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Aquaclear 30

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Aquaclear 30 doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

35
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Ranks 3,698 of 3,978 Pet Supplies niches · −16 vs the category median of 51

Market size 8Growth 37Conversion 68Competition 12Returns 52Price range 78Avg price 92Brand share 0Review moat 46Quality gap 35
This niche Category average · 3,978 niches

Is Aquaclear 30 profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Aquaclear 30 is a $32K/yr Amazon United States market (24K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 35/100.

Aquaclear 30: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +9.5% over the last 90 days and 6.2% of searches end in a purchase.

$32K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr+9.5%24K
Conversion rate6.2%
Avg price$21.64

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers3 · 29
Top-5 product click share86%
Open market0%
Avg brand age65 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 10 products

Sponsored placement40%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews1,885

Top Aquaclear 30 products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 86% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

$0$3K$6K$9K$13K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

3 flat

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Fluval93%
  • AquaClear4%
  • tuvisin3%

Aquaclear 30 demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume24KCVR6.2%Products10Brands3Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews1,885Avg BSR#450
1K600Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Aquaclear 30 search terms shoppers use

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

  • aquaclear 3015K/yr
  • aqua clear 30 gallon filter5K/yr
  • fluval aquaclear 302K/yr
  • fluval 302K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Aquaclear 30

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

88% of reviews
Filtration33%

Filters are clean

Value For Money15%

Great deal

Quality-Overall12%

high quality bio media

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%

work great as advertised

Ease Of Cleaning5%

Cleared up my silt

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews
Leak-Proof21%

Started leaking immediately

Filtration20%

Looks like a manufacturing defect of the filter housing

Durability12%

1st one broke after 10 months an second one broke after 3 months

Water Flow5%

It is difficult to control water flow to how you want it

Quality-Overall4%

Poor quality control

Aquaclear 30 return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

2.9%

Return rate

26%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Filtration
30%
2Size-Overall
21%
3Leak-Proof
13%
4Defective Material/Parts
7%
5Product Condition
7%

Common Aquaclear 30 questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Aquaclear 30 35/100 on Amazon United States — Skip it. The niche generates $32K/yr across 10 tracked products. Search demand moved +9.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Aquaclear 30 on Amazon United States is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.