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Lightning Detector

Fail

An estimated 8.7% of orders come back, so Lightning Detector is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 7,439 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −12 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$83K/yr26K searches / yr
90-day growth
+119.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 65 sellers

Flapen Score

Lightning Detector against its category

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

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lightning Detector market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Lightning Detector 26K times last year and spent an estimated $83K. The top 5 brands take 90% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 2.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 26K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 2.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +119.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $83K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
26K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+119.5%
Conversion, latest week
2.5%
Market size, estimated
$83Ka year
Peak month
July4.8× the quietest month
Top search term
lightning detector23K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $131.58.

Listings sell for $131.58 on average, from $25.47 to $356.01. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500 to 750 a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $131.58 that is $0 to $13K a year per listing.

Average price
$131.58above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$25.47–$356.01
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
500–750
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$13K
Returns
8.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 72% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #9,495 within Thermometers & Weather Instruments. It carries 768 reviews at 4.08 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
72%
Out of stock, average day
4.2%
Average rank
#9,495in Thermometers & Weather Instruments
Average rating
4.08 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
768per listing
Listings tracked
18

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 66 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Lightning Detector 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 15, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 71% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$8K$17K$25K$33K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

9 flat

Sellers

65

Est. top-5 brand share

90%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • AcuRite47%
  • Strike Alert24%
  • Ambient Weather9%
  • TALOS5%
  • ECOWITT5%
  • Generic5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 5%)

Demand

Lightning Detector search demand

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

2K1KHoliday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.8×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lightning Detector

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

16%of positive reviews mention “Assembly/Installation”
16%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
8.7%of orders come back
“Doesnt work”
A buyer, on “Functionality-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.

19 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Lightning Detector 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