top 1% of 11,240 Home & Kitchen niches · +29 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$94.3M/yr42.8M searches / yr
90-day growth
+218.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
15%top-5 click share · 84 brands · 218 sellers

Flapen Score

Portable Air Conditioners against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Kitchen average. Past it, Portable Air Conditioners is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

78Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Portable Air Conditioners market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Portable Air Conditioners 42.8M times last year and spent an estimated $94.3M. The top 5 brands take 36% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 78 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

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

Shoppers searched for this 42.8M 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 +218.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $94.3M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
42.8M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+218.6%
Conversion, latest week
1.0%
Market size, estimated
$94.3Ma year
Peak month
July14.9× the quietest month
Top search term
portable air conditioners8.8M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $216.12.

Listings sell for $216.12 on average, from $29.54 to $518.19. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At $216.12 that is $1.1M to $1.3M a year per listing.

Average price
$216.12above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$29.54–$518.19
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
5,000–6,000
Revenue per listing a year
$1.1M–$1.3M
Returns
1.9%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

98% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #230 within Air Conditioners. It carries 1,642 reviews at 3.80 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
98%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
10.6%
Average rank
#230in Air Conditioners
Average rating
3.80 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,642per listing
Listings tracked
173

04 · Newcomers

93 of last year's 117 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

117 products launched here in the last 12 months. 93 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 32 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
117
Successful launches
93Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Portable Air Conditioners 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 15% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

84 rising

Sellers

218

Top-5 brand share

36%

Top 20: 70%

Top-5 click share

15%

Top 20: 40%

Open market

60%

  • Brand 111%
  • Brand 210%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 64%

Demand

Portable Air Conditioners search demand

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

4.5M3.5MSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 14.9×

Search terms

Top Portable Air Conditioners search terms shoppers use

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

  • portable air conditioners8.8M/yr
  • air conditioner5.4M/yr
  • window air conditioner3.1M/yr
  • portable ac2.5M/yr
  • air conditioner portable2.1M/yr
  • ac unit2.3M/yr
  • portable air conditioner2.2M/yr
  • portable ac unit1.8M/yr
  • air conditioner window unit1.5M/yr
  • aire acondicionado portatil1.5M/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Portable Air Conditioners

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

12%of positive reviews mention “Noise Level”
14%of negative reviews mention “Noise Level”
1.9%of orders come back
“Annoying noise”
A buyer, on “Noise Level”14% 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 Portable Air Conditioners questions

Answered from the same tracked data.