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Scum Balls for Hot Tub

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Scum Balls for Hot Tub scores 68 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend an estimated $99K a year here, search demand grew +79.9% this quarter, and an estimated 0.4% of orders come back.

Flapen Score
68
68 / 100
Top 9% of 8,839 Patio, Lawn & Garden niches · +12 vs the category median of 56
Market size
$99K/yr48K searches / yr
90-day growth
+79.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
56%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 43 sellers

Flapen Score

Scum Balls for Hot Tub against its category

The dotted line is the Patio, Lawn & Garden average. Past it, Scum Balls for Hot Tub is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

68Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Scum Balls for Hot Tub market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Scum Balls for Hot Tub 48K times last year and spent an estimated $99K. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jun–Jul–Aug. Flapen scores it 68 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

An estimated 15.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 48K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 15.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +79.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $99K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
48K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+79.9%
Conversion, latest week
15.0%
Market size, estimated
$99Ka year
Peak month
July2.7× the quietest month
Top search term
scum balls for spas hot tub24K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $13.74.

Listings sell for $13.74 on average, from $7.48 to $25.52. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At $13.74 that is $3K to $7K a year per listing.

Average price
$13.74under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$7.48–$25.52
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
$3K–$7K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

91% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 9.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #252 within Parts & Accessories. It carries 794 reviews at 4.16 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
91%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
9.1%
Average rank
#252in Parts & Accessories
Average rating
4.16 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
794per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 6 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 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
6
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
32 months

Products

Top Scum Balls for Hot Tub 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 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

Brands

20 rising

Sellers

43

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

56%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

35%

  • Brand 121%
  • Brand 214%
  • Brand 39%
  • Brand 48%
  • Brand 57%
  • Brand 66%

Demand

Scum Balls for Hot Tub search demand

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

2K1KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jun, Jul, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×

Search terms

Top Scum Balls for Hot Tub search terms shoppers use

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

  • scum balls for spas hot tub24K/yr
  • scum balls for pool8K/yr
  • pool scum balls3K/yr
  • hot tub scum balls5K/yr
  • scum balls4K/yr
  • scumball for hot tub4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Scum Balls for Hot Tub

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

18%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Cleaning”
19%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
0.4%of orders come back
“Not effective”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”19% 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 Scum Balls for Hot Tub questions

Answered from the same tracked data.