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Propane Patio Heater

Fail

Demand is soft, at -34.9% this quarter, so Propane Patio Heater is a Fail.

Flapen Score
48
48 / 100
Ranks 6,657 of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · −8 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$382K/yr204K searches / yr
90-day growth
-34.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
39%top-5 click share · 27 brands · 75 sellers

Flapen Score

Propane Patio Heater against its category

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

48Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Propane Patio Heater market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Propane Patio Heater 204K times last year and spent an estimated $382K. The top 5 brands take 66% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 48 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

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

Shoppers searched for this 204K 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 -34.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $382K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
204K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-34.9%
Conversion, latest week
0.9%
Market size, estimated
$382Ka year
Peak month
December12.2× the quietest month
Top search term
propane patio heaters outdoor12K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $196.86.

Listings sell for $196.86 on average, from $65.90 to $492.99. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $196.86 that is $0 to $20K a year per listing.

Average price
$196.86above the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$65.90–$492.99
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
0–100
Revenue per listing a year
$0–$20K
Returns
2.7%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 47% ship with Prime. On an average day, 28.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #213 within Outdoor Heating & Cooling. It carries 1,123 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
47%
Out of stock, average day
28.0%
Average rank
#213in Outdoor Heating & Cooling
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
1,123per listing
Listings tracked
45

04 · Newcomers

8 of last year's 16 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

16 products launched here in the last 12 months. 8 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 37 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
16
Successful launches
8Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
37 months

Products

Top Propane Patio Heater 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 39% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

Brands

27 rising

Sellers

75

Top-5 brand share

66%

Top 20: 96%

Top-5 click share

39%

Top 20: 81%

Open market

29%

  • Brand 122%
  • Brand 215%
  • Brand 313%
  • Brand 49%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 65%

Demand

Propane Patio Heater search demand

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

20K15KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 12.2×

Search terms

Top Propane Patio Heater search terms shoppers use

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

  • propane patio heaters outdoor12K/yr
  • outdoor patio heater propane24K/yr
  • fire sense patio heater15K/yr
  • propane patio heaters27K/yr
  • patio heaters for outdoor propane20K/yr
  • gas patio heater15K/yr
  • propane tower patio heater outdoor4K/yr
  • propane deck heater6K/yr
  • outdoor gas heaters for patio7K/yr
  • short patio heater8K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Propane Patio Heater

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

34%of positive reviews mention “Heating”
10%of negative reviews mention “Durability”
2.7%of orders come back
“this plastic piece broke”
A buyer, on “Durability”10% 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 Propane Patio Heater questions

Answered from the same tracked data.