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Hotshot

Pass

Hotshot scores 66 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $660K a year here, search demand grew +50.7% this quarter, and an estimated 0.9% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
66
66 / 100
Top 13% of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · +10 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$660K/yr141K searches / yr
90-day growth
+50.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 13 brands · 112 sellers

Flapen Score

Hotshot against its category

The dotted line is the Patio, Lawn & Garden average. Past it, Hotshot is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

66Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Hotshot market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Hotshot 141K times last year and spent an estimated $660K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 66 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 13.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 141K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 13.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +50.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $660K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
141K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+50.7%
Conversion, latest week
13.7%
Market size, estimated
$660Ka year
Peak month
August5.2× the quietest month
Top search term
hot shot no pest strip27K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $34.03.

Listings sell for $34.03 on average, from $9.80 to $95.98. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 1,000 to 1,250 of them. At $34.03 that is $34K to $43K a year per listing.

Average price
$34.03inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$9.80–$95.98
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
1,000–1,250
Revenue per listing a year
$34K–$43K
Returns
0.9%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. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #1,923 within Repellents. It carries 7,831 reviews at 4.30 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
85%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
3.5%
Average rank
#1,923in Repellents
Average rating
4.30 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
7,831per listing
Listings tracked
27

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 64 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Hotshot 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 23, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$33K$66K$99K$132K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

112

Est. top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

11%

  • HOT SHOT40%
  • Nuvan19%
  • Prozap12%
  • Hot Shot's Secret12%
  • InsectGuard4%
  • BugBane3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 11%)

Demand

Hotshot search demand

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

9K7KSpike '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.2×

Search terms

Top Hotshot search terms shoppers use

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

  • hot shot no pest strip27K/yr
  • hot shots23K/yr
  • no pest strip16K/yr
  • pest strips9K/yr
  • nuvan pro strips11K/yr
  • no pest strips for indoor use9K/yr
  • hotshots9K/yr
  • no pest strips5K/yr
  • nuvan prostrips5K/yr
  • pest strips for indoor use4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hotshot

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

26%of positive reviews mention “Pest/Insect Control”
27%of negative reviews mention “Pest/Insect Control”
0.9%of orders come back
“Does not attract flies”
A buyer, on “Pest/Insect Control”27% 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 Hotshot 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