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Alcohol Stove

Alcohol Stove shows a sweet-spot price point ($30.04 avg), but soft demand (-25.1% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look

Top 22% of 8,101 Sports & Outdoors niches · +8 vs the category median of 47

Market size 39Growth 12Conversion 23Competition 79Returns 91Price range 67Avg price 95Brand share 58Review moat 74Quality gap 65
This niche Category average · 8,101 niches

Is Alcohol Stove profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United States niche tracking, Alcohol Stove is a $199K/yr Amazon United States market (358K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

Alcohol Stove: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -25.1% over the last 90 days and 1.8% of searches end in a purchase.

$199K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-25.1%358K
Conversion rate1.8%
Avg price$30.04

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand, so 30% of the market is open.

30%

open market share

Brands · sellers21 · 69
Top-5 product click share36%
Open market30%
Avg brand age54 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 47 products

Sponsored placement89%
New entrants (1y)14· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews535

Top Alcohol Stove 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

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (36% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

$0$6K$12K$18K$24K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

21 falling

Sellers

69

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 99%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 77%

Open market

24%

  • Gexdes30%
  • Generic13%
  • Trangia11%
  • Keweis10%
  • Alocs6%
  • REDCAMP5%

Alcohol Stove demand & seasonality

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

Volume358KCVR1.8%Products47Brands21Top 5 Brands70%OOS Rate8.4%Rating4.4★Reviews535Avg BSR#377
13K8KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Top Alcohol Stove search terms shoppers use

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

  • alcohol stove145K/yr
  • trangia39K/yr
  • alcohol burner35K/yr
  • novira firenest alcohol stove8K/yr
  • alcohol stove camping21K/yr
  • novira alcohol stove7K/yr
  • trangia alcohol stove19K/yr
  • mini alcohol stove14K/yr
  • alcohol burner stove10K/yr
  • alcohol stoves7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Alcohol Stove

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

What buyers love

71% of reviews
Quality-Overall15%

Excellent build quality

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%

As advertised

Burner Issues10%

This is an excellent little burner

Value For Money10%

Great price too

Strength6%

The stand is very sturdy

What buyers complain about

66% of reviews
Quality-Overall12%

poor construction/quality control

Size-Overall9%

Stand too short

Functionality-Overall8%

Doesn't work

Leak-Proof7%

The tank leaks

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting7%

Zero Instructions provided

Alcohol Stove return rate & reasons

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

1.2%

Return rate

50%

Fixable by listing

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

1Size-Overall
30%
2Functionality-Overall
15%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
14%
4Defective Material/Parts
9%
5Ignition
4%

Common Alcohol Stove questions

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

Flapen scores Alcohol Stove 55/100 on Amazon United States — Worth a look. The niche generates $199K/yr across 47 tracked products. 2 of 14 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -25.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Alcohol Stove on Amazon United States peaks in Jan, where the busiest month runs 1.9× the quietest.