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Propane Heater

Fail

Demand is soft, at -93.9% this quarter, so Propane Heater is a Fail.

Flapen Score
43
43 / 100
Ranks 7,607 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −13 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$9.1M/yr7.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
-93.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 92 sellers

Flapen Score

Propane Heater against its category

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

43Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Propane Heater market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Propane Heater 7.5M times last year and spent an estimated $9.1M. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 43 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 0.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 7.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 0.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -93.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $9.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
7.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-93.9%
Conversion, latest week
0.9%
Market size, estimated
$9.1Ma year
Peak month
January43.3× the quietest month
Top search term
propane heater2.3M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $132.04.

Listings sell for $132.04 on average, from $65.72 to $259.35. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At $132.04 that is $198K to $264K a year per listing.

Average price
$132.04above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$65.72–$259.35
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
$198K–$264K
Returns
1.6%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

65% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 14.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #94 within Outdoor Heating & Cooling. It carries 4,479 reviews at 4.46 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
65%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
14.7%
Average rank
#94in Outdoor Heating & Cooling
Average rating
4.46 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
4,479per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

2 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 43 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
43 months

Products

Top Propane Heater 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 16, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

$0$909K$1.8M$2.7M$3.6M101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

92

Est. top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Mr. Heater69%
  • Mr Heater13%
  • Amazon Basics5%
  • OKF3%
  • FNOONXY2%
  • Gsmhoat2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 5%)

Demand

Propane Heater search demand

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

2.3M1.8MSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 43.3×

Search terms

Top Propane Heater search terms shoppers use

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

  • propane heater2.3M/yr
  • buddy heater730K/yr
  • propane heater indoor731K/yr
  • mr heater438K/yr
  • propane heater outdoor210K/yr
  • mr heater propane heater405K/yr
  • mr buddy heater327K/yr
  • propane patio heater101K/yr
  • indoor propane heater632K/yr
  • outdoor propane heater122K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Propane Heater

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

35%of positive reviews mention “Heating”
12%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
1.6%of orders come back
“this plastic piece broke”
A buyer, on “Durability”12% 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 Propane Heater 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